Bereaved mothers unite ahead of CUMH protest on baby organ incineration

Bereaved mothers unite ahead of CUMH protest on baby organ incineration

Leona Bermingham, Sarah Jane Connolly, and Katie Quilligan, whose babies' organs were sent for incineration without their permission. Picture: Michael Mac Sweeney/Provision

Three bereaved mothers whose babies’ organs were incinerated without their knowledge or consent insist they won’t rest until they get answers for their “angels”.

They say their babies deserve respect and they have appealed to the public to join them in a protest outside Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) next week to demand the HSE publish the findings of a report into why multiple organs of 18 dead babies, all born at CUMH, were sent to Belgium for incineration without their parents’ permission or knowledge.

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