Kochi, July 24, 2020: Anujith, the 27-year-old man from Kerala, who had once saved the lives of hundreds of people by averting a rail accident, died in a bike accident on July 14. Even after his death, Anujith has displayed his heroics by pledging his organs for others. According toContinue Reading
By James Kottoor None of us is permanent and absolute owners even of our own bodies and its parts, is the substance of Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi’s ruling, given in the brief Indian Express editorial given below with the heading ‘Body snatching.’ The phrase ‘Body snatching’ came into vogue inContinue Reading
Mumbai: Doctors in India will now get text alerts reminding them to ask families to donate organs of their deceased loved ones as part of a nationwide campaign to solve the country’s organ shortage that has fuelled a black market trade in organs. The drive, “Poochna Mat Bhoolo” – which means “don’t forgetContinue Reading
It was December 24, 1996. The gathering at a church in Bandra saw Father Francis Miranda’s body taken away not in a coffin to the cemetery where it would have been laid to rest, but to JJ Hospital. The priest had wished to be “of service to mankind” in someContinue Reading