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Baby boy to be buried against his parents wishes 21 years after his death following injections

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SparklyGothKat · 31/07/2008 17:33

This is so sad

Should the council be allow to do this

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ExterminAitch · 31/07/2008 18:53

not by having their child snatched by the authorities and sunk into a hole in the ground, i'll warrant. and given how far science has come in the last 20 years, how can any of us predict what might happen to solve the mystery of their son's death in future?

JonahTakalua · 31/07/2008 18:54

"The taxpayer is paying £15 a week."

The Times Online article says "Mr Blum is billed regularly for Christopher?s stay in the mortuary at North Middlesex Hospital".

SparklyGothKat · 31/07/2008 18:54

but he also found face down on a pillow, so could be SIDS.

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edam · 31/07/2008 18:55

baby sleeping on his front in a cot with a pillow dies unexpectedly - there are two very strong possible causes of death right there, never mind the vaccine. (Obviously this was before the Back To Sleep campaign so no criticism implied.)

Pragamatic solution would be to register the death without mentioning SIDS - it's only a guess at any rate.

JonahTakalua · 31/07/2008 18:56

Whilst Christopher remains unburied, the fact that his death may be attributable to the vaccination also remains unburied.

I can see why it is so important to his father.

Upwind · 31/07/2008 18:56

Jonah - I only read the Guardian article, apologies.

If Mr Blum is paying the mortuary fees I don't see how it is any of the council's business where his baby's resting place is. It is very sad

hazygirl · 31/07/2008 18:58

im sorry for the parents its tragic but the little boy needs laying to rest ,i know its hard unknown cause, put it down to cot death but know when my deaar grandson died nineteen months ago they tried so hard to find a cause,the thought of him laying in hospital morgue for years would be unbearable,the inquest recorded cot death,there was no reason ,surely they should have had an inquest thoughxhope noone thinks im trying to say he should move on,you have to but life is never gonna be the same ,it never isx

PInkyminkyohnooo · 31/07/2008 19:00

Can babies roll at 4 months? Or was this before the fet to foot, baby on his/her back advice?

I still question the hospital procedure of sending a lethargic baby home. I would have thought some sort of inquest would be granted if only because the baby had not long been discharged from hospital.

RedHead81 · 31/07/2008 19:17

babies can roll b4 4mths - and i think this was when advice was to put babies to sleep on their side. this is so sad - devastating for any parent, but when it might have been something else and they are not willing to acknowledge this, it makes it all the more worse. i find it slightly concerning that the organs and samples cannot be found.

Blandmum · 31/07/2008 19:18

dd would roll the length of the room at 4 months to get at something that she wanted. Both she and ds would roll over in bed at that age. Scared me witless

mamadiva · 02/08/2008 21:00

This story is so sad, such a beautiful little boy my heart goes out to his parents.

I cannot begin to imagine their pain having to go through this especially when they have been denied a satisfactory answer to their little boys tragic death, but I do think they should have a proper burial service for him, perhap in someway it would help them move on with their lives as much as they could in such horrid circumstances.

I know it's not up to me but I just think that they won't get any answers now after 21 years and what would happen to their babies body if they died? He'd probably be buried against their will then and atleast this way they can be there and have some sort of say.

SlothyMcFrothy · 02/08/2008 21:03
Sad
3andnomore · 07/08/2008 15:55

the 2. article doesn't just state, that the Baby was on it's front, but also that the child had blood coming out of his nose....so, is an infection not maybe a rather likely possibility, especially if one was found in bloodsamples?
It's disturbing that the Baby's organs have been "lost"...I mean,that should not happen?
But then, I just read the Sally Clark story and maybe I should not be surprised that things like that happen....hm...

I truely think, that it is morally wrong to go against the parents...they have a right to know how their Baby died...if the council wants them to move on, then they should maybe ask for re-investigation? And at least try and solve the mystery.

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