No funeral: Elisabetta Balzan decided to give herself up to science and her family respected her wishes. The 41-year-old, who grew up in the village of Madiago, died last Monday of a terminal illness. He was only 41 years old and the body was transferred from the funeral home to the Clinical Anatomy Center of the University of Padua, where it will be used for teaching and research for physicians and surgeons. Body donation to science is different from organ donation, which has a completely different purpose and different methods.
It is regulated by the Law “Regulations on the Disposal of Body Tissues and Postmortem Tissue for the Purposes of Study, Training and Scientific Research”, which was approved on January 29, 2020. Balzan was a guest of Casa Tua Due, for the terminally ill of Ulss 1 Dolomiti, where he faced the disease with dignity And always confidential. Mother Laura with Mario, sister Monica with Tiziano, niece Valentina with Andrea and great-grandchildren Sebastiano and Ambra extend their sincere thanks to all the staff who looked after Elisabetta, as well as the associations of Ademide and Francesco Cuccini for the “management and professionalism shown”. And many thanks also to “all the friends who have supported her on this long journey.”
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