Glands scandal - Hospitals must make full disclosure

Since Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children came clean last week with details of the pituitary glands that were taken from 20 deceased children, there has been a flood of information about the practice, which also involved the farming of other glands.

The Southern Health Board announced that 111 glands were supplied to a pharmaceutical firm by Cork University Hospital and Tralee General Hospital.

Limerick Regional Hospital and Galway University Hospital also admitted supplying pituitary glands. James Connolly Memorial, Dublin, announced yesterday that it was involved too.