UK Woman Keeps Stillborn Baby In Fridge After Hospital's Refusal
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The University hospital in Lewisham has now launched an investigation into the incident.
A woman in London suffered a miscarriage and had to keep her stillborn baby in home fridge after being turned away by the hospital. Laura Brody said she had to deliver at home after she and her partner Lawrence White sent home by University hospital in Lewisham due to lack of beds.
The hospital has now launched an investigation into the incident. The woman and her husband have claimed that the hospital staff cited inability to store the stillborn.
"I took a tupperware box containing my baby's remains home from hospital in a taxi, cleared up some space in our fridge and put the box in there," Mr White told the BBC.
The couple dialled 999 but were told it was not an emergency, according to the BBC report.
