Donating your body to science is the ultimate altruistic move you can make. This donation will not only enable research to make progress but will also contribute to helping future doctors to study and to further understand the human body.
In order to donate your body you must express your
will clearly and in an unambigious way in a
handwritten, dated and signed document. This document will be drawn up
twice. You will keep one to yourself and send the second one to a university of your choice (
ULB –
UCL –
Ulg –
UMH –
UNamur).
Please download the file.
Body donation is a free and unremunerated act. Only costs with respect to the funeral home are at the expense of the family. Death insurance will cover those costs as it is done for a regular funeral.
Body donation can be refused in case of :
- Death abroad
- The deceased was carrying a transmittable infection (AIDS, hepatitis, ...)
- Body autopsy or body requesitioned by Public Prosecutor's department
- Saturation of laboratory facilities
- Time limit exceeded after death (48 to 72 hrs) making the body embalming impossible.
Organ and body donation are both compatible.
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