Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh): A 75-year-old woman from Gwalior, Pancho Bai, was honored with a guard of honor and full state honors after her death, a first in Madhya Pradesh for a body donor.
A resident of Haripuram Colony in Thatipur, Pancho Bai passed away on Friday night. During her lifetime, she had pledged to donate her body for medical research.
In line with the announcement made by Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav regarding state honors for body donors, she was given a guard of honor at her residence.
After the ceremony, her body was respectfully handed over to Gajra Raja Medical College (GRMC) for educational and research purposes.
Her son, Devendra, informed that Pancho Bai’s husband, Babulal Jatav, had also donated his body to the same medical college earlier. The family shared that their granddaughter Parul had secured admission to the Government Medical College in Vidisha, but there was a shortage of cadavers for medical research.
She expressed this concern to her grandparents, after which both decided to pledge their bodies for donation so that no student would face the same issue.
The Madhya Pradesh government has taken a significant decision: individuals who donate their organs or bodies after death will now be honored with a guard of honor at the time of their funeral.
Additionally, the donor’s family will be felicitated on January 26 or August 15. Pancho Bai became the first in Gwalior to be honored under this new initiative.
