A Japanese hospital has apologised after a cleaner flushed a stillborn baby down the toilet by mistake, leaving the mother traumatised by the sound of the chain being pulled. The mother had given birth at 14-weeks to the stillborn baby while in the bathroom of Saitama Red Cross Hospital in Saitama, north-central Japan. Reports state she then moved to a different room on the staff's instructions and a member of the hospital's cleaning staff then flushed the toilet she had used. Doctors could reportedly be heard screaming after the janitor flushed the toilet but it is unclear why nobody had removed the baby from the toilet beforehand. It is unclear if the cleaner has been fired or if the couple are suing the hospital.

Source: Daily Mail May 16, 2019 23:17 UTC