A 93-year-old Jyotsana Bose, a trade union leader from
Kolkata became the first Indian woman whose body has been donated to carry out
Covid-19 research to assess the effects of the virus on humans.
The information was reportedly shared by Bengal’s cadaver donation, a non-profit organization that led the process.
In a statement issued by the organization ‘Gandarpan’, it said Jyotsana Bose has officially become the second person from Bengal whose body would be used for research purposes. Earlier, the organization’s founder Brojo Roy had given his body for a pathological autopsy after he succumbed to Covid-19.
There’s also a third person on the list, an ophthalmologist Dr. Biswajit Chakraborty's, whose remains have been kept for the research.
It may be noted here that Jyotsana Bose’s grand-daughter Dr Tista Basu said the deceased trade union had already pledged 10 years back through ‘Gandarpan’ that her body would be donated for medical research purposes.
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Jyotsana who contracted Covid-19 was admitted to a hospital in Beliaghata area of north Kolkata on May 14 where she succumbed to the infection after two days.
Dr. Basu further added, “The pathological autopsy of my grandmother was conducted at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on Tuesday."
"Hers is the first female body in the country donated for a pathological autopsy following death due to COVID-19," she added.
Dr. Basu, who is pursuing her MD in pathology, said, "We do not know much about coronavirus as it is a new disease. We need to understand its full effect on organs and organ systems. Pathological autopsies help us in this quest."