Archive · 28 May 2025
Family Donates Retired Physician's Body to MKCG Medical College
A retired doctor named Prafulla Chandra Sahu, who was 94 years old, passed away.
His family honored his wish by giving his body and eyes to the MKCG Medical College.
This will help teach future doctors about the human body.
Dr. Sahu was a respected professor and had promised to donate his body in 2019.
His family, including his sons, handed over the body to the medical college.
The college uses these donations for medical education and research and can accommodate many more.
This is the fifth body donation this year and the 34th in the last 12 years.
Family of a 94-year-old retired physician donated his body and eyes to MKCG Medical College.
The donation fulfilled the deceased's final wish.
The body will be used for medical education and research.
The deceased, Prafulla Chandra Sahu, was a professor of medicine.
This marks the fifth body donation to MKCG this year.
- Who
- Family of Prafulla Chandra Sahu, a retired physician.
- What
- Family of Prafulla Chandra Sahu donated his body and eyes to MKCG Medical College.
- When
- Wednesday morning
- Where
- MKCG Medical College, Berhampur.
- Why
- To fulfill his final wish and for medical education and research.
- Deceased
- Prafulla Chandra Sahu
- Age
- 94
- Profession
- Retired Physician
- Donation
- Body and eyes
- Medical College
- MKCG Medical College
- Body Donation Pledge
- July 2019