HK hospital refuses to release foetus for burial
A Hong Kong couple has been told they cannot take back the remains of a foetus for proper burial or cremation, after the wife suffered a miscarriage at 16 weeks of pregnancy. The city’s hospitals […]
A Hong Kong couple has been told they cannot take back the remains of a foetus for proper burial or cremation, after the wife suffered a miscarriage at 16 weeks of pregnancy. The city’s hospitals […]
It has been in the news a lot recently, and we have discussed this previously on the Clinical Waste Discussion Forum – to ponder upon when a blob of tissue […]
The news services have picked up a story to be aired in Channel 4 based on the claims of a mother who lost her pregnancy between 6 and 13 weeks. […]
The disposal of a foetus can be a particularly difficult issue that requires care in compliance with the wishes of the mother, and with the increasingly complex legal framework. But it can, […]
HOSPITALS have been banned from disposing of aborted and miscarried babies by burning them as clinical waste. The Scottish Government have issued guidelines to health boards stating the practice is […]