Hospital That Yanked Alfie Evans’ Life Support Was Once Caught Selling Children’s Organs

The hospital that was at the center of the controversy over Alfie Evans and ultimately yanked his life support was once embroiled in a controversy surrounding the selling of children’s organs after surgery.

Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in London came under considerable criticism after fighting with Alfie’s parents for months and withdrawing off his life support without their consent following a massive legal battle. The hospital came under additional criticism when it did not feed it Alfie for longer than 24 hours after removing his life support.

But this is not the first time Alder Hey Children’s Hospital has been in the negative limelight. According to a 2001 news report in the Guardian newspaper, the hospital was also in the news because it sold body parts from babies to pharmaceutical companies in return for financial compensation.