MADRID — A Spanish university is investigating how dozens of bodies donated to medical science came to be piled up in a campus basement, after a newspaper published images of the remains.
A statement from Madrid Complutense University said the bodies had been due for incineration as their use in research had ended but that spending cuts had caused delays.
The university said the bodies had been treated with formaldehyde and mummified and posed no health risk.
El Mundo newspaper photos and videos showed the discarded body parts, some not covered by sheets, piled on shelves and tables. The paper said Tuesday that there were some 250 bodies and that many had been there for years.
The university said it had reached an agreement recently with a funeral company and the bodies would be removed this week.
A Section on 05/21/2014