Grieving families must wait until September to learn how CUMH incinerated their babies' organs 

Grieving families must wait until September to learn how CUMH incinerated their babies' organs 

Bereaved parents of the 18 babies whose organs were incinerated protesting at CUH on June 11. They have been told they will get a draft report into the incident in September.  Picture: Andy Gibson

A draft report on how the organs of 18 babies were sent from Cork University Maternity Hospital to Antwerp for incineration without parental consent will be given to families in September.

The parents of the 18 babies have been notified in an email that the review team set up to examine the circumstances of how the organs were sent for incineration will be “in a position to share the draft report with the families by mid-late September”. 

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