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Texas Medical Provider Investigated for Mixing, Selling Bodies
Loaded on June 15, 2003
published in Prison Legal News
June, 2003, page 8
Texas Medical Provider Investigated For Mixing, Selling Bodies Officials at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston (UTMB) are investigating the improper handling of at least 78 bodies donated to the Willed Body Program, which uses them for education and research. UTMB provides medical services to 80% of prisoners …
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