{"id":4587,"date":"2008-01-31T18:12:19","date_gmt":"2008-01-31T18:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/01\/ghoulish-body-part-stealing-ri.html"},"modified":"2008-01-31T18:12:19","modified_gmt":"2008-01-31T18:12:19","slug":"ghoulish-body-part-stealing-ri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/01\/ghoulish-body-part-stealing-ri.html","title":{"rendered":"Ghoulish Body Part Stealing Ring Busted"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is absolutely ghoulish.<\/a><\/p>\n

The body parts were used in disk replacements, knee operations, dental implants and other surgical procedures performed by unsuspecting doctors across the United States and in Canada. About 10,000 people received tissue supplied by Biomedical Tissue Services.
\nAmong the bodies looted was that of “Masterpiece Theatre” host Alistair Cooke, who died in 2004. Cooke’s daughter and relatives of the other deceased people say they never authorized any donations.
\nA grand jury in Philadelphia found that the body-parts ring forged death certificates to hide diseases such as cancer and AIDS and lower the ages of the deceased to make the stolen specimens more desirable.
\nA flood of civil lawsuits are expected on behalf of the transplant recipients.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wouldn’t you be freaking out right now if you unknowingly received diseased tissue?
\nI mean, what can you really<\/em> do about it now?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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