Grieving families to face indefinite wait for report into incinerated organs 

Grieving families to face indefinite wait for report into incinerated organs 

Leona Bermingham at her home, with a photo of her deceased child, twin baby Lee. Lee died on September 18, 2019, hours after she had given birth to him and twin brother Lewis by emergency caesarean at 33 weeks. Picture: Larry Cummins

Distraught families whose babies' organs were sent abroad for incineration without their knowledge now face indefinite delays to find out why it happened. 

Cork University Hospital (CUH), from where the organs of 18 deceased babies were sent to Antwerp for incineration, has been accused of lacking compassion by not giving families access to a draft copy of an investigation into the scandal. 

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