KULATHUPUZHA: A 48-days-old-baby died without getting medical treatment. A baby born to Manjusha and Vinod of Kulathupuzha died at 4 pm Sunday evening. A doctor of Punalur taluk hospital asked to take the X-ray of the baby. The baby’s mother returned home without taking the X-ray as she did not have Rs 100 to pay for it. Soon after reaching home, the baby was found motionless and was immediately admitted at a private hospital in Kulathupuzha. The doctors there confirmed the baby’s death. On being informed, police arrived and took further steps. The body was cremated at the premises of their house after the post mortem conducted at medical college hospital in the capital city. The family was in severe poverty as the baby’s father Vinod had no work for months. Manjusha has two more children aged 11 and five from her first marriage. Vinod married Manjusha two years back.