PITY II logo and contact information:  PITY II, Stanley Community Centre, County Road, Walton, Liverpool, UK.  Tel: +44 (0)151 285 0016.  email: pity2uk@yahoo.co.uk

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Some of the images associated with the organ retention issues at Alder Hey Hopsital in Liverpool, UK

 
Link to Alan Milburn's [Secretary of State for Health] Speech to the House of Commons [UK Government] on the 30th of January 2001

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animated presentation of the words "Never Again!"

DNA Testing

The Retained Organs Commission is still considering whether to support DNA testing of organs to check which children they belong to.

They are waiting for further scientific information on how likely it is to succeed. In the meantime, you may have heard that Nina Morton, one of the Co-ordinators from the Wirral, arranged her own DNA testing with a private laboratory. 8 samples were taken. After the first sample was tested, no DNA was found, so further tests were being done. We will let you know whether these work
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PITY II (Parents who have Interred Their Young Twice) is the parents' support group set up in the wake of the organ retention scandal
at Alder Hey Hospital (Liverpool, UK). It aims to provide self help support and advice to affected families.


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