Tasmanian government apologises over stolen body parts scandal
The Tasmanian government has issued an apology regarding a scandal involving the unauthorized retention and display of body parts taken from autopsies. This issue, which affected 177 human specimens collected between 1966 and 1991, was revealed after an investigation prompted by concerns raised in 2016. Families of the deceased expressed their ongoing distress and called for further actions beyond the apology.
- ▪The Tasmanian government apologized for the unauthorized retention of body parts from autopsies.
- ▪An investigation revealed that 177 human specimens were collected without family consent between 1966 and 1991.
- ▪Families expressed ongoing distress and called for more than just an apology.
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Tasmanian government apologises over stolen body parts scandal13 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleLana LamSydneyUniversity of TasmaniaSpecimens at a University of Tasmania museum were stolen from bodies and some displayed without permissionThe Tasmanian government has apologised for a decades-old scandal in which body parts taken from autopsies were secretly kept - and in some cases put on display - without the consent of families.The wrongdoing was uncovered last year after an investigation found that between 1966 and 1991 pathologists may have "actively sourced" 177 human specimens collected during autopsies before handing them to a university museum.The samples were given to the museum without approval of family members or the coroners who were responsible for the…
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