Cork couple launch petition for publication of Human Tissue Bill

Laura and Fintan Kelleher, who live in Australia, are among 18 families whose babies’s organs were sent to Belgium from Cork University Maternity Hospital for incineration in 2020, without their permission or knowledge.

A Cork couple whose baby’s organs were sent to Antwerp for incineration have launched a petition demanding that the Human Tissue Bill be published by the Department of Health.

Laura and Fintan Kelleher launched the petition, three years after their daughter Hope was stillborn at Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) on November 3, 2019. Hope was one of 18 babies whose organs were sent to Antwerp in Belgium from CUMH for incineration in 2020.