Kendrapara: A newly married couple here organised a blood donation camp and pledged to donate their organs after their deaths at their wedding reception. The couple organised the blood donation camp to collect blood for thalassemia patients.
They also persuaded 60 people to donate their organs after their deaths. Eight persons, including the newly-wed couple, registered their names to donate their bodies to the SCB Medical College for training medical students.
The marriage of Suryakanta Parida, 30, a mechanical engineer with the Paradip port, hailing from Ostapur village of Kendrapara block, and Silpa Bose, 30, attracted attention due to its uniqueness.
Suryakanta married his love Silpa Bose, a teacher at the Kendrapara-based Saraswati Bidyamandir, January 18 after a romance lasting 12 years.
The couple organised a blood donation camp at their house on their wedding reception day, and requested their relatives and friends to donate blood.
As many as 24 people donated blood at the reception venue, while 14 of their relatives donated blood at the DHH blood bank the same day.
The newly-weds and their six friends and relatives decided to donate their organs to the SCB Medical College and Hospital after their deaths. Sixty of their relatives also decided to donate organs after their deaths.
Suryakanta decided to donate blood to help thalassemia patients as they require blood regularly.
Suryakanta, who has adopted six children suffering from thalassemia, said life is God’s gift.
“We have decided not to have children and in future we would adopt a child. We have decided to donate our bodies to the SCB Medical College after our deaths,” said Silpa Bose, Suryakant’s wife.
“My family did not agree with our decision to donate our bodies as according to Hindu belief system the body of a person should either be buried or cremated. But I convinced my parents that if our body can be useful for study and research by medicos they would be able to save many human lives. My family later gave me the green signal,” Suryakanta said.
“My husband decided to donate his body after death. So I too agreed. Why should our bodies be cremated or buried? I am happy with our decision to donate our organs,” said Silpa Bose.
PNN