Indemnity bid by hospital in scandal

MANAGEMENT of the Dublin hospital at the centre of an organ retention scandal has been accused of underhand dealings after it emerged that blanket indemnity had been sought for staff prior to an inquiry.

Parents for Justice, the support group representing more than 2000 families affected by the scandal, has accused Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin of failing to come clean about the hospital’s cooperation with the investigating inquiry.

“Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, has once again ducked and dived and got away from telling the whole truth,” PFJ spokeswoman Fionnuala O’Reilly said.