Today in Memorial Park in Ruda Śląska, a ceremonial burial of donors of the Silesian Medical University took place. It is at our University that the Conscious Body Donation Program has been conducted since 2003.
On November 9, the University's authorities, students, accompanied by the families of the Donors, solemnly bid farewell to those who donated their bodies to science.
- In front of us are the urns with the ashes of 56 people who decided to let their bodies be used by students for research and study of anatomy. This makes them better specialists and allows them to help patients more effectively. Donating their bodies to science for young medical students means being able to use the most excellent anatomical atlas. In a special way, this obliges respect and gratitude," said Prof. Jerzy Stojko, SUM's pro-rector for studies and students.
The event had an ecumenical character. The Conscious Cadaver Donation Program is under the Memorial of Father Professor Innocent Joseph Maria Bochenski, a monk, a thinker, who himself donated his body to science.
