Baby garden rededicated
THE Baby Garden at Ormskirk Hospital has been rededicated after it was restored and replanted thanks to fundraising by a local family who experienced the loss of a baby.
The garden is a quiet place near the hospital reception for all visitors, but particularly those who have experienced a loss in pregnancy.
The Rev Martin Abrams, chaplain at Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust, conducted the service or rededication.
The service was attended by about 100 people, both hospital staff and members of the public.
There was a chance for families to plant “bulbs of hope” in memory of lost babies.
A forget-me-not area, created for “our never forgotten babies”, was created for parents who have never been able to discover where their babies were laid to rest.
Juliette Cosgrove, director of nursing, midwifery and therapies at the trust spoke at the service.
She said: “We’re delighted that this donation has allowed us to improve the garden, so it can be a place of solace and reflection for many years to come.”
West Lancashire MP Rosie Cooper cut the ribbon at the event.
She said: “I am aware from my time as hospital chair at the Women’s in Liverpool just how upsetting and life changing the loss of a baby through miscarriage, neonatal or postnatal can be.
“Support for grieving families at this time is essential and providing places of reflection and remembrance such as this garden are just some of the ways I know Southport and Ormskirk Hospitals are giving that support.”