US EditionWrong body cremated after mix-up at hospital mortuary in Glasgow
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde launched a full investigation after a mortuary error caused two families significant distress following the wrongful cremation of a body.
- Last month, at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Govan, Glasgow, a body was wrongly released from the mortuary and the wrong person was cremated.
- The health board blamed human error and lapses in its mortuary identification and labelling procedures despite rigorous processes, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said.
- A funeral director discovered the mistake after receiving a wrongly-labelled corpse, and the ashes of the wrongly cremated person were handed to their family.
- The health board has launched a full investigation, suspended the staff involved, and informed family members, who have been offered full support, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said.
- With previous infections and a public inquiry, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde highlights ongoing scrutiny of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, opened in 2015 at a cost of 842 million, as John Swinney has been made aware of the latest mix-up.
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You have no body to bury – that was the message a family in Glasgow received. The hospital had cremated the wrong body.
Hospital Accidentally Cremates the Wrong Body, and Has Another Erroneously Buried, Due to Staff Mislabeling
The mistakes were only discovered after the burial and cremation occurred Jeff J Mitchell/Getty A general view of the Queen Elizabeth University HospitalNEED TO KNOWA wrong body was cremated and another was accidentally buried due to a hospital staff error Both mistakes were only discovered after the burial and cremation occurredThe hospital is now looking into the mix-up, and staff members involved have since been suspendedA hospital accidental…
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As it became known, the prescribed procedures for identifying and labeling the bodies before their transport from the morgue were not followed.
A hospital in the Scottish city of Glasgow will investigate its own role in the cremation of an incorrect body. Queen Elizabeth University Hospital accidentally handed over the wrong body to the funeral directors. The error was only discovered after the cremation. As a result, the relatives of the accidentally cremated person had to say goodbye without the deceased's body present. The relatives of both individuals have been informed. Suspension:…
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