捐献遗体国家(美国这家遗体捐赠中心)
捐献遗体国家(美国这家遗体捐赠中心)联邦调查局(FBI)退休员工Mark Cwynar把现场的景象比作玛丽•雪莱的科幻小说《弗兰肯斯坦》里的场景。Mark Cwynar a retired FBI employee compared the scene to Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein.’不久前,媒体披露过BRC内部的景象,令人毛骨悚然,复习请戳——头颅、器官、人体残肢拼凑的尸体,连FBI都被这个生物资源中心吓懵了……▲在“生物资源公司”的一段培训视频里,技术人员演示如何用锯子移除一名男性尸体上的脊椎(截图Via“今日俄罗斯”)现场可怕的景象又一次被呈现出来:
遗体被捐赠出去的那一刻,就变成了一件商品。
据“今日俄罗斯”30日报道,一桩有关倒卖人体器官的案子最近终于开庭了。
2014年,美国联邦调查局(FBI)捣毁了一家倒卖人体器官中间商“生物资源公司”(Biological Resource Center,简称BRC)。这家公司把人们捐献的器官倒卖给研究机构进行科学研究,有些器官还被卖给了美国军方做爆炸试验。
不久前,媒体披露过BRC内部的景象,令人毛骨悚然,复习请戳——头颅、器官、人体残肢拼凑的尸体,连FBI都被这个生物资源中心吓懵了……
▲在“生物资源公司”的一段培训视频里,技术人员演示如何用锯子移除一名男性尸体上的脊椎(截图Via“今日俄罗斯”)
现场可怕的景象又一次被呈现出来:
Mark Cwynar a retired FBI employee compared the scene to Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein.’
联邦调查局(FBI)退休员工Mark Cwynar把现场的景象比作玛丽•雪莱的科幻小说《弗兰肯斯坦》里的场景。
▲Human chop shop: Body donation center made Frankenstein cadavers US Army blew ‘em up Via “今日俄罗斯”
有些人的精神状态甚至都受到了影响:
“I personally observed several individuals emotionally upset. Some individuals refused to go back into the scene ” Cwynar claimed during his testimony.
Cwynar在作证时说道:“我观察到,有几个人情绪低落。有些人拒绝再回到现场。”
▲Human chop shop: Body donation center made Frankenstein cadavers US Army blew ‘em up Via “今日俄罗斯”
据报道,BRC一边骗取死者家属的信任,一边却从中盈利。
The now-defunct medical research cadaver company Biological Resource Center (BRC) formerly based in Arizona is accused of misleading customers who donated their loved ones’ remains for medical and scientific research only for BRC to sell the cadavers to third parties including the US military.
这家被捣毁的医学尸体研究公司“生物资源公司”(BRC)曾位于亚利桑那州,被指控误导他人捐献亲人遗体,用于医学和科学研究,但最终把尸体倒卖给第三方,其中还包括美国军队。
▲Human chop shop: Body donation center made Frankenstein cadavers US Army blew ‘em up Via “今日俄罗斯”
捐赠遗体的人也万万没有想到,遗体会这样被对待:
In one tragic instance Jim Stauffer donated his deceased 74-year-old mother’s body only for it to emerge later that her remains were strapped to a chair and blown up by the US Army.
Jim Stauffer经历了一场悲剧, 他把自己已故的74岁母亲的遗体捐赠给这家公司,后来,他母亲的遗体被绑在椅子上被美国陆军炸毁了。
▲Human chop shop: Body donation center made Frankenstein cadavers US Army blew ‘em up Via “今日俄罗斯”
Stauffer认为,BRC正是利用人们的信任去赚钱。
今年10月,BRC的负责人认罪,承认自己不当处理捐赠器官。
目前,审判结果还没有出来,双方律师对于案件各有主张:
David TeSelle who represents the 23 plaintiffs and their families is seeking unspecified damages. He showed a price list during the trial which reportedly listed a torso without a head selling for $4 000.
律师David TeSell正在代表23名原告及其家人的律师寻求赔偿,金额不明。他在审判时出示了一张价目表。据报道,一个没有头部的躯干售价为4 000美元。
One of BRC’s lawyers Timothy O’Connor said on Monday that the families had signed release forms consenting to the dissection of the bodies and that it was legal for the BRC and other such facilities to make a profit.
周一,BRC的律师Timothy O’Connor称,这些家属曾经签署过文件,同意肢解尸体,BRC和其他此类机构用其盈利是合法的行为。
▲Human chop shop: Body donation center made Frankenstein cadavers US Army blew ‘em up Via “今日俄罗斯”
据报道,BRC这类公司一般为大学、医疗设备制造商和制药公司提供尸体,用于实验研究,同时帮死者家属支付丧葬费用,但其中藏着不少不为人知的交易。
早在2017年,路透社报道这个案件时就讲了一个遗体捐赠者Conrad Patrick的故事。Patrick本来是工厂退休工人,上过九年学,和妻子住在亚利桑那州莫哈维谷的移动房屋里,75岁去世。他死后,遗体被捐赠出去,从此就变成了一件商品。
文章描述了Patrick的尸体被BRC接收后的事情,从Patrick的故事里,大致可以看出尸体被BRC接收后,会受到什么样的“待遇”:
Kazemi helped cut up and package Patrick into seven pieces. BRC shipped Patrick’s left foot to a Chicago-area orthopedic lab. His left shoulder was sent to a Las Vegas company that holds surgical seminars. His head and his spine went to a project run by the U.S. Army. And Patrick’s “external reproductive organs” were sent to a local university. His right foot and left knee were placed in the company’s freezers where they became part of BRC’s million-dollar inventory of flesh and bone.
Kazemi(BRC员工)把Patrick肢解了,包装成7块。他的左脚被BRC运到了芝加哥地区的骨科实验室,左肩被送到拉斯维加斯一家举办外科手术研讨会的公司,他的头和脊椎被送去参与美国军队经营的一个项目,他的“外生殖器官”被送到了当地一所大学,他的右脚和左膝存在BRC冰柜中,成为BRC价值百万美元的器官储备的一部分。
▲A business where human bodies were butchered packaged and sold Via 路透社
有些人捐赠器官的初衷是为科学试验做贡献,结果却被人粗暴对待,并且拿去盈利,对于死者或者家属来说都是难以弥补的伤害。
整合:Sasa
资料、图片来源:“今日俄罗斯”,路透社