Minor girl commits suicide to donate organs to father, brother

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Kalyani (WB), July 4,2011: Distressed by the plight of her father in need of an urgent replacement of both eyes and her brother of kidney, a minor girl committed suicide leaving a note instructing that her organs be donated to the ailing at Jhorpara village in Nadia district.

Mampy Sarkar (12) was often depressed seeing her father Mridul Sarkar, a daily labourer, suffer because of his decaying eyes and her brother Monojit ailing from a damaged kidney, police said.

Monojit’s other kidney was also getting weak, the doctor had diagnosed. The Class six student had written a note which was noticed a day after she took her life and was cremated on June 27, they said.

Tapas Tarafdar, the Pradhan of local Dhantal panchayat said, Mampy discussed with her sister Manika her intention to commit suicide along with her so that their organs be used to treat their father and brother.

However, Manika dismissed the idea and went to school leaving Mampy to take the decision to commit suicide, police said.

Mampi consumed a pesticide ’Thiodon’ and then drank some syrup kept at home leaving a suicide note addressed to her mother asking her to use her kidney for brother and eyes for father, police said.

The girl later rushed to meet her father, about half a kilometre away from home, complaining of stomach pain, they said.

She was taken to a local pharmacy and given tablets, but as her pain grew acute, she was referred to a local hospital where she was declared brought dead, the pradhan said.

Earlier, the family had met the local MLA for help for the same, the pradhan said, adding, they had also decided to give some money for treatment of the kidney.