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Funeral for organs scandal babies PDF Print E-mail
Written by DeadGirl   
Thursday, 05 August 2004
Aug 5 2004

A funeral is set to take place for 50 unknown babies whose bodies were secretly stored for medical research.

At least 1,000 unidentified infants were kept at the University of Liverpool and the city's Alder Hey hospital - most of them foetuses of less than 28 weeks gestation. The majority died at least 25 years ago and some date back to the 1950s.

The bodies were revealed during the inquiry into the Alder Hey organ retention scandal, in which body parts were taken from dead children without their parents' knowledge.

A burial service will be held at Liverpool's Allerton Cemetery for the first 50 babies, each in an oak casket bearing a numbered plaque.

The remainder will be buried at similar services held every Thursday over the coming months.


http://icsouthlondon.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/nationalnews/tm_objectid=14498407&method=full&siteid=50100&headline=funeral-for-organs-scandal-babies-name_page.html
 
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