UN Dead body repatriated 'missing heart and kidneys' - Can we 'av your livaah?

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-45913354

A father of four who died on a family holiday in Egypt was returned to the UK without his heart and kidneys, a legal firm for the family has said.

David Humphries, 62, collapsed and died while in Makadi, a beachside resort near Hurghada, on 18 September.

Lawyers Irwin Mitchell said a post-mortem examination was carried out in Egypt and again in the UK, when it was discovered his organs were missing.

The firm said it had been instructed by the family to investigate.

The full removal of internal organs is illegal under Egyptian law in a bid to reduce organ trafficking, it said.

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Image copyrightHUMPHRIES FAMILY
Image captionLynda and David Humphries had celebrated their wedding anniversary the day before his death
Mr Humphries, a mechanic, had been on holiday with his wife Lynda, 59, their daughter Anita Goodall and her family since 7 September.

He saw a doctor about chest pains on 13 September and the next day went to hospital and was admitted overnight.

On 18 September he had been playing with his grandchildren in a swimming pool when he collapsed, was taken to hospital and died.

His body was returned to the UK via Dubai on 1 October, eight days after the family flew back home.

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Image copyrightHUMPHRIES FAMILY
Image captionDavid Humphries (right) and his wife Lynda (second left) had four children. Daughter Anita was on holiday with them when he died
A coroner in the UK then requested a second post-mortem examination because the results of an autopsy in Egypt were inconclusive.

Mrs Humphries said: "We just want answers as to why he returned to the UK with parts of him missing.

"It is bad enough trying to come terms with his death."

Debbie Manders of Irwin Mitchell said: "The laws surrounding the removal of organs in Egypt are very strict.

"We are working with lawyers in Egypt to find out what has happened so we can provide David's family with much-needed answers."

This is why you shouldn't die in shitholes.
 
I'm surprised that all they took was his kidneys and heart. The Liver and Lungs also go for a hefty price on the black market.
 
All that and he wasn't sent back in a sarcophagus? The quality of how Egyptians prepare dead bodies has really gone down in the last millennia or so I see.
 
It's like that one story where like that one girl wakes up in a bathtub covered in ice with one of her kidneys gone.
 
It's like that one story where like that one girl wakes up in a bathtub covered in ice with one of her kidneys gone.
I always thought that would have made a great Seinfeld episode.

JERRY, in his bathtub, immersed in ice: WHAT THE HELL! HEY, KRAMER!

KRAMER enters the bathroom in his usual abrupt way.

KRAMER: Hey, what's goin' on, Jer?

JERRY: I THINK MY KIDNEYS ARE GONE! LOOK AT MY BACK!

KRAMER leans over to look and jerks back.

KRAMER: Whoa! How'd that happen?

JERRY: I don't know! I was just at the bar talking to Neumann and...

JERRY snaps fingers.

JERRY: Neumann.

Cut to tight shot on NEUMANN at a fancy dining table, candles, enjoying a slice of reddish meat.

NEUMANN: This is just so terrific as you said it'd be, Mr. ... Sorry, didn't get your name.

Pull out to reveal HANNIBAL LECTER across the table.

LECTER: I didn't give you one.
 
Might not be mummification, @Mola Ram might be able to weigh in on that.

Do I look like an expert on those Egyptian assholes to you? Those guys were weird. Why enslave the Jews when you've got plenty of capable child laborers on hand? And don't get me started on the whole Osiris and his magic jizz stuff. Weirdos, I tell you.
 
Off topic, I know, but reading about old Egyptian mummification procedures is absolutely fascinating stuff. I've seen pictures of exhumed mummies (specifically, Ramesses II), and for a guy who's been dead over 3200 years his body was in surprisingly good condition. Give those pyramid-builders credit; those preservation techniques are pretty damned solid.
 
Off topic, I know, but reading about old Egyptian mummification procedures is absolutely fascinating stuff. I've seen pictures of exhumed mummies (specifically, Ramesses II), and for a guy who's been dead over 3200 years his body was in surprisingly good condition. Give those pyramid-builders credit; those preservation techniques are pretty damned solid.

The most amazing mummy ever found is actually Chinese, of all things:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xin_Zhui
 
Might not be mummification, @Mola Ram might be able to weigh in on that.
In egyptian mummies the lungs, stomach, liver and intestines were removed and placed in ceremonial canopic jars. The rest of the organs were removed and thrown out, except for the heart. The heart was the soul and left in the body for judgment.
 
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