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KOLKATA: It may be a coincidence that Somnath Chatterjee’s body was donated on Organ Donation Day, a movement for which the veteran parliamentarian vouched for. Apart from benefiting medical students, Chatterjee’s skin will also be used for grafting while treating burn patients.Doctors at SSKM will embalm the body to prevent decomposition. His body reached SSKM’s anatomy department on Monday evening, the same place where his mentor Jyoti Basu’s body was taken eight years ago and where his remains are still used for education and research. He signed the form along with his wife and said ‘You need to see that our bodies are used scientifically. Once the dissection is done, the bones and organs will be preserved for study and research..