Nigerian Medical Student Flees from Class after Finding out that Practical Corpse was that of an Old Friend
A Nigerian medical student zoomed out of his in tears anatomy practical class after making a shocking discovery The 26-year-old discovered that the corpse he was to use for his practical was that of an old time friend The traumatized scholar consequently informed the man’s family only to discover that they had been looking for him
For medical students in Nigerian universities, dealing with corpses at the anatomy class was an inescapable reality one braces self for, but what Mr Egbe found shocked him to the bones. Enya Egbe, a medical student at the University of Calabar, Calabar discovered that the body he was presented for his own practical at the anatomy class was that of a friend.
The medical student communicated his discovery to the man’s family Photo Credit: BBC, Newsweek Source: UGC The 26-year-old immediately took to his heels in tears after the discovery he made. Egbe told BBC that he and the friend identified as Divine had known for more than 7 years and clubbed together. Egbe eventually tipped off his finding to Divine’s family who came to reclaim their relative’s body.
It turned out that they had been visiting different police stations in search of Divine who had been arrested by security operatives on his way back from a night outing. Divine’s body had two bullet holes on the right side of his chest. The harsh reality of unclaimed bodies used for practicals in Nigeria BBC reports that Egbe discovery is one of the harsh realities Nigerian medical students are faced with.
Aside from lack of corpse for medical students practicals, medical schools have somewhat become dumping grounds for unclaimed bodies. This is as there is an existing Nigerian law that gives medical schools unclaimed bodies in government mortuaries.
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