[HISC 116] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (34 pages long)
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National health service: taxes pay hospital fees. Government enquiry into poor outcomes in a pediatric cardiology unit (surgeries) One of the surgeons who is giving testimony says that the hospital has one of the best collection of children"s hearts. One parent asks if the hospital still has their child"s heart: children who pass away in the hospital have their organs harvested, parents are not aware of this. Concerned parents begin to petition for the return of their children"s organs. Pity ii: parents who inter their youngsters twice: change in the law to allow for a second funeral for their children as the body parts began being returned to the parents. There was legislation that essentially stated that some tissue would be retained, but this was deemed inadequate with the reality of the situation. Andre rebello, coroner for liverpool: he judged the retention unlawful and said that the families had been brutalized, absolutely outrageous.
