A 16-year-old girl from India is battling for her life after her parents refused to donate a kidney to her because "she's a girl".
Kanchan Kumari, 16, fell ill two months ago and was rushed to hospital after she complained of intense pain in her midriff and back.
Doctors revealed she has kidney failure and needs a kidney transplant in order to boost her chances of survival.
"She fell ill around two months ago and was undergoing treatment at Sheikhpura and Biharsharif," her grandfather Baleshwar Yadav told Times of India.
"The doctors said both her kidneys had stopped functioning and she urgently required a transplant. Besides the kidney, surgery will cost $100,000 but that there is no guarantee of survival."