Medical training is in demand, but hesitancy on body donation means students have little to work with, while an illicit trade in transplant organs flourishes
are not inclined to do so themselves, citing cultural and religious reasons. Some feared their bodies would be excessively mutilated or mishandled.Photograph: Patrick Meinhardt/The Guardianthat even among those willing to donate follow-through can vary. Potential donors don’t always sign a donation card or include the bequest in their will. Family members have contested bequests to the University of Nairobi.
To encourage more donations while taking on board people’s sensitivities, the university has started conducting burials for cadavers after they’ve been used. Last year, it held itsMorticians say medical schools could do more to source bodies. A more formal arrangement could be made between mortuaries and medical schools. About 100 unclaimed bodies from Mbagathi hospital in Nairobi were buried last year but could have been used for research.
Former humanitarian worker Philip Ogola, 46, has decided to donate his body after death. His family say they are not sure whether they will honour his wishes.After having a front row seat on health emergencies, Philip Ogola, 46, a former humanitarian worker from Nairobi, wants to donate his body or his organs to science. “You see people appealing for blood, bone marrow, eyes,” he says, but even though the need is dire, there’s often no response to public appeals, except for those made by prominent people. “It made me wonder: why do people only donate when there’s a disaster? As a country, we don’t have a donation culture.
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