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`Open mortuary' a big draw

By Our Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD, DEC 7. Originality is what makes MEDEX-2004, the medical exhibition at the Gandhi Medical College till December 16, different from other expos.

There are preserved forms of mutilated limbs, foetuses, cadavers, an open mortuary with real bodies inside - blood curdling it might seem, but then, the aim is education.

The originality goes to such an extent, that anyone casually passing by Room No. 204 could scream "Suicide!" on seeing a woman hanging from a rope. It takes some time to realise that this too is just one of the scenes of death put up by the Forensic Department.

Range of exhibits

Formally inaugurated by the Home Minister, K. Jana Reddy, here on Tuesday, the exhibition, which will be open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily, has a striking range of exhibits on display, photographs of gory crime spots and scenes of death apart from various working models made by the students of the college.

With 32 departments vying to outclass each other through 40 rooms spread over four floors, visitors surely have something to see on hand. There are messages too, like the one against female foeticide put up by students of the Anatomy Department. The cadavers too catch one's eye easily, particularly that of a child, its head and limbs bandaged and seated casually on a chair.

The exhibition on Tuesday had scores of schoolchildren, medical students and nursing students as well, making the rounds of the departments. If some were full of queries, others were silent, a handkerchief held tightly to the nose and staring at the exhibits with a look of disbelief.

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