The bodies of thousands of aborted and miscarried babies were incinerated as clinical waste, with some even used to heat hospitals, an investigation has found.
Ten NHS trusts have admitted burning foetal remains alongside other rubbish while two others used the bodies in ‘waste-to-energy’ plants which generate power for heat.
Last night the Department of Health issued an instant ban on the practice which health minister Dr Dan Poulter branded ‘totally unacceptable.’
At least 15,500 foetal remains were incinerated by 27 NHS trusts over the last two years alone, Channel 4’s Dispatches discovered.
One of the country’s leading hospitals, Addenbrooke’s in Cambridge, incinerated 797 babies below 13 weeks gestation at their own ‘waste to energy’ plant. The mothers were told the remains had been ‘cremated.’
TBH I don't get why it matters. If they were cremated like the mothers were told, they would just throw away the ashes. They're essentially doing the same thing with this. And the mothers shouldn't care, they aborted their baby so it's not really their choice where the fetus goes.
TBH I don't get why it matters. If they were cremated like the mothers were told, they would just throw away the ashes. They're essentially doing the same thing with this. And the mothers shouldn't care, they aborted their baby so it's not really their choice where the fetus goes.