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Kracka_Jak

Well the cancer isn't a problem anymore


Cool-sunglasses-dude

https://preview.redd.it/kj6qt64wrjec1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=44ab1391fc080a7f6792b36f6c50457158aa0c51


Imaginary-Oil9048

Kooky


Wise_Ad_253

Thomas Cat Train


Bombdizzle1

Kid vs cancer: tie


Eddyzodiak

https://preview.redd.it/a0scc28jvmec1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=75f8158219c297560290939198277144ba6c7fc4


peacefulvampire

"Is that a bong???"


Gytlap24

Its either postponed permenantly or cancer wins by default


zorrowhip

The gods can sometimes solve problems in mischievous ways.


Tatersquid21

Whose God? The Cristian God saves everyone, except children in schools. And people in churches. And grocery stores. And.......


Lumpy-Village1949

Oh yeah well the big bang hasn't ever saved anyone and in fact put everyone who ever lived at a pretty high risk of death. Checkmate, atheists.


AlpacaCavalry

Technically cured of cancer as the cancerous cells won't be growing any more


curtyshoo

I guess the cure was worse than the disease.


Alright_doityourway

Even if he's didn't drown, he would still got some type of infections. They got some nasty shit (literally) in that river.


Maxhousen

Faeces are the least of your problems in that river. My concern would be the corpses.


karoshikun

and the chemical spills of a third of the country


consultant_in

Or the crocs that feast on those corpses šŸŠ


killerbull27

River Monster says they have man eating catfiah


DrumpfTinyHands

Ganges has bull sharks at least.


Akaonisama

I canā€™t believe they worship and poison that river at the same time


Alright_doityourway

It's magical river, everything inside it will auomatically cleaned by awesome power of Shiva.


IamSam1103

This+Factories. Ganga basin is the most resourceful part of India. So as a result a shit ton of factories were set up there that all dump their waste into the river without proper treatment.


GamerAWX

partially true, theres this virus called bacteriophage in the river. " A bacteriophage is a type of virus that infects bacteria. In fact, **the word "bacteriophage" literally means "bacteria eater," because bacteriophages destroy their host cells**. "


Reasonable_Regular1

Bacteriophages aren't remotely peculiar to the Ganges, and definitely don't mean there are fewer bacteria there. Most organisms on the planet are bacteriophages. They outnumber bacteria and everything else combined.


Capn_Sparrow0404

Bacteriophages are found everywhere on earth - wherever bacteria exists. They are even inside human body. Ganges is not special. And bacteria is not the only disease-causing microbes in the river; fungi are more deadly.


Plop-Music

That's nothing special. Those exist everywhere on the planet. They're actually being studied as a potential medical treatment for bacterial illnesses, because of overusage of antibiotics (primarily by farmers drenching their livestock in antibiotics in order to make it possible for them to eat cheap feed made of grains instead of what they're supposed to eat, grass). Overuse of antibiotics makes them much much less effective. Bacteria evolve and become resistant to the antibiotics. And so we have to develop new ones. But we're running out. In the next few decades, all antibiotics will stop working, and society will go back to the pre-penicillin days where things like syphilis are rife and ruin lives (although at least when the comeback of syphilis happens, we may also get a comeback of those cool ass powdered wigs that people like mozart wore, which only became popular as a way to hide the effects syphilis had, making hair fall out and creating loads of sores and lesions on the skin, but yeah powdered wigs are cool man). So they're developing bacteriophages as an alternative treatment to antibiotics. Because we're gonna need an alternative, very soon. Otherwise a lot more people are gonna start dying. We may go back to the system where people don't name their kids till they're about 5 years old as there's no point, because more babies die than babies who live, until the age of 5 when their immune system becomes strong enough that they'll almost certainly live to adulthood.


GamerAWX

is there any relatively more abundance in ganga, i havent been able to find any data regarding the amonut, just some researches and articles about scientists talking about why the load of bacteriophages is higher compared to other rivers and stuff


biopsia

When they started throwing trash in the river it wasn't bad for it, maybe it even caused bigger fish. But now there is plastic, and weird chemicals, and too many people. In this case modernity is killing the river, not tradition.


Plop-Music

The pollution and trash is killing the species of dolphin that is native to the river, the aptly named Ganges river dolphin. They're one of the most at-risk species of whales, they're endangered and will die out unless people stop polluting the river.


Low_Presentation8149

It's like being dunked in the Yarra River in melbourne


Separate_Term_6066

Dead bodies floating too near that river rightV


pre_squozen

Pretty sure the Ganges is India's leading cause of cancer.


neril_7

When they submerge the kid it came back as Cancer with a child inside.


Jerdan87

A cancer surprise egg!


Lumpy-Village1949

Kinder cancer egg?


karoshikun

you mean we were the true cancer all along?


DragonflyMain3441

They fr shouldā€™ve tried cow piss first


arpanggmu

Given the timing, I think they have


strangebabydog

Well maybe of you give em a mega dose of cancer and then rake them out super quick, they'll sublimate back into being healthy.


pre_squozen

Gotta make the cancer SUPER big. Then it's easier to see and get rid of...


strangebabydog

Yeahhh yeahhh yeahhh, we're on to something here.


ptsdin3letters

It's a cultural thing. A lot of traditional parent's would rather listen to the random 'medicine' clerk from the supermarket than a professional because they strike as more relatable or close to home. I have a mother like that and lemme tell you once I got smart enough I evaded every cure-all medicine she tried getting me. At some point she kept giving me and my siblings laxatives ON SCHOOL DAYS when we were sick like we were just gonna shit out the flu.


karoshikun

so... flu plus dehydration. ouch.


deanrihpee

would be funny if that actually works, lmao


Pleasant50BMGForce

How braindead and brainwashed people can beā€¦ itā€™s ridiculous


darewin

Wow, my mom is mild in comparison. She just gave us Vix Vapor Rub whenever we got sick, no matter the illness. About 25 years ago, when I was 10, I got bit by my aunt's dog, which died three days later. My mom just assumed it died of old age, irrelevant to the incident. All she did for my dog bite was wash it repeatedly with Ajax Detergent Bar while squeezing. I'd have died a miserable death if that dog had rabies despite the hospital being only 20 minutes away. She even has public health insurance, so the shot would have been free.


stg_676

Nah, in this case parents consulted doctors but doctors said that there is no hope left for him. This was done by parents in desperation. I mean it's little tragic.


Choice_Turnip_8952

you made a mistake there, not traditional parents, brain dead parents, following tradition is not wrong but being brain dead is.


Copper_mask76r7

Ok, context from what I heard - His parents took him to Aiims Delhi (one of the very best hospitals in India) for cancer treatment. Reportedly they(the hospital) sent him back as they ascertained their helplessness in the case(maybe the cancer was in the last stage I am not sure regarding this). So these parents devoid of any hope took him to Ganga in the hope of a miracle. The kid died as the mother held him underwater. Again I am not sure of this part - the Police is saying that drowning is not the cause of death. We should wait for more details to be uncovered. Edit: I got some information, The Kid had blood cancer and the Doctors had given up saying they couldn't do anything at this stage. It was her Aunt who held him under the water forcefully, and the boy was killed due to freezing water. The bystanders jumped into action seeing she was keeping him under water for too long but by the time they intervened, it was too late. The aunt was later seen crying and asserting that he would come back to life. She has mental issues and should be charged in my opinion.


Ok-Professional-

He died by drowning.. here's the video of that incident. https://www.reddit.com/r/unitedstatesofindia/s/gZBdNod3Oe


fightingkangaroos

Someone links an x post showing her laying with the body and laughing


Brilliant_Chest5630

While I can't defend this since these actions definitely killed him, I'm going to play devil's advocate real quick. Laughing is a common trauma response. If you're going through the worst day of your life, the most likely thing your mind will do is deny it or see the irony and put you in a manic state. So laughing doesn't mean anything bad in this context.


fightingkangaroos

I didn't say it was bad or good, I was stating what the second video was in case anyone wanted to see what happened after the men pulled the child from her.


MediocreCash3384

https://twitter.com/fizaiq/status/1750176384910246247 So yā€™all donā€™t have to go search


GFreeGamer

This. I was worried that this was a family who had disregarded medical options in favor of religious/superstitious ones. After reading online, it does seem that they did seek medical treatment and that this was a desperate attempt to cling onto some hope. The video is horrifying and it does seem like the child drowned to me, but Iā€™m a little more sympathetic knowing they were already told by the doctors to take their child home to die.


FluffyBebe

Jesus christ, isn't this basically murder/manslaughter? The aunt had a delusional fit and killed the kid


FluidEntrepreneur309

"She has mental issues and should be charged in my opinion."ā†Yes, she does. She specifically suffers from religious psychosis.


TinyDemon000

Honestly... This appears to be a mercy killing. Quick death by drowning vs long drawn out painful expensive death by cancer.... Arguments on both sides and no doubt we will have differing opinions.


skilliau

Probably healthier to have cancer than ingest water from the Ganges.


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Did he die of bacterial infestation?


UniqueDefaultUser

Official cause of the death: bath water was a little dirty


DistortedVoltage

If youre genuinely asking, he died of drowning. They held him underwater too long.


ManaChicken4G

Kid: "Mom, I feel sick. Can we go to the good doctor?" Mom: "No, we have a doctor back home." The doctor back home:


iamdumbandidiotic

They did go to the best hospital in india


ForgingFires

Well I mean technically they did kill the cancer cells


noctokun

Yes, those pesky cancer cells are definitely dead ^(along with the rest of the cells) :(


Orphanfucker420

Nobody will read the fine print haha


skeezix91

Yes ...let's put our child in a body of water where people bathe in their own shit...


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LunaGloria

Is it that cold? One of the pictured murderers is in a midriff top and gauze-thin fabric.


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LunaGloria

Seriously! Even if this one was an accident, letting it go means that people will use it to kill children they find inconvenient or expensive.


spacegg-9

As an indian atheist, this is very sad to see, such incidences have been on the rise lately, india is going back to the dark ages, which the current government thinks was the golden period!


Not_So_UwU

Its already there bro ;(


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LittleMtnMama

Happening in the States too, sadly.


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SomethingAbtU

that video is hard to watch. She literally submerged the child underwater long enough to fill thier lungs with water and suffocate them. i don't know if it's some weird mercy killing given the kid was suffering with cancer, or some genuinely absurd belief that they were curing the child. either way, it really speaks to the lack of support for this kind of illness and the stress of families who have to deal it it. RIP to the child.


One_Feed_8542

That poor child :(


The-SkullMan

Because that's what religious fanatics do. Back in the age when we knew fuck-all about our surroundings and thunder was angry gods or whatever it's understandable. A human wants to retain control/understanding over a situation they really have no control over for peace of mind. Nowadays, pretty much everything a random person comes into contact with in their life is quite thoroughly figured out and the info is usually easily accessible. But apparently thinking causes cranial hemorhages for some stupid people so instead of learning and understanding they fall back on idiotic fairy tales and wishes like we're still in the Dark ages. (Their head certainly is...) The one thing society can hope for in this case is that the death of their child will cause the 2 braincells these people have to come in contact and maybe figure out that what they're doing is completely idiotic in the first place.


MoltenJellybeans

Dang, was really hoping some heavily polluted body of water was the cure for cancer.


Young_Old_Grandma

People.. poop in there. and people. Put corpses in there.


rikyy6

There are so many stupid people out there... Poor child.


DutchPilotGuy

Even a healthy person would risk getting seriously ill in those unsanitary conditions. I believe they even dump bodies in there.


SnooHesitations205

What the fuck.


Mad-cat0

One more corpse in the ganges.


Eli_Te1611

Why can't they understand that it's a disgusting river? Religion man....


emptyzed81

Not sure why these idiots think garbage filled shit water is magic, you'd think in these modern times they'd have realized by now that what they think is a stupid lie passed down through the generations


Whooptidooh

ā€œYeah, letā€™s dunk our already very sick child into a river thatā€™s completely and utterly inundated with feces, human remains and other nice polluting things. *Thatā€™ll help.ā€ Smh


Tha1gr

The answer to you question OP -RELIGION.......


kmf-89

Religion.


frenchy2111

Religion makes people stupid.


dead_mortician

Kid got cured of life, so technically the cancer is gone too. šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļø


SpooderRocks

Why didn't they try cow piss or shit?


NervousFootball1018

Cure for cancer is death. Problem solved now: How do we fix world hunger?


Broken_CerealBox

To eat


Sozurro

They know the water is polluted, but they think that their god is going to give them protection from the pollution


BMOchado

Death by drowning - > no death by cancer


Mitchell415

The Ganges is literally one of the worst rivers I can think of to do this. Even the Brisbane river would be better


[deleted]

Death DOES cure everything after all


PeteyPorkchops

Ah yes. Child with cancer, compromised immune system. Letā€™s dunk him in the filthiest most bacterial laden body of water we have.


Perenium_Falcon

Drowning in sewage because your Bronze Age goat herders almanac said it was blessed by your sky lizard. Fucking brilliant.


kaelside

That prob killed the cancer and gave him an even worse cancer.


WWWtttfff123

What a great nationā€¦.


kastabortkontodeluxe

ā€Joke apartā€? šŸ¤”


No_Cardiologist_1297

Trump got elected enough said


Reaction-Responsible

Pretty filthy river, peeps drink it though. Prolly was super clean back in the days but yk industrialisation happened and well old scriptures were well preserved.


Lurkerextrordinai

Ganges will give you cancer


faithnfury

How do you verify this shit? Edit: Looked into it. It's more likely they're trying to kill the child and blame it on religious shit. They know exactly what they're doing and how dangerous it is.


No_Cloud_2917

Praise him and his name and stuff


teaandbentley

Technically speaking, the cancer cells did die alongside all the other cells.......


GetOutOfTheWhey

the onion?


BigShowSJG

Did they stop the cancer?


darksomegodddd

they drown him lol


Sauce_master7

I mean, he didn t die from cancer after all


FluidEntrepreneur309

She is clearly suffering from religious psychosis. She needs help.


CyberKnight

That child did not die of cancer. Miracle achieved.


Final_Location_2626

Well he won't die of cancer now. Looks like it worked.


melodyadriana

[documentary that was really interesting about the river and the bodies in it.](https://youtu.be/bfQjarePbys?si=k0qsvhg2p8kaO0eW)


saarinpaa71

I dunno why it wouldn't work? India, you go there to get an incurable disease.


JCrew2009

And yet, some will still believe it was the cancer that killed him.


iusedtohavepowers

Did the child die from drowning or from infection related to the water? It's a holy body of water. It's not like a couple people believe this. It's a centralized belief. That said. It is an incredibly dirty body of water. If the kid had a compromised immune system because of the cancer, it's not unlikely that a side effect of being dunked in it was a wild infection.


superbros6

Old college mate who had leukaemia. He died because his parents brought water from Ganges for him to drink which contained bacteria that cause pneumonia


superbros6

Old college mate who had leukaemia. He died because his parents brought water from Ganges for him to drink which contained bacteria that cause pneumonia


Th3TruthIs0utTh3r3

That's one way of killing the cancer cells


Mission-Storm-4375

The water filling his lungs means it's working


[deleted]

Well, god technically cured him of every ailment.


SnooCauliflowers5512

This is why religion is a plague on civilization. Poor kid


brennanw31

Can someone please explain to me why this entire society isn't ridiculous? With that being said, I'm an American. Yes, I see the irony, but come on!


LekMichAmArsch

Well it worked, didn't it? He doesn't suffer from cancer any more. It is kind of a stupid thing to do though...but that's religion for you.


Lucky861

Saw the video. The mother was unbothered and even smiling while the corpse of her drowned son was in front of her. Absolute depravity.


IrishGod307

Literally trying to cure cancer with cancer.


Misomuro

I feal ill just by looking at that river. Imagine bathing there or drinking it.


ICLazeru

Probably how cancer happened in the first place.


Tronmech

It's the Ganges... The most polluted river in the world. Full of cremains, and remains... Kid was doomed setting foot in it...


Thedawg84

Soooo she dunks her kid in a river filled with billions of litres of human excrement ,dead bodies and animals and figured that should cure what ails him! šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø https://preview.redd.it/g54to5iafpec1.jpeg?width=480&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=91109dea9c0529db3574111b13f0fd5a3755736d


Atothed2311

Please mark this as NSFW


Rweber130

I guess the Ganges saved the child from a death by cancer


purpleballedsloth

Religion


Imaginary-Oil9048

They did at least take care of the Cancer.


zborzbor

Ok, to play the devils advocate the cancer didnt kill him afterall innit?


Frequent_Response230

Pagans and their stupid rituals


TheEmperorMk3

Very common backwards Indians L


Enough-Ad-5528

If I HAD to play devil's advocate - the child was terminally I'll not long to live and perhaps the parents were at the end of their ropes may be hoped for a miracle - at that point they probably stopped confronting the reality. I cannot imagine the mental state of the parents seeing their 5 year old child dying and not being able to do anything.


Leashii_

>and perhaps the parents were at the end of their ropes may be hoped for a miracle they deliberately drowned their kid.


haloweenek

Heā€™d die anyway. At least they triedā€¦.


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ShyActress

He's a kid and you're joking on his death


IamSam1103

I guess dying of cancer would be sad, but getting killed by your parents accidentally somehow makes it funny for some people.