Sidewalk sleepers: They have nowhere else to stay while a loved one is in the hospital

NPR News reports: Balraam Singh, 35, eats breakfast with his wife, Nusaa Davii, and their 7-year-old son, Munna, on the pavement outside Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi, India. The child is receiving treatment for a heart condition, and the family has been sleeping on the pavement outside the hospital for the past 20 days. Sajad Hameed for NPR hide caption DELHI, India — At 2 a.m. on the sidewalk outside one of Delhi's best-known public hospitals, Shabana Kumar gently wakes her husband.

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