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A BEREAVED family unknowingly cremated a stranger after a body mix-up at a scandal-hit super-hospital.<\/p>\n
Loved ones were horrified to learn after the funeral<\/a> that\u00a0morgue staff had passed undertakers a wrongly-labelled corpse \u2014 denying a second family<\/a> the chance to give the relative a proper send-off.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for Scottish Sun newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThank you!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Morgue staff at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital sent the wrong body to undertakers for cremationCredit: Alamy<\/p>\n Staff at the scandal-hit hospital have been suspended over the blunderCredit: Alamy<\/p>\n Morgue staff\u00a0have been suspended after it emerged a wrongly labelled corpse was passed to funeral directors \u2014\u00a0meaning\u00a0 loved ones cremated the wrong remains.<\/p>\n It is not known if the \u201cinconsolable\u201d family have since been able to stage a\u00a0 send-off with the correct body\u00a0following\u00a0the blunder at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n And sources said the ashes of the person whose body was mistakenly labelled have now been passed to their family \u2014 who were also denied a final goodbye.<\/p>\n It is understood First Minister John Swinney<\/a> has been told about the\u00a0 latest in a series of scandals<\/a> to unfold at the \u00a3842million site.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMORE SCOTTISH SUN EXCLUSIVES\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t XMAS HEARTACHE<\/p>\n Family of Amen Teklay reveal anguish after spending first Xmas without teen<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t FESTIVE THUGS<\/p>\n Cops hunt vandals who wrecked Scots restaurant’s Xmas display & LICKED window<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n An insider said: \u201cHow the hell does something like this even happen? The family were inconsolable.<\/p>\n \u201cSerious questions need to be answered and answered fast over this monumental cock-up.<\/p>\n \u201cThe place needs urgent change.\u201d<\/p>\n It remained unclear how the mistake came to light but chiefs blamed \u201chuman error\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMost read in The Scottish Sun\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Insiders confirmed there was one mistaken cremation.<\/p>\n NHS<\/a> bosses plus the\u00a0Senior Inspector of Burial, Cremation and Funeral Directors have been ordered to carry out probes.<\/p>\n Slamming the mix-up, Tories shadow\u00a0public health<\/a> minister Brian Whittle said: \u201cFamilies entrust the NHS with their loved ones at their most vulnerable moment. <\/p>\n \u201cYet basic procedures have been ignored with devastating consequences.<\/p>\n \u201cNHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde must\u00a0explain how on earth this was allowed to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n In a statement the health board said: \u201cA full investigation<\/a> is underway following the wrongful release of a body from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde\u2019s mortuary to an undertaker.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThe serious issue, which was only identified after cremation had taken place, was the result of human error. Family members have been informed and full support is being offered to them.\u00a0 Staff involved have been suspended.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\tTEN YEARS OF TURMOIL\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n 2015: Opening of \u00a3842m \u2018super-hospital\u2019 campus. In an apology, medical<\/a> director Dr Scott Davidson insisted the hospital had \u201cvery rigorous\u201d identification and labelling processes.\u00a0<\/p>\n He said: \u201cIt is of deep regret that these have not been adhered to\u00a0and that a family have been caused significant additional distress.\u201d<\/p>\n The Scottish Government said: \u201cWe are deeply concerned.\u00a0 NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde\u00a0 must fully investigate.\u201d<\/p>\n NHS chief Dr Scott Davidson apologised for the devastating mistakeCredit: NHS Scotland<\/p>\n Scottish Tories shadow\u00a0public health minister Brian WhittleCredit: Alamy<\/p>\n It comes days after it emerged a nurse at the same hospital is to stand trial charged with giving a man a fatal dose of a drug meant for another patient<\/a> in August 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n We told previously how\u00a0seriously ill babies were moved from the neonatal ward<\/a> after a leak was found in the roof.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RW-25-12-Scot11v2_COMP.png\"\/)
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