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A live post-mortem experience is coming to Leeds

Not for the squeamish, this experience lets you step into the shoes of a pathologist and try your hand at dissection.

Georgina Pellant - 9th June 2021

If you've ever wanted to take a look at what happens during an autopsy, this one's for you.

Whilst the event is clearly aimed at medical students, it's also open to the general public - so if you have a morbid fascination with cutting people open this is probably going to be well up your street.

The live post-mortem experience looks at what needs to be investigated to confirm how a person dies, moving on to dissection and examination of the head and neck, abdomen and thorax, before coming to a conclusion as to the cause of death.

Using "real anatomical specimens" from pigs, Internationally acclaimed anatomist Samuel Piri will lead the event, giving guests a glimpse into what really happens during a post-mortem.

He will guide his wider clinical team (and the audience) through the process, giving guests an up-close look at the complex human anatomy.

What's more, you'll even get the chance to have a go at the dissection of real specimens yourself.

The event description reads: "Samuel developed VIVIT - the world's only semi-synthetic human cadaver to train students anatomy in a contextualised format.

"We operate the only license in the UK permitting the use of real tissues in the teaching and training of human anatomy."

"Post-Mortem Live offers the chance to get hands on with real anatomical specimens of porcine origin contextualised into a simulated human body dissection.

"Using our state-of- the-art cadaver we'll take you quite literally into the bowels of the post mortem process where you'll have the chance to get hands on with real specimens, conduct real technical dissection and even ascertain the cause of death."

The tour will visit UK universities, and actually counts as four hours of accredited Continuing Professional Development (CPD) if you're a student doing a relevant degree.

Ticket prices vary, with Blue Light and NHS discounts available. These include entry, plus basic PPE, masks, hats, gloves, printed anatomy diagrams, literature packs, specimens and clinical consumables.