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Times Of India
24 Aug 2012
How can the medical community succeed in finding a cure for dementia, Alzheimer’s and other such ailments when there aren’t enough brain tissues available for study and research? Showing the way is a dementia patient from Bangalore who donated her brain to India’s only brain bank

Mother handed over the scribbled note to Swapna Kishore, her only child. The writing was unsteady but urgent.

" This is to informall concerned, in the event of my death, the following desires … ( should be carried out ). On confirming mydeat horbrain death –… donation of all the organsto the ex – tentit is medic ally possible, followed by donatingof my body to amedical college or hospital for research….”

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