Hospital officials say over 80 stillborn babies stored in two Serbian maternity clinics have not been buried _ a revelation that has triggered outrage in Serbia.
They say 50 tiny corpses are in a Belgrade hospital morgue, while 32 others are stored in a deep freezer in the central Serbian town of Nis. Some of the corpses have refrigerated for years.
Radica Bulajic, a Belgrade maternity hospital official, said Wednesday the stillborn babies cannot be legally buried without written consent from their parents and money from the parents for the funerals.
She said many parents do not claim the bodies for "emotional reasons" and added that state authorities have been contacted to take care of the problem.
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