In an all-woman household fighting catastrophic dual illnesses, time and medical credit lines have run critically thin. Niketa Khaire, 46, an IT support Professional, is struggling with End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), kept alive solely by thrice-weekly maintenance haemodialysis sessions after her vascular access repeatedly failed.
Simultaneously, her 14-year-old daughter, Aricia Bhat, relies on an artificial cerebral shunt to drain fluid from her brain and has undergone 12 life-saving neurosurgical procedures, including eight major and minor interventions in the past year alone.