ableguy Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 living in Korat and when I die wish to donate my body to some hospital for students to work on , have tried the government hospital here but they only want organs , they told me contact Khon Kaen, however they only want Thai bodies. I have no use for any religion simply think rather than just burn by body it could do some good for teaching in the medical profession , can anyone help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinneil Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 I enquired about this in Khonkaen and they said only Thai, as too many problems/paperwork etc, accepting farangs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogandave Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 College of horticulture will take the entire body.Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorecard Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 (edited) 5 hours ago, colinneil said: I enquired about this in Khonkaen and they said only Thai, as too many problems/paperwork etc, accepting farangs. Maybe worth contacting the bigger medical schools, in Bangkok and Chiang Mai. Would you please share any further information you find, I'm also interested to do the same, perhaps other folks too. My Thai son already asked at the teaching hospital attached to Chiang Mai University medical school, they said yes they would accept typical transplant organs: eyes, heart, liver and kidneys, etc., but whole farang body for research wasn't discussed. Edited June 16, 2017 by scorecard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlover Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 (edited) Here's a website that may be of use to you. I certainly agree with your idea. I did read a BBC article recently pointing out how much pollution cremation causes. Many facilities in the west are having to clean up their act somewhat. http://english.redcross.or.th/node/51 Edited June 16, 2017 by Moonlover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yggdrasil Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 19 minutes ago, scorecard said: Maybe worth contacting the bigger medical schools, in Bangkok and Chiang Mai. Would you please share any further information you find, I'm also interested to do the same, perhaps other folks too. My Thai son already asked at the teaching hospital attached to Chiang Mai University medical school, they said yes they would accept typical transplant organs: eyes, heart, liver and kidneys, etc., but whole farang body for research wasn't discussed. It's a very good thought which I have considered for some time. I made my first enquiry into this at a large goverment hospital in Chiangmai where they seemed to welcome my idea. I was given a document (in Thai) to be filled in and with a place for my photo to be attached, though there were no negative reaction to the fact that I am a foreigner. However, to my disappointment I was told that they don't want bodies older than 80 years old...so, as I am 70 years old already and am/feel very healthy and hope to enjoy many more happy years here in Thailand I left the hospital wondering if I should just drop the idea. Now, having thought more about it I have decided to go back and hand in my papers hoping they eventually will accept a 100 year old farang! Who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lgking Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 If you die with your Datejust still on your wrist, they will be interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al007 Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 I started a similar topic a while ago, and I think it is feasible at Chulalongkorn in Bangkok, I have more appointments there at the end of august and will investigate more then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotpoom Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Not sure I see the connection between your question and religion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyL Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Very feasible at CM University hospital. The bodies are used in anatomy classes and they welcome donations of foreigners, just as they welcome the chance for their medical and nursing students to "practice their English" with foreign patients. Their brochure says they don't accept donations over age 80, but they have waived this restriction if the person was in good health and active until just prior to demise. Also, I have a sense that their needs can vary depending on upcoming classes, etc. http://www.lannacarenet.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/LCNBdoyDonation.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madusa Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 9 hours ago, colinneil said: I enquired about this in Khonkaen and they said only Thai, as too many problems/paperwork etc, accepting farangs. I can imagine the amount of paperwork . Being a hybrid ofa Fascist and a Police state doesn't make things easier. The civil servants just follow rules they don't care if it makes things difficult for the average citizens. It's a one track mind, they refer to the top guy and the top guy seems to take ages to come to a decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokopelli Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 4 hours ago, Moonlover said: I did read a BBC article recently pointing out how much pollution cremation causes. Many facilities in the west are having to clean up their act somewhat. http://english.redcross.or.th/node/51 Guess what they do with the body after it is used by a medical school? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil2407 Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 It's written in my will -my body is left to medical science - what happens to my body after death - unless I'm murdered don't care Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlover Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 1 hour ago, kokopelli said: Guess what they do with the body after it is used by a medical school? Well, at least it will have served some useful purpose and I would like to hope that the hospital's incinerator is a bit more environmentally friendly than the temple's smoke generators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suradit69 Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 2 hours ago, madusa said: I can imagine the amount of paperwork . Being a hybrid ofa Fascist and a Police state doesn't make things easier. The civil servants just follow rules they don't care if it makes things difficult for the average citizens. It's a one track mind, they refer to the top guy and the top guy seems to take ages to come to a decision. "It's a one track mind ..." The same can be said about mindless Thai bashing. I suppose in an ideal world, as imagined by you, even the lowest level civil servant could just set his/her own agenda and conform to just the rules that appealed to him and his cohort ... a sort of trip down the Lord of the Flies lane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterb17 Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 4 hours ago, dotpoom said: Not sure I see the connection between your question and religion? Because certain religions - certainly Muslim and Jewish - not sure about others require a burial . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 A fun/nonsense post was removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khon Kaen Dave Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 That's just plain stupid. The Hospital in Korat only wanting organs. I bet there's not many of them that can play the damn things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 In NZ it's not easy to donate a body. They only want one if they can get it straight after death. I was hoping to avoid my estate paying to burn me, but it seems I have no choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ableguy Posted June 16, 2017 Author Share Posted June 16, 2017 Thank you everyone for your replies. 5 hours ago, dotpoom said: Not sure I see the connection between your question and religion? Do not want a bunch of monks coming to my house (ex mine ) moaning and chanting for money , in my eyes they are just a bunch of scrounges , I think even worse of some other major religions but am sure if I gave my true thoughts the mods would not print it. However I will say if this is your belief good luck to you on any religion, by the way I am not a vegetarian too , and no doubt many of you will not like that too, especially Eric bahrt the idiot Bangkok post , postbag editor favorite. such is the man I am, by the way am 74 years young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ableguy Posted June 16, 2017 Author Share Posted June 16, 2017 12 hours ago, mogandave said: College of horticulture will take the entire body. Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Such nonsense is better kept in your half a brain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogandave Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Such nonsense is better kept in your half a brain.74 & still full of hate, you go gramps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swissie Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Like it or not. After death, only your earthly "Bio-Mass" remains. - Burials: The worms will get your "Bio-Mass". - "Indian Burial" (still practised in the Himalayas). Birds of pray will get your "Bio-Mass, to feed their offspring, still in the nest. - Cremation: A waiste of fossil-fuels. To make best use of my "Bio-Mass", I have started negotiations with Herbert. He owns and operates a reputable Restaurant, specialising in local "specialities". Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swanny321 Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Easier to buy a donor card so they can harvest your organs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novo58 Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Have looked into this in Udon Thani . At the govt hospital in Khon Kaen they will ONLY take thai's....no foreigners ...no reason given, I mean of course .......bodies after death for medical students study courses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ableguy Posted June 17, 2017 Author Share Posted June 17, 2017 7 hours ago, swanny321 said: Easier to buy a donor card so they can harvest your organs. Not sure at my age if my organs would be fit for transplant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyL Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 I was the executor for the estate of an American friend who was in her mid 80s when she died in Chiang Mai. She wanted her body donated to medical science and I found the process to be fairly easy. There was some question about her age, but she had been very active, walking at least a mile each day, to and from her condo to the local mall for shopping and socializing prior to being struck down by a stroke. Her doctor vouched for her overall condition and her donation was accepted. The "paperwork" involved in the donation wasn't any different for her as a foreigner than it would have been for a Thai person. She had requested this in her Final Will and as the executor of the Will, I was able to sign the necessary documents upon presenting her Thai death certificate. I simply had to present the Final Will and hers and my passport, along with the death certificate and they made copies of all these, to submit with the application. About a year after the donation, I received a letter from CMU, in Thai, asking if I cared to submit a photograph of the lady to be used for display at a memorial service. A few weeks later, they had a service at a wat where photos of all the donors were displayed, monks chanted prayers and medical students (presumably the ones who had studied the donors) attended and gave honor, along with their professors. Each donor was limited to having two guests attend. No remains were returned. It was a nice ceremony and good way to honor the donors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al007 Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 21 minutes ago, NancyL said: I was the executor for the estate of an American friend who was in her mid 80s when she died in Chiang Mai. She wanted her body donated to medical science and I found the process to be fairly easy. There was some question about her age, but she had been very active, walking at least a mile each day, to and from her condo to the local mall for shopping and socializing prior to being struck down by a stroke. Her doctor vouched for her overall condition and her donation was accepted. The "paperwork" involved in the donation wasn't any different for her as a foreigner than it would have been for a Thai person. She had requested this in her Final Will and as the executor of the Will, I was able to sign the necessary documents upon presenting her Thai death certificate. I simply had to present the Final Will and hers and my passport, along with the death certificate and they made copies of all these, to submit with the application. About a year after the donation, I received a letter from CMU, in Thai, asking if I cared to submit a photograph of the lady to be used for display at a memorial service. A few weeks later, they had a service at a wat where photos of all the donors were displayed, monks chanted prayers and medical students (presumably the ones who had studied the donors) attended and gave honor, along with their professors. Each donor was limited to having two guests attend. No remains were returned. It was a nice ceremony and good way to honor the donors. A nice and comforting post, a nice surprise There is so much anger and venom on TV that sometimes I think about ceasing to participate, it is compassion like this post by Nancy that keeps me here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madusa Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 14 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said: In NZ it's not easy to donate a body. They only want one if they can get it straight after death. I was hoping to avoid my estate paying to burn me, but it seems I have no choice. Life is difficult but it seems to me being dead is also difficult from what I read here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al007 Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 1 minute ago, madusa said: Life is difficult but it seems to me being dead is also difficult from what I read here. " 13 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said: In NZ it's not easy to donate a body. They only want one if they can get it straight after death. I was hoping to avoid my estate paying to burn me, but it seems I have no choice." An observation, Chulalongkorn in Bangkok, insist a body is delivered within 24 hrs of death, I live in KhonKaen, and my wife and I believe we can meet this requirement, with planning This requirement is sensible and understandable especially in a tropical climate My reason for Chulalongkorn is at the moment they have given me a reprieve from two cancers, and some very loving care, of course there are no guarantees and it could all return, but so far so good My wish by donating my body is to say thank you, in a positive way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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