Doctors want college punished for body parts dumping
What you need to know:
- The association said it was shocked by the news and said the matter has raised more questions than answers.
- On Monday evening, 85 plastic bags filled with various dried human body parts were found dumped in a quarry at the Bunju suburb in Kinondoni district.
DAR ES SALAAM
The Medical Association of Tanzania (MAT) wants the owners and administrators of the International Medical Technological University (IMTU) severely punished for dumping cadavers in an open quarry.
The association said it was shocked by the news and said the matter has raised more questions than answers with regards to the operations of an Institution trusted with provision of health related services in the country.
The Association’s president, Dr Primus Saidia, while condemning the move, said the behaviour exhibited by IMTU qualified them for disqualification from practising or even running a medical training institution.
“Human body parts, and even the cadavers, are treated with respect after usage in medical institutions. This is a worldwide practice but their dumping in the open here in Tanzania is a clear violation of the medical ethos,” Dr Saidia told a press conference on Wednesday in his office in Dar es Salaam.
The open disposal is also an unacceptable act of violating human dignity and cultural values of the local community.
On Monday evening, 85 plastic bags filled with various dried human body parts were found dumped in a quarry at the Bunju suburb in Kinondoni district in the outskirt of the city.
Already, eight people including doctors and administrators from IMTU are being held by the police.
