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30% Increase sign up by willing donors - 早報 ZaoBao Coverage

(Straits Times 06 Nov 2017)

Rise in number of donated cadavers makes medical elective possible

The Human Anatomy Teaching Facility was officially opened by the Minister of Health, Mr Gan Kim Yong on 17 March 2016.

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（联合早报网讯）新加坡国立大学杨潞龄医学院人体解剖教学中心耗资500万元的翻新工程已完工，昨天由卫生部长颜金勇主持重新启用仪式。

这是杨潞龄医学院解剖学系属下的人体解剖教学中心，30年来首次进行大规模翻新。翻新工程从去年3月至8月展开。

翻新后的教学中心面积增加16％，不但教学设施比以往更先进和舒适，存放遗体的殓尸房也进一步扩大，可储存的遗体从60具增至100具。

教学中心目前主要供800名国大医科、牙科、护理科、药剂学科及生命科学系的本科生使用，以便对人体结构进行学习探索。（联合早报记者：许翔宇）

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Medical students in Singapore face shortage of "silent mentors"
Medical students in Singapore face shortage of cadavers - a crucial learning tool The NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine only received six cadavers from the Health Sciences Authority this year. The shortage of cadavers means medical schools have to find ways to maximise this precious resource.
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《死亡三部曲》大家听过《遗体捐赠》body donation 吗？那是人死后，把遗体捐献给医学院给学生当教材。捐赠的遗体称为"大体老师"，"无语良师" 或 "Silent Mentor". 今晚节目为您讲述一个"大体老师"的故事。"遗体捐赠"背后牵系的是家属既悲喜又复杂的情绪。在此提醒大家，今晚观看节目时，情绪也许会被故事，随之波动。

SINGAPORE: The body of SingHealth Polyclinics chief executive officer Dr Tan Chee Beng was donated on Thursday to the National University of Singapore's (NUS) Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine to teach anatomy. Fifty-year-old Dr Tan died from prostate cancer two days ago and continued to contribute to the field of medicine with the donation. His son Benjamin Tan, who studies medicine at the NUS, said few are willing to be cadavers in Singapore. Mr Tan said: "Most Chinese have this view that you have to be buried or cremated after you die. "My father had wanted to change this perception and encourage people to donate their bodies to NUS. This would help improve teaching of the next generation of doctors." He added that there are typically only six to eight such donations in a year for some 300 first-year students at NUS' medical school. - CNA/gn