Alder Hay

By tfpizarr

  • Samantha's Death

    Death of 11 month old Samantha Rickard in an open-heart surgery.

  • First discovery of the hospital keeping organs.

    Mother of Samantha demanded a copy of her daughter's medical records and discovers that they had retained her heart.

  • Return of Samantha's heart

    Hospital Resturns Samantha's heart.

  • Bristol Heart Children Action Group was created

    Bristol Heart Children Action Group was created because of Samantha's mom. They wanted to discover how many organs were taken from children without parent's conscent.

  • BHCAG makes the scandal public

    BHCAG called a press conference and made public the issue about the taken hearts.

  • Investigation begins

    Investigation in Alder Hay and other hospitals in Liverpool that brought to light that it was not the only hospital taking children's organs without conscent.