Neeraj's family members will visit the AMU today to complete formalities for handing over his body to the JN Medical College.
Noted Hindi poet and lyricist Gopaldas ‘Neeraj’, who passed away at AIIMS on Thursday at the age of 94 years, had wished to donate his body to the students of the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College in Aligarh Muslim University.
Neeraj's family members will visit the AMU on Saturday to complete formalities for handing over his body to the J.N. Medical College. as per his last wish, the Padamshree awardee’s daughter Kundanika Sharma claimed that her father had signed a declaration on September 15, 2016 to donate his body to the medical college with his dependents signing it.
“He wanted medical students to learn intricacies of God’s creations and wished to donate his organs and body after his death to the J.N. Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University. We have all decided to fulfil his last wish and instead of cremation, his body will be sent to the medical college for students,” she said.
Prof Tariq Zaidi, Head of medical college's Anatomy department too confirmed that the family members have contacted the department to fulfil the renowned poet's last wish. Prof Zaidi claimed that many people sign the declaration to donate their bodies but not all families come forward to fulfil their wish after the death.
He pointed out that as many as 140 people had signed the declaration in the past 6 years but only 6 bodies were donated to the department. “We all respect family members of Neearj ji to fulfil his last wish and bring the body here,” he said.
“We will embalm the body once it is brought here to preserve it for the use by the medical students. We have already made all arrangements,” said Prof Zaidi.
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