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Bereaved parents face long waits to find out how children died

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'We had to wait seven months to find out how our child died' 5 hours ago Arzu Dutta BBC Yorkshire & Lincolnshire Investigations Parents waiting months for post-mortems after children's deaths "We are in the most serious situation that we have been in the last 20 years." Dr Marta Cohen is a paediatric pathologist who has come out of retirement to help reduce the long waiting times bereaved parents face before they can find out how their child died. A shortage in the number of qualified pathologists able to carry out post-mortem examinations on children means that a fifth of families who have suffered the loss of a child now wait six months or more for the results. For Doncaster couple Nathan and Fiona Robinson, the wait between their two-year-old son Alfie's sudden death and his post-mortem examination taking place was seven months. Warning: This article contains distressing details about losing a child There were no warning signs before Alfie died in his sleep.…

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