Brain bank gets first donations

Powerhouse organ: Dr Sim taking samples from the donated brain at the Brain Bank Singapore. — The Straits Times/ANN

The one-year-old Brain Bank Singapore (BBS) welcomed its first two “deposits” this year, with the first of two brains donated on Sept 10.

Retrieving the brain is no mean feat. The body’s powerhouse, which weighs 1.2kg on average, has to be carefully – and very respectfully – removed from the back or the top of the head of the dead person.