Ten-month-old Alin Sherin Abraham got to live for only 10 months, but she ensured that five people could carry on with their lives. Left brain-dead after a road accident earlier this month, her parents made the noble decision to donate her organs, making her the youngest organ donor in Kerala.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan announced on Saturday that Alin would be buried with full state honours at St Thomas CSI Church at Nedungadappally in Kottayam district on Sunday.

Alin was the only daughter of Arun Abraham, associated with the Church of South India Synod, and Sherin Ann John, a teacher at Chengaroor Mar Severios BEd Training College. The baby sustained grave injuries when the car she was travelling in with her parents and maternal grandparents collided with another vehicle on February 5.

Doctors informed her parents on Friday that the baby was brain-dead. Rising above their grief and finding hope that Alin would continue to live through others, her parents decided to donate her organs.

Alin's organs were transported at 7:13 PM on Friday from Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences in Kochi through a green corridor. The ambulance reached KIMS Health Hospital in Thiruvananthapuram in 3 hours and 20 minutes.

Six-month-old Dhriya received Alin's liver, becoming the youngest in Kerala to receive a liver from another infant. The surgery commenced at 10:30 PM Friday and concluded at 6 AM Saturday. The hospital said Dhriya is stable with encouraging improvement in metabolic parameters.

A 10-year-old girl at Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital received Alin's kidneys. She spoke to her parents after the successful transplant.

Heart valves were donated to Sree Chitra Institute, while corneas were preserved at AIMS Kochi eye bank for future recipients.

"Despite the grief, the decision taken by the parents is a noble gesture. They have set an example for Kerala," CM Vijayan said.