A 15-year-old girl from Goregaon, who lost her right hand two years ago, received an unexpected blessing on Anant Chaturdashi thanks to the family of a nine-year-old girl from Valsad who decided to donate her organs after she was declared braindead. The donor, Riya Bobby Mistry, a Std IV student, collapsed while at play on the evening of September 13.

She was then rushed to a local hospital from where she was shifted to the Surat-based Kiran hospital as her condition deteriorated. On September 15, she was declared braindead. Riya’s foster mother, Dr Usha Mistry, then told her biological parents, Trishna and Bobby Mistry, that though the child had lost her life, in death, she could save others. The family decided to donate organs to hospitals in Surat, Ahmedabad, Mumbai and Hyderabad.