chandigarh what happens to your lungs when cigarettes become like a friend to you how does your liver cope with too much of alcohol the anatomy department in pgi plans to show you the long term effects soon when it opens its organ display research section for public the section which is considered the largest in the country has around 4000 organs there are rows and rows of jars containing preserved vital organs brain heart lung and liver both healthy and diseased the jars have central registration numbers unique identity of a patient give details like cause of death year of demise students can get the history of the patient from the cr number and use the details of disease and its spread said dr daisy sahni head of the anatomy department pgi there is a large jar of human brain which shows collapsed arteries because of an accident if not fatal it leads to unconsciousness and the patient gets bedridden schoolchildren have often been provided this information during workshops and charts used to put across a point now we are working on improvising the display for public any lifestylerelated problem that harms the organs can be easily understood if seen in the real sense said dr sahni the department has preserved human organs for teaching postgraduate medical students now it will open its doors for the public with a message organs talk time to take prevention body donations have helped us collect human organs it was started in 1968 and we have one of the largest collections of human organs in the country since we have no data for comparison we cannot claim to be the largest in india claimed dr sahni the section has a damaged brain placed right next to a normal one it is planning to install audio to explain the consequences of not wearing a helmet while driving excess drinking and smoking and consuming too much of fatty food to ensure that the message is not lost a poster would be pasted nearby to explain human anatomy not only will this convey social message but also generate an interest in medical sciences which do not have many takers nowadays added a faculty member the department will also give this information to the family of the patients who come with liver or lung disease due to smoking drinking and eating junk food also access to the schoolchildren can help in conveying the message to the family these children are messengers who spread the information to their family members that is the reason we prefer to explain and show this to them said dr daisy