Human Bodies Bequest Program: A Wake-Up Call to Tanzanian Medical Schools

Table 4

Circumstances surrounding death of cadaver received at medical school 2 in the last eight years.

Death context	Frequency	Percentage
Hospital	46	50
Police case	38	41.3
Prison	8	8.7
Total	92	100

Note: police cases and prison give a combined percentage of 50%. Most of hospital unclaimed bodies belonged to individuals that were admitted at psychiatric and trauma (accidental) victim’s wards.