Heavy , I thought is was odd that they give him the option to "cash and carry " his own prostate home for family viewing . They is so much that can be learned from that prostate now( full biopsy ) to medical advances and diagnostics in future that could use material from the prostate , etc . We fence them for 120 years in BC . As for that tooth thing , I had a tooth extracted from a sports injury , it was cracked ( in process for implant now) . No. problem taking tooth home . I noticed it was in a sort of sealed container and was sitting prior in alcohol . Due to the Very high levels of litigation in the USA , I bet this is the reason not to give out tooth to patient(?). This is the natural result Insurers making social dynamic policies ... if kept unchecked . The medical system here in Canada is not perfect , by any means but is very good compared to many places in the world ive been . For example , all my imaging, drugs and pills were payed for in Canada. Caring Dr's and nurses . Diagnosed in Feb 2021 with 3+4 PC , operated on March 31st at 1pm . . Thats after I took 2 weeks to decide what mode of treatment I was to have. I was 58 , so I selected operation. The point I guess is , it only took about 3 weeks to get operation. We have a brand New HUGE hospital in my city on Vancouver Island and have most of the machines in there ( except a PSMA-PET scanner) . We have two helipads at the top of the hospital , and they bought a new fancy Helicopter , rather than a PSMA -Pet scanner to my surprise . We have a provincial election here soon , and I have already met with the two potential Premiers . I told them Prostate funding only gets 2-5% of the funding breast cancer gets and thats a problem . Both parties have committed Government money ( Our money !) to buy one for our new hospital . It was more of a easy sell then I thought it would be ( election period)- they were actually receptive to my pitch . That PSMA Pet scanner will help many men in the future . We just bought a state of the art Robotic Machine ( very fancy so im told ) for the Victoria hospital , about 1 hour south of me . I can go there too If I wanted to . I dont have to stay in my city for treatment . Here is an interesting one - I was by my house in the Philippines riding my motor bike . Going up driveway I caught me leg on the Metal gate a week bit . I needed stitches . So I went to hospital and paid cash for stitches , blood work , and stuff . Total bill was $104.66 CAD . Not much , but I submitted the bill to my Province health insurer when I came back . Yep , they sent me my money back to the penny . Not bad , no co-pay or deductible either ! Apparently , we have 6 months out of province cover and out of country for medical expenses . Who knew - most people here dont even know this as Private carriers sells "travel policies " here and make tons of money ! God Bless . I thought you may find this interesting . Our system is not a panacea - but it gets the job done I think , comparable . Pills, dr visits , images , Hospital stay of 1 week , stay in cancer lodge with great food ! All covered . I say 'covered' , we pay high taxes for coverage here. Money doesn't fall from the sky , it is funded by taxes , oil/gas revenues and GDP growth , etc .