New anatomy laboratory at Vic university

The medical school of the University of Vic, in central Catalonia, has taken anatomical research a step further. It has launched a new anatomy laboratory, which is ready to begin working. However, the school needs subjects and so it has made it easy for locals to donate their bodies to science. In order to do so, people must first register, which is free and which can be done online or in person at the university. In the latter case, the person wanting to donate their body must be accompanied by another person, to witness the donation. While it awaits the arrival of the first bodies, the university has agreed to transfer corpses from other Catalan universities.         

Those choosing to donate their bodies to science have the satisfaction of knowing that they will be helping medical students to put their skills and knowledge into practice on real human bodies. The doctor in charge of the school’s anatomy department, Marian Lorente, told the Catalan News Agency (ACN) that the anatomical study will allow students to practise what they have learnt in books.