Birmingham hospital 'also gave glands to drug firm'

Birmingham Children's Hospital has admitted giving organs from living children to a drugs company for money.

Birmingham hospital 'also gave glands to drug firm'

Birmingham Children's Hospital has admitted giving organs from living children to a drugs company for money.

The hospital said it received cash from research firm Aventis after handing over thymus glands taken in heart operations in the early 1990s.

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