BRITONS reacted with horror a year ago when a government report revealed the
full extent of the scandal at Alder Hey hospital in Liverpool. The organs of
hundreds of dead children, supposedly taken for medical research, were found
forgotten in the hospital basement. Many had been taken without the knowledge of
the children’s parents, leaving them feeling betrayed.
The government reacted by overhauling the process doctors must follow to carry
out post-mortems. But the climate of mistrust after Alder Hey has created a new crisis
(see “Crisis of confidence”).
Medical staff are approaching fewer and fewer grieving
relatives to…
