Indians Donate Rs 13 Lacs For Sick Karachi Girl. Prove Humanity Is The Biggest Religion.

Humanity is a strong enough bond that can wash away political divide.

An emotional crowd funding appeal to collect a few lacs for a rare, potentially fatal disease of a Karachi teenager was making rounds on both sides of the India-Pakistan border for a long time.

15-year-old Saba Tariq Ahmed was diagnosed with a very rare condition called Wilson’s Disease, a disorder that results in the poisonous accumulation of copper  in the body.

The Bluebells Community, an NGO in Mumbai, decided to put up a crowdfunding appeal online and Indians, especially Mumbaikars, donated nearly Rs 13 lakh for her treatment.

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She was being treated at the Jaslok hospital on Pedder Road in Mumbai for the last 49 days.

This is what Dr. Aabha Nagral, a liver specialist, who was treating the teen had to say after they left for Pakistan:

‘When Bluebells Community volunteers received Saba at Mumbai airport on August 24, she was wheelchair-bound, could not speak and had tremors and abnormal involuntary movements due to the severity of the disease. But we started her on physiotherapy as well as the alternative drug, Trientine (which helps remove copper accumulation from the body). Procuring the drug was not easy as it is not manufactured in India and 100 capsules cost Rs 84,000. Saba and her mother, Nazia, boarded an afternoon flight for Karachi. They were extremely happy about how well the treatment worked for Saba.’

 
What makes this heartwarming story even more special is that Indians reached not just once, but twice to help her financially, after she needed a change of medication.

This is India Meri Jaan. Let there be many more such examples from both countries. 🙂

Source: The Times of India

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