An elderly couple from an orthodox family signed to forego their last rites. A teenager celebrated her birthday in the anatomy department of a medical college. A woman felt a stab every time she passed by a particular city hospital until her last breath. Their emotions were different from resilience and exhilaration to anguish but a cause united them all: To leave their bodies or those of their kin to science.
Retired octogenarian railway employee L Subramaniam, of Velachery, and his wife registered to donate their bodies to Madras Medical College (MMC) for research in 2013. “It was an emotional moment for us,” said Subramaniam, “Not because it marked our end, but a possible beginning in science.”
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