The Government of Nagaland on June 15, 2024, issued the Nagaland Anatomy Act, 2024 to provide for the supply of unclaimed bodies of the deceased and donation before death by a person of his body or any part thereof after his death to hospital and medical and teaching institution or for medical education or research including anatomical examinations and dissection.
The foremost provisions have been stated:
• If a person dies in a hospital or in prison and his body is not claimed by any of his near relatives or personal friends (definition of personal friends for clarity in the definition of persons interested) within such time as may be prescribed, the authority in charge of such hospital or prison shall, with the least practicable delay, report the fact to the authorised officer, and the said officer shall take possession of the unclaimed body and except in the case referred to in sub-section (3) hand it over to the authority in charge of a teaching medical institution, if it is required by the authority for the purpose of conducting anatomical examination and dissection.
• If any person at any time before his or her death had expressed an unequivocal desire and intention in writing in the presence of two or more witnesses that his body or any part of his body thereof be given to authorities in charge of an approved institution for being used after his death for the purpose of medical education or research including anatomical examination and dissection, the person lawfully in possession of his body after his death may, unless he has reason to believe that the request was subsequently withdrawn, authorise the removal of the dead body or such part thereof to any approved institution for use in accordance with the request.
For more details, kindly refer to the document provided below.
[Notification No. LAW/ACT/23-26/2024]
