Octogenarian’s body donated for medical research in Hamirpur

The family of Sita Ram of Kohla village near Nadaun donated his body to Dr Radhakrishanan Government Medical College and Hospital here today. The 81-year-old died this morning following a brief sickness at home.

Vinod Kumar, the eldest son of the deceased, said the family donated the body as per the will of the deceased.

He added that his father spoke about donating his body after death about four years ago. Since then, he had prepared everyone in the family to fulfil his last wish, Vinod Kumar said. The family brought the body to the medical college and handed over it to the college authorities.

Dr Harjinder Singh, head of the department, said this was a most noble donation as it would help the medical fraternity and students to learn and to conduct research work. He said earlier the medical college had to get bodies from PGI, Chandigarh, but from the past three years people in the district had donated five bodies. He added that a body was usually preserved for over 10-15 years and even more depending on the requirements.

Meanwhile, a number of relatives and prominent people from Nadaun come with the family to hand over the body to the medical college and appreciated the noble gesture.