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animated presentation of the words "Never Again!"

Leader of St Helens Council - Councillor Marie Rimmer

Leader of St Helens Council - Councillor Marie RimmerI am pleased and honoured to have been asked to speak here today at this memorial dedication ceremony and am pleased to see so many people here.

As you all know, Pity II is a parent support group which was set up in 1999 following the Alder Hey organ retention scandal.

As well as providing emotional and practical support to parents, Pity II has also been involved in the struggle to find out the truth about what happened to these children and to have the law changed so that this human tragedy could never be allowed to happen again.

I know they have made progress, but there is still a way to go. It is unimaginable to lose a child, without the added grief of learning that their organs have been retained without permission.

I am proud that the people of St Helens and the council have very quickly acknowledged and empathised with the families affected by this tragedy, and have seen fit to provide these memorials, which will be a lasting memory to the children involved in the organ retention scandal.

These memorials are dedicated to all children involved in organ retention locally - over 700 families in St Helens alone have been affected.

There are two memorials, one in the memorial garden at the crematorium which will be dedicated to all the local children and babies and the second is called the Tree of Life.

This is a flowering cherry tree with an all year round flower garden at its base and memorial stone. As the tree blossoms we have hope for the future and as the blossoms fall, we remember the past.

Many parents whose children were cremated have nowhere to go to lay flowers, so the memorial garden is somewhere that people could visit to remember every child.

Hopefully, these memorials will provide a peaceful place where families can come to remember their children, a place which will bring some comfort to families, which will ensure that these children may never be forgotten.

 

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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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