93-Year-Old "First Indian Woman" To Donate Her Body For Covid Research

Jyotsna Bose is the second person from West Bengal after its founder Brojo Roy, to have got a pathological autopsy conducted on her body at a state-run hospital here, following death due to COVID-19.

Jyotsna Bose, a 93-year-old trade union leader from Kolkata, became the "first woman" in the country whose body has been donated for medical research to find out the effects of coronavirus on humans, an organisation that spearheaded cadaver donation in Bengal said. A statement issued by the non-profit organisation, 'Gandarpan', also said that Jyotsna Bose is the second person from West Bengal after its founder Brojo Roy, to have got a pathological autopsy conducted on her body at a state-run hospital here, following death due to COVID-19. Another victim of the contagion, ophthalmologist Dr Biswajit Chakraborty's remains have also been donated for the same purpose, making him the third such person in the state. Jyotsna Bose's grand-daughter Dr Tista Basu said that the trade unionist, who had pledged her body through Brojo Roy's organisation around 10 years ago, was admitted to a hospital in Beliaghata area of north Kolkata on May 14, and she died two days later.