What medical and non-medical steps did the family from Malegaon take before approaching Sai Baba for his Udi?

Before seeking Sai Baba's help, the family from Malegaon exhausted a comprehensive range of options, as detailed in Chapter 34. On the medical front, since the boy's uncle was a doctor, he and his physician friends tried numerous treatments. They also consulted expert and intelligent surgeons, who ultimately felt helpless. The text explicitly states that "All native and foreign treatments were tried; all efforts were exhausted. Even surgery was attempted, but nothing succeeded." When these medical remedies reached their limit, their relatives suggested non-medical, spiritual approaches. They turned to worshipping deities and their family god, but these efforts also proved fruitless. It was only after both modern medicine and traditional worship failed to bring relief that they heard about Sai Baba and the healing power of his Udi.