Remains of ANOTHER stillborn child sent to laundry service in Minnesota
t's a horrifying disclosure from a hospital in Minnesota.
Officials with Regions Hospital, one of the largest hospitals in Minneapolis-St. Paul, have confirmed that the remains of a stillborn baby were mistakenly sent to a laundry service that had actually discovered another stillborn's remains earlier this week.
According to the Associated Press the hospital has taken full responsibility and is in the process of investigating which employee made the error.
This was the second stillborn sent to a laundry mat in Red Wing, prompting inquiries from Regions and the Minnesota Department of Health
The hospital did apologize to both families although the identities cannot be released
Chief nursing officer Chris Boese told the media, 'a tragic human error was made and we believe both sets of remains were mistaken as empty linens and placed in the laundry at the same time by a hospital worker.'
Regions sees about 2,500 births a year, of which about twenty to twenty-five are stillborn.
Families with stillborns can either make their own arrangements or allow the hospital to work with local groups that can bury or cremate the bodies.
Details about the families cannot be disclosed by the hospital. The hospital, however, has apologized to both families.
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'It unfortunately may be that we just will not know what happened with the remains,' said Boese.
Hospital CEO Brock Nelson has said that the hospital will be implementing several changes to make sure such mistakes never happens again.
The hospital will be adding more security and using tracking processes for births. Nelson also confirmed they were working with Minnesota's Department of Health.
The laundry mat, called Crothall Laundry, is located in Red Wing, about 45 miles southeast of St. Paul. Police Chief Roger Pohlman was called into the scene to investigate the remains.
