Man’s brain kept at hospital for almost two years

A CAMPAIGN group for families whose loved ones had organs retained without their knowledge is appalled that a major acute hospital kept a dead man’s brain for almost two years without informing his next-of-kin.

“We are just shocked that this practise appears to be continuing,” said Charlotte Yeates of Parents for Justice.

Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise, Co Laois, retained the organ for 20 months after the sudden death of Shane Rabbitte from Clara, Co Offaly, in February last year.