Mother waits on body parts ruling

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A mother who had to re-bury her daughter almost 40 years after her death says the NHS should admit it was wrong to retain babies' organs.

Maureen Molgaard, from North Cotes near Louth in Lincolnshire, is one of more than 2,000 parents taking the NHS to the High Court.

Each person is claiming thousands of pounds in compensation for distress caused when body parts of the dead children were taken without consent.

Mrs Molgaard had to hold a second funeral for her daughter Hayley when it emerged organs had been taken by Grimsby hospital.

She believes the High Court action should not need to take place.

"I think that they (the NHS) should just hold their hands up and admit that they were wrong.

"It cannot ever be the right thing to do, especially when you don't even inform the parents."

The government is currently introducing new laws to ban the retention of organs without consent in the wake of the Alder Hey scandal.

Last year the families of children whose organs were removed at Alder Hey hospital received £5,000 each.

Mervyn Fudge, the solicitor representing 1,500 of the families, said: "The only course of action for the parents was through the courts. They want to be able to show that what was done to their loved ones was illegal."