Beyond organ and tissue donations, there is also another consideration: pledging ones body for the advancement of the medical sciences. Silent Mentor is a national voluntary body donation programme for medical education, training and research. In 2012, Universiti Malaya collaborated with Tzu Chi University, and started the first Silent Mentor programme outside Taiwan. Melisa Idris speaks to Professor Dr Saw Aik
Director for Universiti Malaya’s Silent Mentor Programme. He is also a Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the university.