Bequeathals
Service of Thanksgiving for Body Donors
20 March 2012, 12:30pm, Whitworth Hall.
Each year the University accepts a number of human bodies, which are used to teach anatomy to medical, dental and science students.
The bodies we receive are those of people from the Manchester area who have indicated, prior to their death, that they wish to donate their bodies for this purpose. This selfless and public-spirited action benefits the education of around 2000 students each year.
The Service of Thanksgiving has become an annual event in memory of those who have bequeathed their bodies to the University in the previous academic year.
The Service this year will be held at 12:15 for 12:30 pm on Tuesday 20 March 2012 in the University’s Whitworth Hall.
This will be a non-denominational Service. You do not need to be of any particular religious affiliation or, indeed, to hold any religious belief, to attend the Service. Everyone will be made most welcome.
Alan Crossman
Professor of Anatomy
The University has a continuing requirement for human bodies for the purposes of Anatomical Examination, Education, Training and Research and is greatly indebted to the public-spirited individuals who bequeath their bodies in this way.
Bequeathing one’s body is not the same as donating organs for transplantation. If you wish to donate organs for transplantation, you should carry a donor card, available from General Practitioners, some hospitals and chemists. If you carry a donor card, you can still bequeath your body for teaching and research. If organs are removed for transplantation at the time of death, however, this may preclude acceptance of the bequeathal (see section 2:v).
It is important that, if you wish to bequeath your body, you should discuss your wishes with your relatives or executor(s). You have the right to withdraw your donation at any time, by contacting the department at the address/telephone number on the Bequeathal Form.
Forms for Bequeathal can be obtained from the Bequeathals Administrator, Mrs Pamela Hall (tel: 0161 275 5399, email: Pamela.hall@manchester.ac.uk). Alternatively they can be downloaded from the University website:
Download and print this file, fill it out (using the accompanying notes for guidance) and return to:
The Professor of Anatomy
3.614 Stopford Building
The University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PT
