'Badly hurt parents' sue HSE over retention of son's brain following stillbirth at Cork hospital

The baby’s mother claims she vomited when she got a phone call 'out of the blue' telling them the baby’s brain was ready to be released

The couple are already suing over care received at Cork University Maternity Hospital claiming a congenital abnormality should have been identified in the antenatal period and they should have been counselled and prepared for what was to come.

A couple who claims they suffered profound trauma when they were told three months after their baby’s stillbirth at Cork University Maternity Hospital, a post-mortem examination and burial that the baby’s brain had been retained have launched a High Court action.

They claim against the HSE that three months after burying their baby son in 2018 they got a phone call telling them the baby’s brain was ready to be released.