West Bengal, India (KTLA) -- A 12-year-old girl in West Bengal committed suicide so that she could donate her organs to her sick brother and father only to be cremated a day before her wishes were discovered in a suicide note, it was reported Thursday.
Mumpy Sarkar from Jhorpara village, West Bengal had listened as her parents discussed how only eye surgery could restore her father's vision and a kidney transplant her brother's life, the Daily Mail reports.
The cost of the medical procedures was beyond the family's means, and Mumpy thought donating her own organs would give her loved ones back their lives.
She followed through with her plan, but Mumpy's father found the suicide note on her bed one day after her traditional cremation, according to the Daily Mail.
The girl requested that her eyes and kidneys be used for the treatment of her father and brother.
Her family is now shocked and saddened.
Her father Mridul told the paper: "We were too late in understanding the feelings of a very sensitive child."
The local state council has pledged to help the family with its medical needs.
Mumpy Sarkar from Jhorpara village, West Bengal had listened as her parents discussed how only eye surgery could restore her father's vision and a kidney transplant her brother's life, the Daily Mail reports.
The cost of the medical procedures was beyond the family's means, and Mumpy thought donating her own organs would give her loved ones back their lives.
She followed through with her plan, but Mumpy's father found the suicide note on her bed one day after her traditional cremation, according to the Daily Mail.
The girl requested that her eyes and kidneys be used for the treatment of her father and brother.
Her family is now shocked and saddened.
Her father Mridul told the paper: "We were too late in understanding the feelings of a very sensitive child."
The local state council has pledged to help the family with its medical needs.
