Hospitals may be prosecuted over organ retention

HOSPITALS may face criminal prosecution in the organ retention scandal for suspected breaches of legislation governing post mortem procedures and death registrations.

An extraordinary general meeting of Parents for Justice (PfjfJ) yesterday mandated the organisation's officers to turn over details of members' cases to the gardaí. The cases are already the subject of investigation by the Dunne Inquiry but PfJ withdrew co-operation with the inquiry last Thursday in frustration at delays over a promised statutory element to the investigation.

Between 400 and 500 people from more than 700 families represented by PfJ attended yesterday's meeting and spokeswoman Fionnuala O'Reilly described the mood as "very angry".