Updated On: 26 February, 2026 07:04 AM IST | Mumbai | Ritika Gondhalekar
Readers rally behind 12-year-old at Sion Hospital, who wakes up to Rs 23,000 by breakfast time and Rs 61,000 by nightfall; Parwez said the funds have already begun easing the family’s burden

Parwez Ali with his mother, Shabana, at Sion Hospital on Wednesday after donations from readers began coming in. PICS/RITIKA GONDHALEKAR
After spending Tuesday running from pillar to post outside Sion Hospital seeking help for his mother’s surgery and returning empty-handed, 12-year-old Parwez Ali woke up on Wednesday to an unexpected flood of donations.

Parwez Ali (in green) and a social work tender to Shabana at KEM Hospital in 2024. PIC/By Special Arrangement