Chandigarh, April 10 -- A 21-year-old woman, who was killed in a road accident, gave a new lease of life to four patients after her family consented to organ donation.

On April 4, Jyoti Kumar's life was cut short when the auto-rickshaw that she was travelling in was struck from behind by a motorcycle. The impact caused her to fall on the road, leading to severe head injuries.

After being rushed through several hospitals, she was brought to PGIMER, Chandigarh, in an extremely critical condition on April 6, where she succumbed to cardiac arrest on April 8.

Despite the heart-breaking circumstances, Jyoti's family, hailing from Mundi Kharar, chose to honour her memory through organ donation. Although the traditional pathway for organ retri...