The strict and often inflexible immigration rules that have been in effect since 9/11 continues to be displayed as yet another irrational story surfaces. In fairness though, maybe we can just attribute this to good old fashion government bureaucracy. GG2.net reports:

AN ORPHAN girl from India, visiting the US as part of an international goodwill trip, is now battling for life in a US hospital.

Eleven-year-old Shyamala Peddibotla, was admitted to the National Children`s Hospital in Washington, DC with complications from what appears to be diabetes and an infection.

Despite antibiotics having been administered, she continues to suffer from high fever. Apprehension about the girl`s illness is compounded by the fact that three care-takers who were to accompany Shyamala and her eight friends, are still awaiting visas to the United States.

Apparently the Real Deal heard and stepped into the ring to help. The Washington Times reports:

Former heavyweight champion and philanthropist Evander Holyfield showed up at the State Department yesterday with eight Indian orphan girls in tow, pleading for a visa for the caretaker of a ninth orphan fighting for her life at Children’s Hospital in Washington.

“One of the little girls has diabetes and is in critical condition. Her caretaker needs to come but can’t get a visa,” Mr. Holyfield said in a telephone interview as he stood outside the State Department’s doors.

The hospital has said it cannot release the child without training her custodian in how to monitor 11-year-old Shyamala Peddibotla’s blood sugar level and administer shots of insulin, according to a hospital letter made available to The Washington Times.

If the caregiver — a woman who has tended to Shyamala for the past five years — does not receive a visa, Mr. Holyfield said, the child’s position “is kind of bleak.”

Holyfield is still feared. Someone at the State Department started making some calls on late Tuesday after his visit.