DONATE BODY

DONATE DEAD BODY TO THE NATION There was a furore in the Rajasthan assembly because a dead body, sent for post mortem disappeared, while the relatives were waiting for it, for doing the last rites. It turned out that the body was sent to a private medical college, presumably for a consideration. Of course, it was wrong. Whatever is done, should be with the consent of the relatives. But some larger questions have to be discussed. Even when a body is not recieved, as in an air accident, the rituals can be done. So why waste a body, if it is useful? It is a question of attitudes and some misconceptions about the soul and its salvation or some such things. There are primitive people who eat the dead body. In the high seas, it is just thrown into the sea, to be eaten away by creatures in the sea. There should be a campaign for making the public aware of the need for donating the body to the Nation, especially the eyes. I wish to record my will to donate my body.