Donation of Body to Science
Donation of Body to Science: 785.00
Description:Donation of whole body to science without a visitation or funeral service
Service type Includes:
Professional & Staff Services: 400.00
Fee for Funeral Home personnel required for arranging
and performing tasks involved with body donation
(also known as bequeathal).
Transfer from place of death to U.W.O 190.00
(Within 80 km of St. Marys, over this radius $2 per km)
If a direct transfer cannot be completed on the same day
and the deceased’s body must be sheltered at the funeral home,
a fee of $300.00 will be added to the funeral home service fee.
Documentation Package: 195.00
Includes:
Required documentation:...Provincial Registration of Death & Burial Permit
Unlimited Proof of Death Certificates
Funeral Home records
No cremation container or casket is required for this service type
Service Fee does not include: H.S.T. (13% on service) or Disbursements (outside costs) required: Coronor's fee $40 and other possible outside costs i.e. newspaper death notice.
The University of Western Ontario, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry has a program for accepting bodies for the purpose of research and study of the human body.
Once the use of the body is complete (approximately 18 months to 3 years following the receipt of the body) cremation will take place. The cost of cremation: Transfer of body from UWO to crematorium, coroner’s cremation certificate fee and cremation fee are covered by the school. Once cremation is complete, the next of kin will be contacted, by letter, and advised that they can retrieve the cremated remains.
Body donation is an option for anyone at any age. The final decision ultimately rest with your next of kin or executor, as they will be the ones to carry out the steps required for body donation, also known as bequeathal. As such, your choice should be included in your will and funeral pre-arrangements and shared with your family or executor
Donors should be aware that while most bodies bequeathed to the Program are accepted, but there is no guarantee. Presently, the program will decline, or refuse, individuals who: have infectious diseases, , have had recent major surgery, are morbidly obese, have been embalmed, have been major organ donors, have recently experienced severe trauma, die outside of the Ontario, have had amputations, have been dead for more than 48 hours or have a family member who objects to the bequeathal of their body. Therefore individuals who are considering body donation should have alternative funeral plans in place should the program decline the donation.
For more information contact:
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Body Bequeathal Program Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry The University of Western Ontario Room 4010, Dental Sciences Building, London, Ont. N6A 5C1 Phone: 519-661-3014 Fax: 519-661-3936 Link to U.W.O. Body Bequeathal Program website |
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