An astonishingly gruesome crime has been reported concerning the illegal disposal of hospital and clinical wastes from Ukrainian hospitals.
A Ukrainian gang that took clinical (medical) waste that included body parts and disease testing samples for cremation dumped it all in local woodlands instead of burning it.
The gang reportedly made hundreds of thousands of pounds collecting medical waste including amputated limbs and aborted foetuses from hospitals in Zaporizhia Oblast in southern Ukraine.
They also collected other biologically hazardous clinical wastes including parts from veterinary surgeries and laboratory samples awaiting safe disposal.