Because you may not know just who all is in there....
"Two families filed suit Tuesday accusing BioCare and two affiliated companies of mishandling bodies donated for scientific research and returning cremated ashes of unknown origin to the families....
"That discovery came after body parts traced to BioCare turned up in late March at a Kansas facility licensed to incinerate medical waste....
"In the lawsuit Fasold said her father, Harold Dillard, made an agreement with BioCare to use his organs for scientific purposes. Fasold eventually received what she believed were her father’s ashes, but on April 1, she was notified that Dillard’s arm had been found at the waste facility in Kansas City, KS. The lawsuit accuses BioCare of mixing Dillard's remains with those of other people."
This reminds me of a story from my law school days:
We were studying a case in our torts class about a woman who'd miscarried, and weeks later returned to the doctor for a checkup. She asked the nurse what had happened to the baby, and apparently without a word, the nurse walked her to a storage closet and showed her the baby, in a jar, preserved with formaldehyde.
One of my classmates piped up, "Oh, did you want that?"
Alternatively, one could say her dad gave his right arm to be part of medical research.
Or, instead of introducing Dead Brother to his roommates, perhaps I should introduce myself?
"Fajardo said he was notified by the company that his wife’s organs had been harvested for scientific research and her hip had been sent to a research facility in Germany. Fajardo then received what he believed were her ashes until he found out her intact body was one of the 20 bodies police seized from BioCare’s offices last week."
That's right....her WHOLE BODY was still at the lab. Makes you wonder who he's been talking to late at night.
If Dead Brother isn't my Dead Brother after all, imagine *how incredibly pissed off* whomever is in that box must be at me right now.... And how much more pissed he/she/they will be in the months to come.
The entire story can be found at the link below:
http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/business/angry-relatives-sue-over-donated-bodies
"Two families filed suit Tuesday accusing BioCare and two affiliated companies of mishandling bodies donated for scientific research and returning cremated ashes of unknown origin to the families....
"That discovery came after body parts traced to BioCare turned up in late March at a Kansas facility licensed to incinerate medical waste....
"In the lawsuit Fasold said her father, Harold Dillard, made an agreement with BioCare to use his organs for scientific purposes. Fasold eventually received what she believed were her father’s ashes, but on April 1, she was notified that Dillard’s arm had been found at the waste facility in Kansas City, KS. The lawsuit accuses BioCare of mixing Dillard's remains with those of other people."
This reminds me of a story from my law school days:
We were studying a case in our torts class about a woman who'd miscarried, and weeks later returned to the doctor for a checkup. She asked the nurse what had happened to the baby, and apparently without a word, the nurse walked her to a storage closet and showed her the baby, in a jar, preserved with formaldehyde.
One of my classmates piped up, "Oh, did you want that?"
Alternatively, one could say her dad gave his right arm to be part of medical research.
Or, instead of introducing Dead Brother to his roommates, perhaps I should introduce myself?
"Fajardo said he was notified by the company that his wife’s organs had been harvested for scientific research and her hip had been sent to a research facility in Germany. Fajardo then received what he believed were her ashes until he found out her intact body was one of the 20 bodies police seized from BioCare’s offices last week."
That's right....her WHOLE BODY was still at the lab. Makes you wonder who he's been talking to late at night.
If Dead Brother isn't my Dead Brother after all, imagine *how incredibly pissed off* whomever is in that box must be at me right now.... And how much more pissed he/she/they will be in the months to come.
The entire story can be found at the link below:
http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/business/angry-relatives-sue-over-donated-bodies
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