Organ Donation

[Bible_Belt]

I went to a funeral tonight for a guy I knew in high school. He died of a heart attack, but it was a closed casket. It then occurred to me that he must have been an organ donor.

I'm sure organic donation has some great stories. Unfortunately you only get to donate the good stuff if you die on a ventilator. For everyone else it is corneas and bone marrow. So if you checked off that little box on your driver's license, when you die the organ transplant companies will move in to claim your body. Your family only gets your corpse back after they have ripped out your eyes and sawed off your arms and legs to stack on the pile in the freezer. Marrow only lasts six months, so they have to keep replenishing it. It's a big business. Mid-America Transplant does it in my area. I looked up their revenues and it is in the billions of dollars. So sign that card, or else you are a bad person to get in the way of all these profits.

 

[sevbucmash]

Brosky, I got my Florida driver license twice. First time in High School at the end of summer driving course, and then again this past April. I was in their database, because it was a quick in and out, just took a picture and did eye exam, nothing else. Now I did like a fool check that donor box back in high school and my old driver license did say I was an organ donor. This new driver license does not anywhere say that I am an organ donor.

First of all what gives?

Secondly how to opt out of this thing? How to make sure I opted out?

 

[MatureDJ]

I went to a funeral tonight for a guy I knew in high school. He died of a heart attack, but it was a closed casket. It then occurred to me that he must have been an organ donor.

I'm sure organic donation has some great stories. Unfortunately you only get to donate the good stuff if you die on a ventilator. For everyone else it is corneas and bone marrow. So if you checked off that little box on your driver's license, when you die the organ transplant companies will move in to claim your body. Your family only gets your corpse back after they have ripped out your eyes and sawed off your arms and legs to stack on the pile in the freezer. Marrow only lasts six months, so they have to keep replenishing it. It's a big business. Mid-America Transplant does it in my area. I looked up their revenues and it is in the billions of dollars. So sign that card, or else you are a bad person to get in the way of all these profits.

I'm getting cremated, so it doesn't matter.

 

[Bible_Belt]

I'm getting cremated, so it doesn't matter.

No, it does. They take your body first, saw off the parts they can sell, and then return it to your family to get you cremated at their expense. They feast upon corpses to make billions of dollars, but your family only gets a bill, to dispose of the leftovers of you.

 

[MatureDJ]

No, it does. They take your body first, saw off the parts they can sell, and then return it to your family to get you cremated at their expense. They feast upon corpses to make billions of dollars, but your family only gets a bill, to dispose of the leftovers of you.

So long as my next-of-kin chooses where to do the cremation, it doesn't matter. BTW, every big city has crematorium that all the funeral homes use, and they typically let regular folks use their service; you don't get a fancy urn with the decedent's name on it, but you do get a cheap wooden box with the decedent's name on it. All you need is the corpse and a death certificate.

 

[Bible_Belt]

So long as my next-of-kin chooses where to do the cremation, it doesn't matter. BTW, every big city has crematorium that all the funeral homes use, and they typically let regular folks use their service; you don't get a fancy urn with the decedent's name on it, but you do get a cheap wooden box with the decedent's name on it. All you need is the corpse and a death certificate.

You need a mortuary license in order to possess a dead body. That's why funeral homes are so expensive; there's no do-it-yourself option.

 

[MatureDJ]

You need a mortuary license in order to possess a dead body. That's why funeral homes are so expensive; there's no do-it-yourself option.

Any crematorium has that license.

 

[Bible_Belt]

Any crematorium has that license.

Yes, but you can't just roll up with a corpse in your trunk and purchase their services, because you don't have the license to transport the body there.

 

[MatureDJ]

Yes, but you can't just roll up with a corpse in your trunk and purchase their services, because you don't have the license to transport the body there.

Well of course the corpse goes to the Coroner's morgue at first - but the next-of-kin can direct the Coroner to have that crematorium pick up the corpse.

 

[Bible_Belt]

Well of course the corpse goes to the Coroner's morgue at first - but the next-of-kin can direct the Coroner to have that crematorium pick up the corpse.

Where I live, corpses only go through the morgue if they are unclaimed or waiting for a court ordered autopsy, which is rare. Almost every body gets released to a funeral home after the family pays. The nearest crematorium to me is an hour away, and they don't deal with the public, only funeral homes. The cheapest cremation service offered where I live starts at $3,000. That doesn't include a funeral or even an urn.

 

[MatureDJ]

Where I live, corpses only go through the morgue if they are unclaimed or waiting for a court ordered autopsy, which is rare. Almost every body gets released to a funeral home after the family pays. The nearest crematorium to me is an hour away, and they don't deal with the public, only funeral homes. The cheapest cremation service offered where I live starts at $3,000. That doesn't include a funeral or even an urn.

OK, so tell what happens in this situation : a person dies at home, and someone at that home calls 911.

You're getting ripped off on those cremations. I had 2 family members that had recently passed, and the cremations were like $1400 & $1100; in one case, the decedent had shopped around , and said that Funeral Home X was to be used, while *I* was the one who had done the shopping around for another ; every funeral home wanted a 100% markup. These 2 folks had gotten ripped off by funeral insurance in the past, so it was their intention to have this done this as cheaply as possible.

 

[Bible_Belt]

OK, so tell what happens in this situation : a person dies at home, and someone at that home calls 911.

They lean on you, the next of kin, to call a funeral home and make arrangements. They don't want to keep an unclaimed body in the morgue. It's like bail for a living person in jail. The cost is high up front, but if you don't have the money, they keep lowering the price until you do.

 

[MatureDJ]

They lean on you, the next of kin, to call a funeral home and make arrangements. They don't want to keep an unclaimed body in the morgue. It's like bail for a living person in jail. The cost is high up front, but if you don't have the money, they keep lowering the price until you do.

So are you saying the Coroner is going to charge rent? Or ask for a release fee? You don't seem to understand that a funeral home or crematoria can't accept a corpse until there is a death certificate, and that takes about a week or so.

 

[Bible_Belt]

So are you saying the Coroner is going to charge rent? Or ask for a release fee? You don't seem to understand that a funeral home or crematoria can't accept a corpse until there is a death certificate, and that takes about a week or so.

Absolutely that is what they do. If your body is unclaimed, they shake down your family for bail to get it out. That price is high at first, and drops when they realize they don't have the money. Meanwhile, you rot.

 

[MatureDJ]

Absolutely that is what they do. If your body is unclaimed, they shake down your family for bail to get it out. That price is high at first, and drops when they realize they don't have the money. Meanwhile, you rot.

Who? The Coroner?

Who Is Responsible for Picking Up a Dead Body?

Learn about the structured process and key professionals responsible for managing a deceased body, ensuring dignity and legal compliance.

legalclarity.org

 

[Bible_Belt]

Who? The Coroner?

Who Is Responsible for Picking Up a Dead Body?

Learn about the structured process and key professionals responsible for managing a deceased body, ensuring dignity and legal compliance.

legalclarity.org

The county, who employs the Coroner.

 

[MatureDJ]

The county, who employs the Coroner.

So you're saying the next-of-kin must pay the county a fee to take the corpse? What county?

 

[MatureDJ]

Here is interesting article about cremation.

Thai woman found alive in coffin after being brought in for cremation

A woman in Thailand shocked temple staff when she started moving in her coffin after being brought in for cremation.

apnews.com

 

[coldapproach]

I'm getting cremated, so it doesn't matter.

same

 

[Bible_Belt]

So you're saying the next-of-kin must pay the county a fee to take the corpse? What county?

I don't want to single out the corrupt idiots who run my county, because I think it is the same everywhere. Most people get picked up by a funeral home when they die. They don't want to have to hold on to a body. But when they do, it's like bail money. The cost will go down periodically until they finally get some money out of the family. Eventually they will give up and cremate the remains, which I would think are probably somewhat rotten by that time.

I knew a guy who, I found out at the funeral, donated his body to the local university. He could have become a med school cadaver, but more likely he got planted at the body farm. They bury bodies and then dig them up to study the amount of decomposition. It's pretty morbid, but it's supposed to help solve murders.