ONE of the country’s top maternity hospitals is trying to contact the parents of 138 dead children whose organs were kept without their knowledge between 2000 and 2007.

A CAMPAIGN group for parents of deceased children whose organs were retained without their consent is seriously concerned at the new wave of anguish caused by the revelations thrown up by latest Health Service Executive probe.

An audit of organ retention in Ireland has found that more than 21,000 organs are being retained in hospitals and universities in the state.

Harrowing stories will be told today by parents whose children’s organs were controversially retained by hospitals.

DONORS who want their bodies to feature in a controversial exhibition of preserved corpses yesterday questioned the show’s creator about their decision.