Mum calls for Salford Royal baby memorial garden improvements

A woman who had a miscarriage with her first child has said she was left saddened when she saw the state of the memorial garden where there is a plaque in his memory. Carole Moore, 66, regularly visits the garden at Salford Royal Hospital in Greater Manchester as "somewhere to go and remember him and what might have been". But she said the garden had declined over the years with overgrown plants covering some of the memorial plaques, adding: "It really upset me." Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust said the garden was managed by a contractor but it had listened carefully to the concerns raised and would be looking into this matter. Improvement works are already under way. Carol lost her son, who she named Neil Martin, in 1980. More than three years later, her nephew - Gareth Russell - died of sudden infant death syndrome in 1983. "Although [Neil] was never born or took a breath, he still, for me, existed," said Carol. "Neil Martin and Gareth Russell are both together there and we like to think about them playing up there in the clouds." Carol, who has retired from her job as a medical secretary at Salford Royal, said she was saddened when she visited the garden to see its d

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