– Crowdfunding platforms such as Milaap, Ketto and ImpactGuru are swelling with medical fundraisers for infants and children needing urgent liver transplants.

– Most children belong to poor socio-economic backgrounds and suffer from either genetic diseases or develop metabolic disorders later on.

– While crowdfunding has emerged as a valuable tool for fundraising, a lot more needs to be done to build the paediatric liver ecosystem, say doctors, institutions and crowdfunding platforms.