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Iffath Fathima ByExpress News ServiceBENGALURU: Karnataka got its first skin bank in the state-run Victoria Hospital in 2016. This is far from the truth and there is a lack of awareness on it,” said BN Nagaraj, Skin Bank in-charge. He said the donor’s skin is taken out only from the back of the thighs and legs and the thickness is only 3mm. In fact, family members of the deceased do not have to come to the skin bank. The skin bank has been holding awareness programmes in colleges and a few corporate companies,he said..