N.C. Patients Received Stolen Human Tissue

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http://www.wral.com/news/5889625/detail.html

Just a heads up for DU'ers....

Human tissue stolen from funeral homes in New York may have been implanted in more than 50 patients at North Carolina hospitals, although none of the patients appears to have been harmed.
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Duke University Health System, WakeMed and UNC Hospitals all unwittingly used the parts in skin grafts, plastic surgeries and neck and back operations. Thirty patients at WakeMed were affected, along with 12 at Durham Regional, four at Duke University Hospital, one at Duke Health Raleigh and two at UNC Hospitals.
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The New Jersey company that originally bought the body parts, as well as a half-dozen funeral homes, are now under investigation, with indictments expected within the next few months.
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1. so what if the stuff is needed as evidence?

Duke hasn't had a great year first the use of hydraulic fluid to steralize surgical instruments and now this.