Been to the hospital lately? http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20001011/od/organs_dc_2.html Wednesday October 11 11:52 AM ET Hospitals Store Body Parts Without Consent SYDNEY (Reuters) - Hospitals in Sydney have stored human tissue or organs from dead people for research, training and posthumous diagnosis without the consent of families sparking a government inquiry into the practice. The New South Wales (NSW) state government said it had found evidence that hospitals and universities may have been collecting body parts and human tissue without permission for decades. ``It is uncertain how much, if any, of the human tissue held is identifiable,'' said NSW Health Minister Craig Knowles, adding the practice was almost certainly occurring across Australia. Knowles told parliament Tuesday a preliminary inquiry into Sydney hospitals was launched following news earlier this year that the hearts of more than 11,000 children who died of cardiac disease had been stored at hospitals around Britain. The preliminary investigation found two Sydney hospitals had kept human tissue from non-coronial post-mortems without permission from relatives. ``Australian hospitals and universities contain many samples of organs and other human tissue. It now seems apparent that some of these may have been collected, or at least retained, from dead people without the knowledge of their families,'' Knowles said. ------------------ Save our children from the TAAS test: TAAS test report card TAAS test fact sheet
Personally, I do not know why anyone would be surprised by this. I worked as a pathology assistant at one time. The archives of the hospital (like every other hospital I have ever worked in) contain a room full of body parts, normal and abnormal, pickled in formaldehyde. These are used for research, post diagnostic study, teaching tools, etc ... . Most hospitals throughout the world have such a department. In the US a consent now must be signed (since 1997,I think) if you wish the hospital NOT to dispose of the body parts. In essence asking patients if they want the parts returned (sounds like an auto repair shop) or disposed of by the hospital in anyway they see as proper. If they want the oarts, they have to sign a consent to have the parts returned. "Ah, Mr.Patient. Ah, like are you .... finished with that appendix? Ah .... or do you want us to .... like ... ah ... take it away now?"
I don't think its that big a deal, but they should compensate the families...to an extent. How much is a heart worth?? ------------------ Too often, we lose sight of life's simple pleasures. Remember, when someone annoys you it takes 42 muscles in your face to frown, but it only takes 4 muscles to extend your arm and pimp-slap the mother****** upside the head!
as long as the body parts are stored in Fawsters everything will be fine. ------------------ www.NOPostCount.com
Actually Behad, I'm more worried about what the doctors do to me when I'm alive . Seriously though, I think the default should be that your organs are disposed of as the hospital sees fit, but they should at least advise families of it. ------------------ Maybe all the rulers are wrong. Current Rocket's Salary & Contract Info
