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Ambala News: The body of a woman from Singhpura, Barada, Haryana was donated by her family for research in medical science. During the last journey of Jamuna Devi, the daughters supported her and carried the body to the ambulance. Earlier, bodies of four-five people had also been donated in the village. The family is associated with Dera Sacha Sauda.
Ambala. A family has set a unique example by donating its body in Barara area of Ambala district of Haryana. 73-year-old Jamuna Devi, resident of Sinhapura, Barada, had passed away, after which her family members, as per her last wish, did not dedicate her body to the fire but donated it for research in medical science.
In fact, according to Indian tradition, sons are considered to have the right to give shoulder, but during the last journey of Jamuna Devi, this myth seemed to be broken and her daughter Rajkaur and Kamlesh gave her shoulder. During this time, when the women of the house took up this responsibility, the villagers present there saluted this social change. After this, the mortal remains of Jamna Devi were sent through an ambulance to the ‘National Capital Region Institute of Medical Sciences’ located in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh.
Family members told Local-18 that his mother Jamuna Devi was at the forefront of social work like blood donation and tree plantation during her lifetime. In such a situation, it was decided during his lifetime that after his death, instead of cremating his body, he would donate it for medical research, so that it could be useful to humanity.
He told that his mother had voluntarily filled the form for donating her body and her final decision will now help medical students to understand the complexities of the human body.
Local residents said that this is the fifth case of body donation in Barara block and like Jamuna Devi, many people have voluntarily filled the pledge form for body donation. They said that this awareness rising from rural areas is no less than a lifesaver for medical science, because there is a huge shortage of human dead bodies for research and studies in the medical colleges of the country and in such a situation, with this pledge of body donation, the researchers doing science and research will be able to get information.
He told that after some time of death, if some organs become useful to other people also, due to which they also get a new life. He said that even after her death, Jamuna Devi has inspired many people of the village to do social work, and now following her path, we all will also do work like donating blood, planting trees. It is noteworthy that the family of the elderly woman is associated with Dera Sacha Sauda.
