INDORE: The rise in body donations in Indore has prompted local MGM Medical College to supply six cadavers to Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.This is the first time the cadavers will be supplied to another state from Indore after the MGM Medical College became the only college in the state to have surplus cadavers, thanks to the body donation awareness campaigns and innovative sops offered by the Indore Organ Donation Society."Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences had requested for 6 cadavers. We have agreed to give them the same," the society secretary Dr Sanjay Dixit told TOI.The J&K college is working out formalities to transport the cadavers and awaiting necessary sanctions from authorities, he said.The college has over 50 cadavers - bodies donated by people for medical studies. It has supplied cadavers to other colleges, including those in Rewa, Gwalior and Jabalpur.In 2013, MGM Medical College had only four cadavers to cater to around 150 MBBS first year students.According to the Medical Council of India (MCI), a cadaver should be provided among 20 students for study.The society started an awareness drive to motivate people to donate their bodies in different communities. Special vehicles were deployed to 'transport with respect' the bodies donated by people from their homes.

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