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MUZZAFARPUR, INDIA: Ragini Kumari, 10, was badly burnt by a Kerosene fire when she was 2 years old, she is one of over 6 million people burnt in India every year, the highest in the world. Ragini has suffered constrictions of her neck and shoulders and lived in a permanently cramped and restricted postion ever since. Her family is deeply impoverished and like millions of India's poor, she has been unable to secure the necessary surgery. Renowned plastic surgeon to the poor, Dr Subodh Singh, found Ragini at a burns camp he held in her area and arranged for her to attend his clinic where he performs free surgery for the poorest of the poor of India. She is seen at her home before surgery.

Plastic surgeon to the poor, Dr Subodh Singh examines 13 year old Kumkum as he works out how to perform life altering surgery on her. A year ago, he unlocked her hands and now will work on her face and body. Its a tremendously painful process but Kumi desperately wants the surgery. Burns are a huge stigma in India and would prevent Kumkum from a chance at a more normal life without this free service for the poor.

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