The University of North Texas Health Science Center built a flourishing business using hundreds of unclaimed corpses. It suspended the program after failures to treat the dead.
Posted by nbcnews@reddit | Dallas | View on Reddit | 18 comments
arlenroy@reddit
As someone who has already made after life plans, as in my body will be donated to a local college, your corpse can be a resourceful tool. However, his family did not give consent for this, and being former military his burial is already taken care of. Reading through the article, the coroner did not do their due diligence, he was just another bum who died on the street. It's sad, but it's reality. His body going to for profit medical companies leaves a bad taste in your mouth, but it did give caretakers the opportunity to perform medical procedures. This solely lays on Dallas County for not doing any research on this man, before giving his body away.
kon---@reddit
Hey, at least people who may or may not finish school had an opportunity to disrespect a person's body in pursuit of a lucrative career.
Fucking wild take. But hey, hopefully your loved ones are good with students fileting their last remaining connection with you in the name of generating personal income.
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10Core56@reddit
UNT seems to have some problems in a few issues...
SeventyFix@reddit
Can you elaborate? Generally curious as it's a popular college for mid-tier DFW high school students
PharmKB@reddit
Damn, why do you have to say it like that? 😂 Me and plenty of my peers had better than mid-tier test scores and just didn't come from money.
Historical_Dentonian@reddit
Don’t worry. That poster is just desperate for a school to look down upon.
State schools all meet the same accreditation requirements, what you do with your education has a far greater impact on success than what university you attended. My BBA is just as worthy as a BBA from UT, A&M etc, because they meet the exact same standards for accreditation.
PharmKB@reddit
Oh yeah, I'm not sweating it. The big name schools open that entry level door faster for sure, but meeting peers in my field that went to those same big name schools makes me feel especially good about the education I got without any student loans to pay off.
Historical_Dentonian@reddit
Same
10Core56@reddit
I just google "unt" scandals, and the gym pics, payroll, right wing, gang rape scandals came up. I am not saying is a bad school, but it seems scandal prone.
2ManyCooksInTheKitch@reddit
Holy shit this is sad.
IwasIlovedfw@reddit
Ooops! Thank you. I thought Ozzie and Jack said it was Waco.
IwasIlovedfw@reddit
I am leaving my body to a medical school or the body farm in Waco. I don't need a funeral or anything that would cost money, but that would ultimately help others.
Temporary-Artist6932@reddit
Waco doesn’t have a body farm. There is one located in San Marcos.
pardonyourhands@reddit
Thankyou for posting this article. My mother donated her body to this program and I was very pleased with the programming. I received letters from the students thanking her for her donation after her final directions and cremation. Her thoughtfulness impacted me so much I too have also signed up for this program. I carry a card in my wallet in case of my untimely demise. This is really unfortunate to hear. I guess I will be calling the school, following the story and looking for other alternatives.
GeekyTexan@reddit
I *want* my body to be used this way. I'll be dead, so I don't need it any more.
If I have organs that someone else needs, use them. But I'm old, so my parts probably aren't very useful that way.
Use my body to train medical students. Or use it for research. I would love it if they'll hang my skeleton in a classroom someplace. (Except I won't love it, because I'll be gone and won't know the difference. It's unlikely to happen that way, but I can pretend.)
The idea that everyone that dies gets their own plot of land, forever, just seems silly to me.
This is where I am signed up.
https://lsom.uthscsa.edu/dcsa/body-donation-program/instructions-for-the-body-donation/
nbcnews@reddit (OP)
A 10-month NBC News investigation lays out in stark detail how Dallas and Tarrant counties sent unclaimed bodies to the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth, which used them for medical training and research — often without the consent of the deceased or their relatives’ knowledge.
Many of the bodies were cut up and shipped across the country to for-profit medical device makers, other universities and the Army. These recipients leased the body parts for hundreds of dollars apiece — $900 for a torso, $341 for a leg — so that doctors could practice medical procedures.
In response to reporters’ findings, the Health Science Center initially defended its work before announcing on Friday that it was suspending the body donation program, firing its leaders and hiring a consulting firm to investigate its practices.
Full investigation: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/university-north-texas-corpses-dissected-unclaimed-bodies-rcna170478
udfshelper@reddit
They closed the anatomy lab for students and the UNTHSC dean resigned.