Number of Persons Pledging to Donate Whole Bodies to Medical Research after Death

19 Mr Seah Kian Peng asked the Minister for Health how many persons have pledged to donate their whole bodies to medical research after death in the last three years.

Mr Gan Kim Yong: Under the Medical (Therapy, Education and Research) Act, anyone from 18 years of age and who is not mentally disordered can pledge to donate their whole body upon death to be used for research, transplant or education purposes.

In the last three years, the numbers of new pledges for whole body donation after death to be used for medical research are as shown in the table below.