Bhubaneswar, April 3 -- Willpower can sometimes push people beyond pain, illness, even the shadow of death. But can such grit be expected from a teenage girl? Perhaps not-until now. In a moment that defied medical odds, a girl with just a 1% survival chance stepped out of the ICU to appear for her board exams, choosing courage over fear.

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A year ago, Ankita's [name changed] world was defined not by classrooms but by hospital corridors and ambulance sirens. While her peers revised lessons, she was wheeled into exam centres on a stretcher, IV lines still attached.

"It may not sound like much, but for me, it meant everything," she sa...