British Sikh girl’s organs back in UK for tests
Tuesday, 08/10/2013
http://epaper.dailypostindia.com/Details.aspx?id=83291&boxid=57951&uid=&dat=2013-10-08
London: The organs of a British Sikh girl who died mysteriously during a visit to India five months ago have been returned to her birthplace in Birmingham for tests after a long-drawn campaign by her parents.
Gurkiren Kaur Loyal fell ill on a family holiday in Punjab in April. She died while being treated for dehydration at a clinic in Khanna when staff reportedly gave her a mystery injection.
The eight-year-old’s parents, Santok Singh and Amrit Kaur, claim her organs were removed during an autopsy in India to cover up the cause of death.
British pathologists were unable to carry out their own post-mortem tests on Gurkiren’s body because of the missing organs, including the heart, brain and liver.
Indian authorities had admitted the organs were retained at Government Medical College at Rajendra Hospital in Patiala for post-mortem tests.
