Scandal of the Centre of the gift of the body : the investigation entrusted to the co-investigating judges

The Paris prosecutor’s office opened a preliminary investigation, following the publication of an article in The Express, which condemned “indecent expressions” c

Prosecutors in Paris led the preliminary investigation, following the publication of an article in The Express, which condemned “indecent expressions” of the preservation of human remains.

The investigation into the conservation conditions of human remains at the Body Donation Center (CDC), a specialized center of the University of Paris-Descartes, has been entrusted to co-instructing judges, the Paris prosecutor revealed Thursday to AFP. .

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A criminal investigation was opened on Wednesday for “endangering the integrity of the corpse,” according to this source. Paris prosecutors have been carrying out a preliminary investigation since the end of November, after the publication of an article in The Express on November 26, which denounced the “indecent conditions” of keeping the remains of “thousands of people who donated their bodies To science”. “.

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“This is very good news,” Frédéric Shower, a lawyer for dozens of families who denounced the case, greeted me, noting that the investigating judges had “much broader investigative powers” than those of the prosecutor in the preliminary investigation. To date, almost 80 applications have been submitted.

The government ordered the closure of the “temple of the anatomy of the French”.

old rooms, damaged by putrefaction and gnawed by mice, suspicions of commercialization of the bodies… The revelations in El Expreso led the Minister of Investigation, Frédérique Vidal, to order the closure of the “temple of French anatomy” and to designate the General Inspectorate of Social Welfare (Igas) and the General Inspectorate of Education, Sports and Research (Igésr) to carry out inspection supervision of the administration. Founded in 1953, the Paris center, which is the largest European anatomy center, before its closure, several hundred cadavers were voluntarily handed over to science every year.

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In findings published June 13, the inspection found Paris-Descartes University responsible for “serious ethical violations” in the management of the CDC, which have continued for several years. For the mission, “the responsibility of the university was established because these serious events occurred, alerts were sent to the different bodies of the university, and this was not corrected in a sustainable way before 2018.”

Among the causes, the report points to the dilution of responsibilities, the rivalry of power, the absence of institutional regulations, as well as “a race to develop activities with private education partners and industrial prestige” with the intention of alleviating the problem of financing. On its Facebook page, the Charnel Descartes Justice and Dignity for Donors Association (CDJD) requested this Saturday “to access the full report.”

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The scandal surrounding the donation of bodies

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In France, 28 anatomical centers receive more than 2,500 bodies donated to science every year, mainly for the training of doctors, practicing within the legal minimum and ethical opacity schemes.

Update date: July 9, 2020, 09:58

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