Overview
- Ehsaas, the girl found in Uttar Pradesh’s Katarniaghat forest in January 2017 and widely called the “Mowgli girl,” died after being brought to Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences on June 15.
- Hospital records and the post-mortem cite septicaemia triggered by lung disease as the immediate cause of death following a short hospitalization earlier in June.
- She spent most of her life after rescue at the Nirvan Government Specialised Children’s Home in Lucknow, where staff and the Nirvan Foundation provided long-term medical care and rehabilitation.
- Medical exams over the years showed severe underdevelopment of her brain, persistent intellectual disability and recurrent epileptic seizures that limited cognitive recovery despite social gains.
- Her death closes a high-profile rescue and care story that raised public interest in long-term institutional support for children with severe developmental and medical needs and may prompt attention to how such cases are managed.