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The body of a stillborn baby was placed in supermarket carrier bag after it was delivered and left with the parents for two hours as they waited at hospital. | The body of a stillborn baby was placed in supermarket carrier bag after it was delivered and left with the parents for two hours as they waited at hospital. |
Lisa Bundock, from Brighton, was 19 weeks pregnant when she found out her boy had died and delivered him at home. | Lisa Bundock, from Brighton, was 19 weeks pregnant when she found out her boy had died and delivered him at home. |
The body was put into bag when an ambulance took her to the Royal Sussex County Hospital. She said it stayed in the bag while she waited in A&E. | |
An NHS spokesman apologised and said an investigation was under way. | An NHS spokesman apologised and said an investigation was under way. |
Urgent inquiry | Urgent inquiry |
The spokesman for the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust said: "We fully understand the parents' distress and do apologise on behalf of the hospital. | The spokesman for the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust said: "We fully understand the parents' distress and do apologise on behalf of the hospital. |
"We are urgently looking into the circumstances so that we can give them a full account of what happened as soon as possible." | "We are urgently looking into the circumstances so that we can give them a full account of what happened as soon as possible." |
Mrs Bundock's stillborn baby, Joe, who was delivered on 30 August, was her fourth child. | Mrs Bundock's stillborn baby, Joe, who was delivered on 30 August, was her fourth child. |
She said she had to wait in a room in A&E for two hours without being examined, and that during that time her baby was in a plastic bag on top of a cabinet in the room with her and her husband, Michael. | She said she had to wait in a room in A&E for two hours without being examined, and that during that time her baby was in a plastic bag on top of a cabinet in the room with her and her husband, Michael. |
She also said that when she was moved to another ward, the bag was placed on a windowsill. | She also said that when she was moved to another ward, the bag was placed on a windowsill. |
Joe was later placed in a special crib next to his mother, and has since been buried. | Joe was later placed in a special crib next to his mother, and has since been buried. |