Kerala Gazette No. 44 dated 4th November 2008 .
Section iv PART I
GOVERNMENT OF KERALA
Health and Family Welfare ( S ) Department
NOTIFICATIONS
G. O. ( P) No. 496/2008/H & FWD .
Dated, Thiruvananthapuram , 9th September 2008 .
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S. R. O. No. 1121/2008.- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section ( 3 ) of section 1 of the Kerala Anatomy Act, 1957 (Act 17 of 1957) , the Government of Kerala hereby specify that sections 2 to 10 of the said Act shall come into force in the entire State of Kerala with effect from the date of publication of this notification .
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8. R. O. No. 1122/2008. -In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Kerala Anatomy Act , 1957 (Act 17 of 1957) , the Government of Kerala hereby authorize the Superintendents of Medical College Hospital Thiruvananthapuram , Alappuzha , Kottayam , Thrissur and Kozhikode and the Superintendents of General Hospitals in Ernakulam and Thalasseri (Kannur ) and Superintendents of District Hospitals in Kollam, Pathanamthitta ( Kozhenchery ) Palakkad, Malappuram , Idukki Wayanad and Kasaragod ( Kanhangad) as officers to whom a report shall be made under Section 4 or 4 A of the said Act and they shall be competent to Act under the said section within the area of respective revenue Districts in which the hospital is located .
By order of the Governor
DR . VISHWAS МЕНТА, Secretaryto Government .
G.758/2008 /G 2
Explanatory Note
(This does not form part of the notification , but is intended to indicate its general purport .)
case The demand for cadavers for teaching purpose are very high as the number of Medical Institutions in private sector have increased to a great extent . The main grievance of the Medical Colleges in Private Sectors is that they are unable to obtain dead bodies for accademic purpose. In the circumstances Government have examined the in detail and decided to notify the Superintendents of five Government Medical Colleges and the Superintendents of General Hospitals in Ernakulam and Thalasseri and in other 7 District hospitals where mortuary facility is available as authorized officers under Anatomy Act to collect unclaimed dead bodies and to transport them to the Anatomy Department of Government Medical Colleges for embalming and supplying to the Institutions which are notified as teaching institutions under the Anatomy Act .
The notifications are intended to achieve the above objects .