TISSUES FROM CORPSES
USE FOR SURGICAL GRAFTS
(New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON, July 23. Legislation introduced in the House of Representatives today provides that the eyes of any person may, at his own request, or with the consent of his surviving relatives, be used after his death for surgical grafting to restore the sight of another person. This provision is contained in a Medical Amendment Bill, which has adopted the provisions of the Corneal Grafting Act, 1952, of the United Kingdom. The bill extends also to the use of other tissues for therapeutic purposes. It authorises, on request or by consent, post-mortem examinations by specially-licensed medical practitioners for the purposes of medical research or the teaching of pathology. The Minister of Health (Mr J. R. Marshall) said the bill would be sent to the Health Committee of the House.
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Press, Volume XC, Issue 27410, 24 July 1954, Page 8
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139TISSUES FROM CORPSES Press, Volume XC, Issue 27410, 24 July 1954, Page 8
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