A mother who lost her newborn child denounced the way the hospital was building land containing a memorial, calling it "disgusting."
Royal Surrey County Hospital has begun work on setting up a temporary laboratory near the Russell Memorial Gardens. The Russell Memorial Garden is a place to bury or remember children who died in hospital.
A plastic plaque was placed by the rosebush next to the garden, which the hospital said had to be cleared for "significant" construction work, as the space in the memorial garden was filled. SurreyLivereported} . There have been protests against the decision.
A mother is still at the scene with her tribute to her son, who died more than 20 years ago. She said she helped raise funds to do so.
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Google)Lack of consultation with parents she compliments there most
However, Royal Surrey received consent from those directly affected to move the plaque from the memorial gardens. said he got
A woman who wished to remain anonymous said: If we don't stop something, it will be Russell's garden next and it won't be there. who said they could do this?
"I am in the parent Facebook group, but no one knew about it. No respect. How old is your child or baby?" Be that as it may, you never forget putting the baby to bed I will never forget the day you can't bulldoze it because it's not right
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Aldershot News and Mail - Grahame Larter)"This is the smallest piece of land, I don't know." Couldn't they put the land for the building somewhere other than a memorial for the baby? There was a lack of communication and respect.
In response to complaints, the hospital's chief executive officer, Louise Stead, said the temporary building would be a radiology and cardiology lab and would conduct patient surveys.
She told her SurreyLive: The Russell Memorial Garden is fully protected, and memorials and cremated remains buried in the area will not be affected. After significant building work has been completed, these plaques will be moved to a dedicated memorial garden after a service by our pastor. Not raised.
"The new building, under construction, next to the Russell Memorial Gardens, is critical to maintaining and improving patient safety and services."
