Kolkata's 93-year-old becomes 'first Indian woman' to donate her body for COVID research

Jyotsna Bose, a 93-year-old tre union leer from Kolkata, became "first woman" in country whose body has been donated for medical research to find out effects of coronavirus on humans, an organisation that spearheed caver donation in Bengal said. A statement issued by non-profit organisation, 'Gandarpan', also said that Bose is 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.

Anor victim of contagion, ophthalmologist Dr Biswajit Chakraborty's remains have also been donated for same purpose, making him third such person in state. Bose's grand-daughter Dr Tista Basu said that tre unionist, who h pledged her body through Roy's organisation around 10 years ago, was mitted to a hospital in Beliaghata area of north Kolkata on May 14, and she died two days later.

 " pathological autopsy of my grandmor was conducted at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on Tuesday. Hers is first female body in country donated for pathological autopsy following death due to COVID-19," she told PTI.

Basu, who is pursuing her MD in pathology, said, "We do not know much about coronavirus as it is a new disease. We need to understand its full effect on organs and organ systems. Pathological autopsies help us in this quest."

Jyotsna Bose was born in 1927 in Chittagong in present-day Banglesh. During World War II, Bose's far went missing while returning from Burma and family went through immense financial crisis. She failed to complete her studies and took up a job as an operator at British Telephones. Bose became involved in tre union movement shortly after, and participated in 1946 posts and telegraph strike in support of Naval mutiny. She married prominent tre unionist Moni Gopal Basu later in life, and kept herself busy in social and political works after her retirement, her granddaughter ded.

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