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Tuesday, 30 January, 2001, 19:34 GMT
Where organs are held
![]() Hospitals across England have retained body parts
The Chief Medical Officer, Professor Liam Donaldson, has revealed that more than 100,000 human body parts, organs and corpses of stillborn children and foetuses are being held in hospitals and medical schools.
Listed below are the 25 institutions which were found to have retained more than 500 such body parts. NHS trusts
Royal Liverpool Children's (Alder Hey): 6,900 parts and organs Medical schools
Imperial College London: 4,200
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