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Glasgow Hospital Apologizes for Body Mix-Up Error

12/28/2025

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  • Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow apologized after giving a bereaved family the wrong body for cremation.
  • The error occurred when morgue staff passed an incorrectly labelled corpse to undertakers, and the funeral and cremation had already taken place.
  • NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde attributed the incident to human error.
  • The staff involved have been suspended.