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| Dead baby 'left in plastic bag' | Dead baby 'left in plastic bag' |
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| The body of a stillborn baby was put in a supermarket carrier bag after it was delivered and left with the parents for two hours as they waited at hospital. | |
| Lisa Bundock, 33, from Brighton, was 19 weeks pregnant when she found out her boy had died and delivered him at home. | Lisa Bundock, 33, from Brighton, was 19 weeks pregnant when she found out her boy had died and delivered him at home. |
| The body was put in a 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. | The body was put in a 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, was her fourth child. She miscarried on 29 August. | Mrs Bundock's stillborn baby, Joe, was her fourth child. She miscarried on 29 August. |
| 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. |
| We hope that there is an acknowledgement that serious mistakes have been made Michael Bundock | We hope that there is an acknowledgement that serious mistakes have been made Michael Bundock |
| 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. |
| Mr Bundock, 35, said the baby boy was wrapped in a blanket and then placed in a carrier bag at their home before the couple went to hospital. | Mr Bundock, 35, said the baby boy was wrapped in a blanket and then placed in a carrier bag at their home before the couple went to hospital. |
| He said: "He wasn't treated like a baby at all, more like a piece of meat. | He said: "He wasn't treated like a baby at all, more like a piece of meat. |
| "At the time both my wife and I were deeply distressed and upset so we didn't raise our concerns." | "At the time both my wife and I were deeply distressed and upset so we didn't raise our concerns." |
| He said his main concern was for his wife who had lost "an awful lot of blood". | He said his main concern was for his wife who had lost "an awful lot of blood". |
| Mr Bundock said: "We hope that there is an acknowledgement that serious mistakes have been made. | Mr Bundock said: "We hope that there is an acknowledgement that serious mistakes have been made. |
| "There clearly needs to be more staff and better training." | "There clearly needs to be more staff and better training." |