Mother unaware child's brain kept

Bristol - A mother who launched a major road safety campaign following the death of her 11-year-old daughter told yesterday how…

Bristol - A mother who launched a major road safety campaign following the death of her 11-year-old daughter told yesterday how she was devastated to find out a hospital had kept her little girl's brain.

Rebekka Hudd died in 1996 after she was knocked down. But now her mother has been notified by Frenchay Hospital, in Bristol, that her daughter's brain was not buried with her. Instead, following a post-mortem examination, it was stored at the hospital.

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