Late Riya Bobby Mistry

The health of Riya Mistry (9), a class IV student in Valsad, deteriorated on Sep 13, after which she was admitted to a hospital. She was initially vomiting, and on Sep 14, she started having acute headache while in hospital. Following the diagnosis of brain haemorrhage, she was shifted to Kiran Hospital on Sep 15, where she was declared brain dead the next day.

Dr. Mehul Panchal Medical Director of Kiran Hospital contacted Nilesh Mandlewala founder of Donate Life and informed about Riya’s brain dead.

Under the guidance of Nilesh Mandlewala, Donate Life team alongwith Riya’s foster mother, Dr. Usha Meisheri, a gynaecologist, counseled and convinced Riya’s parents Bobby and Trushna for Organ donation.

Police created five green corridors for quick transport of the organs.

Riya’s two kidneys, liver, a hand, lungs, and corneas were harvested. Her one kidney was transplanted into a 13-year-old patient in the same hospital, and another kidney and liver were sent to Ahmedabad. The lungs were transplanted in a 13-year-old girl in Hyderabad. The hand was transplanted to a 15-year-old girl, a class XI student of Mumbai. The receiver had suffered an electrocution and lost one hand.

As per the current information available on the Internet, Al and medical literature, Late Riya Bobby Mistry, a 9-year-old girl from (Valsad, Gujarat) India has become the youngest hand donor in the world.