The RA Rodda Pathology Museum at the University of Tasmania, established in 1966, is currently in possession of about 2,700 human body parts. At least 177 of these were obtained without consent from their loved ones.
Most of these human bodies were collected from individuals who, at the time of their death, required an autopsy. A coroner’s investigation found that, between 1966 and 1991, forensic and hospital pathologists employed by Tasmania’s Department of Health stole these human organs and tissues.
