12-year-old boy whose neck hangs at 180-degree angle to get surgery.Thanks generous Doctors & Donors.

 The 12-year-old suffers from a rare condition that makes his neck bend and his head hang from his body and faced a bleak future before his story was publicised.
A boy whose head hangs at a 180-degree angle will get life changing treatment thanks to an overwhelming response from donors around the world.
Mahendra Ahirwar, 12, who suffers from a rare condition that makes his neck bend and his head hang from his body, faced a bleak future before his story was publicised last month.

And his desperate parents admitted they would rather he died than continue to suffer.But Dr Rajagopalan Krishnan, a senior consultant and spinal surgeon, is hopeful he can improve Mahendra’s life - for free.

He said: "I’ve done a preliminary review of the child's clinical status and we now have a working diagnosis and once I have completed a few more studies, I am pretty sure that I can correct his disability by surgery in the not too distant future.

"At the very least, I am certain that I can improve his quality of life and he will be able to look at the world straight rather than upside down.

"I just feel sad that nothing was done for this boy for 12 years of his life."

Dr Krishnan studied in the UK before working for the NHS for 15 years as a consultant orthopedic surgeon.

He returned to India because of the amount of complex cases that very few surgeons bother with in the country, and he now works at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, in New Delhi.

Dr Krishnan and the team of doctors involved in surgery will not be charging for their services.

But father Mukesh Ahirwar, 40, and mother Sumitra Ahirwar, 35, still have to find funds to cover the cost of surgery and hospital consumables.

But members of the general public have donated more than £10,000 after Julie Jones, 34, from Liverpool set up a Crowdfunder page.

The school career coordinator, said: "I have a son who is six and I just imagined what it might be like for him to live with a condition like that and not have the money to treat it.

"I had to do something for him, it was just so sad. I set up a Crowd Funder page hoping to get a few hundred pounds for him but we’ve now passed £10,000, I am amazed and just so happy."

Dad Mukesh is overwhelmed with how much has happened in the last few weeks.

"I cannot believe how everything has changed so quickly," he said. "Dr Krishnan has given me hope that my son will be fine, that his neck can be lifted and I am so happy.

"So many doctors said treatment was impossible but here the doctors have assured me that he will be fine.

"I cannot thank them enough. I cannot wait for his surgery. I’m counting the days. I am overwhelmed with the response of doctors here.

"And I cannot believe that people have come forward to help my son. I thank them for their donations."

"They are just like god to me," he continued. "I never imagined people would donate money for his treatment.

"But now I am hoping that with these blessings of well-wishers my son will be cured.

"I want to see him with a straight head. I want to see him in school and live a normal life just like my other children. I never dreamt all of this would happen.’

Mukesh and Sumitra have been by Mahendra’s side while they’ve stayed at Delhi’s Apollo Hospital over the last few days having tests and they will return home before coming back to Delhi in the summer for surgery.