Augusta students thank body donors at memorial service

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Medical students at Augusta University presented flowers to the families of people who donated their bodies to science during a memorial service. A dental student described what the donors mean to the students. “We traced the muscles and nerves surrounding the smile lines of someone who clearly loved life and who was dearly loved by those around them,” the student said.

The Details

“And through every class, we were constantly reminded that the smile we were studying was one that someone in this room knew by heart. With every lesson, we were reminded that these are not simply anatomical structures to understand, but parts of a person whose life mattered.”The ceremony honored how body donations help train future donors, nurses and other health care professionals and advance medical research.