Parents for Justice take organ cases to gardaí

FIFTEEN families, whose deceased children’s organs were removed without parental permission, have handed over files to the gardaí for criminal investigation.

Parents for Justice, the support group

representing over 2,000 families, said gardaí were investigating a number of hospitals at the centre of the scandal. The group also confirmed that more than 60 families are seeking damages from hospitals and health boards for removing organs from deceased relatives without their families’ knowledge or consent.