A Bali hospital has denied allegations it was concerned in organ theft, after the physique of a younger Australian who died on the Indonesian resort island was repatriated with out his coronary heart.
Queensland man Byron Haddow was discovered useless within the plunge pool of his Bali villa earlier this yr whereas on vacation.
The physique of the 23-year-old was returned to Australia 4 weeks later, and a second post-mortem discovered his coronary heart was lacking, prompting Australian officers to demand solutions from their Indonesian counterpart.
I Made Darmajaya, director of medical nursing and assist at Prof Ngoerah hospital, denied the hospital was concerned in organ theft, explaining that the hospital carried out a forensic post-mortem on Haddow’s physique after a request from native police.
“I emphasise, on behalf of Prof Ngoerah hospital, that the circulating rumours of organ theft are false,” he advised reporters.
“There isn’t any curiosity of the hospital to withhold [the heart]. Really, our curiosity was within the context of examination in accordance with the legislation.”
He stated Haddow’s coronary heart was repatriated to Australia after than the remainder of his physique because it took a very long time to course of it to fulfill the necessities for a pathological examination.
A spokesperson for Australia’s international ministry stated on Tuesday they had been offering consular help to Haddow’s household however couldn’t present additional remark, citing privateness obligations.
Haddow’s coronary heart was returned to Queensland in August, greater than two months after his loss of life, Ni Luh Arie Ratna Sukasari, a authorized consultant of Haddow’s household, stated earlier on Wednesday, saying the incident raised “severe questions” about medical practices in Bali.
