Parents to sue hospital over dead baby

13 April 2012

A couple are set to sue a hospital after their dead baby was left in a cupboard for three days.

Lisa Mundy and Steve Cooper, from Swanley, were devastated when their daughter Lexie died minutes after her birth at St Thomas' hospital.

The couple asked for their daughter to be moved to the mortuary, but she was left in a refrigeration unit inside a cupboard opposite Ms Mundy's room.

The hospital said it was normal practice for babies to be put in the refrigeration unit so parents could see them.

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