HOSPITALS across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole will mark Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day today with an online service.
The service, hosted in the Chapel of St Luke at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital by the University Hospitals Dorset (UHD) NHS Trust, will be led by hospital chaplain Reverend Duncan Ridgeon and the trust’s early pregnancy team.
It will be streamed on the UHD Facebook page - @UHDTrust - at 7pm on this evening.
Duncan said: “At UHD we have used this day to remember the babies that have not made it into the world by holding a short service of reflection, lighting candles and listening to music.
“We hope this shows that a family’s little ones, not seen but held in their hearts, are still important.
“Particularly during the present crisis it is so important parents know there is support as they live with their grief.”
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day includes, but is not limited to, miscarriage, stillbirth, SIDS, and the death of a newborn.
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