It was their first ever autopsy, but students at one of
Sweden's top medical schools were faced with a familiar sight in
the classroom: the body on the table belonged to their late
teacher.
"The first autopsy is really, really emotional, and we autopsied
someone we knew!," one of the shocked students told news agency TT
Friday.
"I feel something in the routines went a bit wrong," said
another.
Chief physician Birgitta Sundelin called the event "extremely
unfortunate."
She said that students were normally informed ahead of time of
whose body they were to examine and that it was also the case this
time.
But according to a student, the class did not find out until
they saw their teacher's name on the body's toe tag.
The head of the department, Tina Dalianis, said she regretted
the incident, but added the students needed to learn the tricks of
the trade.
"It's terrible, but it's part of education sometimes.
Unfortunately they have to deal with it," she told TT.
