Delay of incinerated baby organ report 'scandalous'

The organs of 18 babies who died at CUMH were sent to Antwerp, Belgium, for incineration in 2020 because its burial plot was full

Bereaved parents of 18 babies whose organs were incinerated in Belgium along with clinical waste, protested outside Cork University Maternity Hospital last month. The protest is to demand the report into the incident is published. Mick Barry was one of the TDs who joined the protest. Photo: Andy Gibson.

The "scandalous delay" in releasing a report on why babies’ organs were sent from Cork and Limerick to Belgium to be incinerated without their parents’ consent has been raised in the Dáil.

The author of the State's 2009 Retained Organs Audit, Michaela Willis, described the delayed publication of the report into the Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) scandal as “incredibly unkind", "unprofessional" and showing a "huge lack of respect", Cork North Central TD Mick Barry said.