Organs of UK Nuclear Workers Secretly Harvested; Energy Secretary Apologizes

fernlyn writes with word of a report detailing a decades-long practice of clandestine post-mortem organ removal from the bodies of dozens of workers in the UK's nuclear energy industry; Britain's Energy Secretary Chris Huhne has apologized to the families of those workers whose organs were taken without consent or even acknowledgement. Many of the organs taken were removed without any apparent forensic purpose in mind. Surviving relatives are understandably upset with what they see as cavalier treatment of their loved ones' bodies (even beyond unauthorized organ removal), such as the replacement of bones with lengths of broomstick.

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Re:What the hell is the fuss about

[cheekyjohnson]

None of the above. It just doesn't make sense to care so much about a dead body. You should care more about the memories of the person, not the body that they can no longer use. Especially since all their body is going to be doing is rotting in the ground or getting burnt when they could be used for something useful (which apparently wasn't the case here).