25 years later, the story of a Halifax hospital and a U.K. organ-hoarding scandal
Former colleagues of pathologist Dick van Velzen, who would become embroiled in a massive organ-hoarding scandal in the U.K., are speaking publicly 25 years later about his time at the IWK children's hospital in Halifax and their decision to seek his dismissal.
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Former colleagues of pathologist Dick van Velzen, who would become embroiled in a massive organ-hoarding scandal in the U.K., are speaking publicly 25 years later about his time at the IWK children's hospital in Halifax and their decision to seek his dismissal.