Medical professor couple "reunited" after anatomical donations

A couple in southwest China who spent over 50 years together have "reunited" at the university where they once taught, after they died 10 years apart.

In 2000, Neurology professor Li Bingquan and his wife Hu Suqiu, a professor in gynecology, signed a will to donate their bodies for medical research after their deaths.

[Photo via China Central Television's Weibo account, courtesy of the family of Li Bingquan and Hu Suqiu]

Kunming Medical University in Yunnan Province received Li's body after he died in March 2005. The skeleton was preserved and displayed for educational purposes.

Hu died in October 2015 and her body went to the same university. "My corneas, cataract lenses, skin, liver and kidneys should go to people who need them. After those are taken, my body should be used for anatomy," China News Service cited Hu's will as saying.

Hu's skeleton was placed next to that of Li, reuniting a couple who made groundbreaking contributions in Yunnan medical research.

[Photo via China Central Television's Weibo account, courtesy of Kunming Medical University]