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Two-year-old Geraldo is fading away. His condition, brought on by acute malnutrition, is gradually deteriorating.

Despite undergoing medical treatment in an isolated ward at the WZ Yohannes General Hospital in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, for the past three weeks, he is showing little sign of improvement.

"He weighs only 6 kilograms, but he does look a bit better now than before," hospital director Yovita Mitak said.

Doctors have diagnosed Geraldo with acute malnutrition with clinical disorders, or marasmus.