You’re pretty much supposed to respect the last wishes of the deceased, that’s why they’re called “last wishes.” One Queens native, who only wanted to donate his body to science, didn’t live to see his final requests unfortunately shunned.
A hospital just wouldn’t take his cadaver because it was “too fat.”
Queens mechanical engineer George Cardel wanted his body donated to science in the unfortunate event of his death. That wish died with him, as the medical school his body was sent to rejected the remains due to Cardel’s girth.
Worse still, the hospital neglected to return his body for 13 days. At that point, the 59-year-old man’s remains were so badly decomposed that the family had no choice but to cremate him, reports NY Daily News.
“We thought everything was taken care of until 13 days later,” Cardel’s sister, Maryann O’Donnell said. Her husband, Joseph, said that the return of Cardel’s remains shocked the family. “Everybody was trying to get through closure and suddenly George was back,” he said.
Cardel suffered a heart attack Dec. 29, 2011. He weighed 300 pounds when he died. “He was stocky, heavy-set,” says one relative. “I can’t say he was pleasantly plump.”
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