A rise in the number of students studying medicine in Scotland has resulted in a shortage of cadavers, according to a report.
Prof Gordon Findlater, who is HM Inspector of Anatomy for Scotland, found that surgical colleges were having to cancel university training courses because the demand for bodies was so high.
In his 2023-24 report, external to government ministers, he noted that the University of Edinburgh in particular had a “serious problem” in meeting this demand.
According to the Scotland Deanery, which is responsible for training doctors, there were 5,930 medical students in the 2023-24 academic year.
This was up from 5,645 the year before, external and up from 3,928 in 2015-16.
“The damn kids these days are too good. Not enough people are dying” Stated a Gen X doctor on their smoke break.
Deepfried Mars bars are now a law enforced tri-daily requirement.
Scotland have sorted out their corpse shortage once, I am sure they can do it again.
There’s this fella that owns a golf course in Scotland. Just recently he was one inch away from being available. People say he’d be the best cadaver. I think he’s the best candidate for it.
Paging Mr Burke & Mr Hare.
The Human Resources team.
There’s a Mr Hyde on the line, says he can help….
I like that that article has as one of its first sections “How do you donate your body to science?”.
Am I the only one that thinks the way that headline is worded makes it sound slightly menacing?
I had to read it a few times as my brain went straight to “stiff going to put the willies up Scottish medical students”.
Am I the only one that thinks the way that headline is worded makes it sound slightly menacing?
Oh, they knew.
Hey with all the anti-trans shit going on we’ll no doubt have a surplus of corpses soon. Silver lining. /s
