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Donating your body to science

To all donors of bodies to science

Study of anatomy

Anatomy is essential knowledge for doctors and all health sciences professionals. Its study is indispensable not just during their basic educational training but afterwards too, throughout their professional practice. On the other hand, in the field of research, work in anatomy makes scientific progress possible in many disciplines, helping to update medicine and in the global advance of this science.

A person’s decision to donate their body to education and research is a gesture of great generosity. It represents a very important contribution for making progress in knowledge and improving medical care for patients, to the benefit of society as a whole.

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How I can donate my body

Donation is a voluntary, personal and totally altruistic act. Under no circumstances does the donor receive financial compensation for their donation.
To make the donation you must:

  • Be an adult.
  • In full command of your mental faculties
  • Contact the donation service at the University of Girona directly

To facilitate the registration procedure to donate your body to science and for us to be able to attend to you properly, we recommend that you ask for an appointment with us: 

  • By telephone       972 41 96 38
  • By email  serveidedonacio@udg.edu

Our staff will explain what a donation involves, answer any questions you may have and send you the necessary documentation, as well as the application form for donating your body to science, which you will need to sign by way of informed consent.

Documentation that you will need to bring

  •  Application form for donating your body to science* filled in and signed
  • *Our staff will provide you with this form

  • Photocopy of your national ID card
  • Photocopy of your health card

    Your application will be validated by the professor responsible for the donation service. Once validated, your application will form part of the University of Girona’s register of body donors to science.



What documents you will receive

As supporting documents of your application's registration with the Archive of donors we will send you:

  • Validated copy of your application form for donating your body to science.
  • Donor card, which you will need to keep.


Reasons for not accepting a donation

  • Accidental death or any reason meaning an autopsy, analysis or medical or legal analysis is required
  • Documentation detailing any infectious/contagious diseases that the donor is known to have be affected by, such as VHB,HIV,VHC, COVID 19, typhus, cholera, yellow fever or tuberculosis,
  • Morbid obesity
  • Not to be registered as a donor of the body to science at the University of Girona.
  • The Faculty of Medicine also reserves the right to refuse a donation for logistical reasons

At the time of death

  • When a donor dies, their family or the person responsible will have to contact the funeral services at the deceased’s town and state that they are a body donor for the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Girona; the funeral services will then inform them of the documents they need to produce.
  • Once the administrative formalities are completed, the funeral service will move the body to our facilities.
  • The Faculty of Medicine will one bear the transport expenses if the death occurred within the city or counties of Girona. Any additional expenses (death certificate and other expenses) must be paid by the family of the donor.
  • If requested by the family or the person responsible, a donor admission certificate will be issued by our service.
  • The Faculty of Medicine reserves the right to refuse a donation for logistical reasons of the service or under any of the exclusion criteria.


How to withdraw your donation

To revoke your decision on donating your body you can contact us:

  • By telephone      + 34 972 41 96 38
  • By email  serveidedonacio@udg.edu
  • We will send you the Form for revoking your body to science, which you will have to return to us filled in and signed.
  • As from the date you sign, you will be removed from the register of body donors to science.
  • We recommend you return your donor card to us or destroy it.

Where to find us

Donation Service
Faculty of Medicine - University of Girona
C/ Emili Grahit, 77
17003 Girona 
Tel. 972 41 96 38

Times: 
Mornings (Mondays to Fridays) from 9 am to 2 pm.
Afternoons (Mondays) Arrange an appointment.



On behalf of all the members of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Girona, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to all the people who are concerned about the future of medical education and research, demonstrating this sentiment by donating their body to science.

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