Doctors stripped toddler’s organs
Toddler Megan Jones had her organs removed without her parents’ permission after she died during a holiday in Tenerife.
The two-year-old died tragically of a virus on the Spanish island and parents Debbie Ali and David Jones, from Upton, Wirral, agreed to donate her liver and kidneys.
However, during a second inquest and post-mortem, carried out by a coroner at Alder Hey hospital in Merseyside, it was discovered that Spanish pathologists had removed all her organs and replaced them with surgical padding.
Debbie said: “I will never recover from the shock of losing my beautiful little girl. What they did to her afterwards was horrific.”
More than four months after the toddler’s death her family are still waiting for the missing organs to be returned, despite numerous phone calls to Spanish authorities.
A spokesman for the coroner’s office in Merseyside confirmed that Megan died at the University Hospital in Santa Cruz on April 14th.
“Local laws allow for the removal, retention and disposal of organs or tissue during the post mortem process,” a spokesman for the Foreign Office said.
“The authorities in Spain do not have to inform relatives or the consul about this and the Foreign Office has no jurisdiction to intervene or change the law.
“We will do all we can to reduce the suffering and we endeavour to return Megan’s organs to the UK as quickly as possible.”
