Kanchan Kumari, Dying Indian Teen Unlikely To Get A Kidney Transplant Because She’s A Girl, Is Offered Help

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A teenage girl in India is dying of kidney failure, and at one time it seemed unlikely that she would get a kidney transplant simply because she’s a girl. Now, however, offers of help are pouring in from around the globe.

Just a couple of months ago, Kanchan Kumari’s future looked bright, as India Today reports. Though from a poor family, she had just passed tough entrance exams to a good school with top grades.

“Her joy knew no bounds,” the paper said.

Unfortunately, within a few weeks, she was inexplicably sick. Her parents took her to a local hospital in Bihar, where she was told her kidneys were failing and that she would need a transplant. Her parents then took her to a bigger and better-equipped hospital further away for a second opinion. They were told the same thing at the second hospital. Her parents brought her home.

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