Mobile is back, and the girl is all smiles

Hrithiksha from Kushalnagar receives her deceased mother’s mobile phone that went missing at the District COVID-19 Hospital in Madikeri in May

The long and restless wait for Hrithiksha, a school-going girl from Kushalnagar in Kodagu, finally ended on Thursday after she received her deceased mother’s mobile phone that went missing at the District COVID-19 Hospital in Madikeri in May this year. Her mother, Prabha, had succumbed to COVID-19 three months ago. On knowing that her mother’s phone is missing, the girl’s heart-wrenching appeal for tracing the phone had gone viral in social media platforms, prompting the district administration to intervene. The girl said the phone had photographs of her and her mother, and the only means to recollect her memories. Despite all efforts, the phone could not be traced, leaving the girl disappointed.