UHS gives nod to law draft on unclaimed bodies

Legislation proposes academic use of unidentified corpses

LAHORE:

The Syndicate of University of Health Sciences (UHS) on Monday gave a nod to a law draft on the provision, management and equitable distribution of unclaimed and unidentified human bodies for academic purposes.

 The 61st meeting of the UHS syndicate was held on Monday with UHS Vice Chancellor (VC) Dr Javed Akram in the chair.

 The meeting observed that there should be a proper law for the use and distribution of unidentified human corpses for medical education.

 On the direction of the Lahore High Court (LHC), former King Edward Medical University (KEMU) Forensic Medicine Department chairperson Arif Rasheed Malik and Amicus Curiae appointed by the court, Advocate Noshab.

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Khan highlighted important provisions of the proposed Punjab Human Tissue Act 2021. Under the proposed Punjab Human Tissue Act 2021, a modern mortuary would be set up at UHS Jinnah Campus where unidentified human corpses would be kept safe.

The varsity would have a central position in providing dead bodies to the medical institutes for educational purposes.

After the promulgation of the law, all medical colleges in Punjab would be able to obtain dead bodies from UHS for teaching anatomy to medical students.