Paris Descartes university ‘sold rotting corpses for €900 each’ | World | The Times
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A leading medical institution in Paris is facing a criminal action for trading in bodies and body parts donated for research for more than a decade.
The Centre for Body Donations at Paris Descartes university has admitted mistreating thousands of cadavers, keeping them in rat-infested and overheated rooms.
A doctors’ union alleges that some bodies have been sold to private companies for inappropriate uses such as car crash tests. It charges €900 for a body and €400 for a limb.
Comment l’Université Paris Descartes, dirigée par Frédéric Dardel, a vendu des cadavres pourris à 900 € pièce.
