Hyderabad, July 16 -- In a touching act of sibling love ahead of Raksha Bandhan, a 10-year-old girl from Warangal has donated her stem cells to save her 11-year-old brother's life. The boy was battling severe aplastic anaemia, a rare and potentially fatal blood disorder.

The life-saving procedure took place at KIMS Cuddles Hospital in Kondapur, where the boy was admitted with a high fever and dangerously low blood counts. Following a thorough diagnosis, doctors confirmed that his bone marrow had stopped producing essential blood cells-a condition that affects fewer than 7 in one million children.

Dr. Chandana Mareddy, Consultant Paediatric Haematologist and Bone Marrow Transplant Specialist, explained that a stem cell transplant was the...