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Posted on 09/25/2026 11:09:31 PM PDT by Morgana
A couple is suing an Oregon hospital for $10 million after they were allegedly forced to drive home with the body of their dead infant son.
Aleksandr and Nataliya Yeremeyev are accusing Salem Health Hospitals and Clinics of negligence after their infant son, Michael, died in the emergency department in September 2024. Hospital staff then allegedly instructed the Yeremeyevs to drive their son’s body home to Seattle in their personal vehicle.
“Michael Yeremeyev died in Salem Hospital’s emergency room after falling ill during his first family trip, at less than nine months old,” the family’s attorneys said in a statement. “At the moment when his parents, Aleksandr and Nataliya, most needed support, guidance, and assistance in navigating this tragic situation, they got none.”
The Yeremeyevs had traveled to Salem, Oregon, with their 6-month-old son, Michael, for a Christian retreat when his breathing suddenly became shallow and rapid, according to the complaint. Michael was born with Down syndrome and had other significant medical conditions. Aleksandr Yeremeyev took Michael to the emergency department at Salem Hospital. Despite lifesaving efforts by medical staff, Michael died hours later.
After the child passed away, the parents said hospital staff asked them to stay away from his body while they waited for a medical examiner. Eventually, hospital staff told the couple that a medical examiner would not be coming, according to the complaint.
When the parents asked about arrangements for their child’s body and how to arrange for a local funeral home to transport him in a manner that aligned with their religious beliefs and practices, staff allegedly told them it would be too expensive and instructed them to drive the child’s body home in their own car.
Staff also allegedly said they couldn’t print the necessary paperwork for the child’s death because they did not have the correct paper or form. A doctor provided them with a handwritten note stating the child had died at the hospital. When the parents asked how they were to transport the child’s body and expressed concern about his body becoming stiff during the four-hour drive, hospital staff allegedly said they should lay his body flat in the backseat.
The couple then carried their dead child, whose face had turned blue, out of the emergency department and into their car. They laid him in the backseat, as they said they were told to do, and drove home to Seattle, the lawsuit says.
“No grieving family should ever be placed in that position,” their lawyers said. “Salem Health categorically failed this family at the worst moment of their lives, and we intend to hold them accountable.”
When reached for comment, a spokesperson for Salem Health said the company was unable to discuss pending litigation but that their deepest condolences are with the Yeremeyev family.
“Salem Hospital responded in accordance with the family’s wishes and followed both hospital policy and Oregon state law in consultation with the appropriate local authorities, including the medical examiner,” the spokesperson said. “Care with respect is a guiding principle of clinical practice at Salem Hospital and remains central to how we support patients and families during some of life’s most difficult moments. We recognize the profound grief families experience following the loss of a loved one and treat every patient and family with empathy, dignity, and respect.”
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Oh, boy. They’re suing for ONLY 10 million? Should be much, much more!
Yes, there's a lot missing from this story.
“they did not have the correct paper or form”
This part makes NO SENSE at all. It’s a hospital, people must die there almost every day. And a Death Certificate is a public record, it has to be filed with the city/state.
This is the craziest story I’ve ever seen. What if it was Grandma who died?
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I was careful about what I said and my identification. I was in charge of creating, distributing, collecting, and analyzing data from, surveys when I was in HR. I understand.
What I thought was terrible is that Management implied to ees that the surveys were anonymous. And most ees believed that. I never SAID otherwise, but I would ask, “did you SEE the bar code?”
Yesterday we went to the funeral of a dear friend, and there were two children present, by two different sets of parents. One was a little girl, about 4 or 5, and the other was an infant in a carrier.
The infant was quiet, but the little girl was restless and going up and down the aisle. She wasn’t noisy, but clearly, those kids shouldn’t have been there.
Moms and Dads couldn’t get a babysitter for just a couple hours?
Why is everyone getting so upset?
This is not way out of line.
In that state with appropriate paperwork body transport is legal. It costs thousands for funeral home transport.
This was normal for some families less than 100 years ago.
Handling a body includes shrouding it... usually in a paper shroud or a sheet.
The death is a tragedy... the transport is a normal duty.
Why is everyone getting so upset?
This is not way out of line.
In that state with appropriate paperwork body transport is legal. It costs thousands for funeral home transport.
This was normal for some families less than 100 years ago.
Handling a body includes shrouding it... usually in a paper shroud or a sheet.
The death is a tragedy... the transport is a normal duty.
I will have to hoist the BS flag on this story. Transporting a body is legal and was an option. How it was presented is where the story is.
I will have to hoist the BS flag on this story. Transporting a body is legal and was an option. How it was presented is where the story is.
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A friend’s dad spilled herbicide on himself while loading a sprayer and his mom drove the dad into town to the county hospital (W Texas).
He died that day and the family took him back to the ranch for burial in the family plot.
This was about 1976. What was considered normal was changed by state laws.
No one has ever seen the Texas movie Places In The Heart?
My mother died in a hospital on New Years Day 1997.
The hospital called me and insisted I call a funeral home to collect her.
The funeral home sent a vehicle and retrieved her.
She was stored at the funeral home for the three days required by Florida law.
She was sent to another funeral home for cremation.
Her ashes were sent in a box to the first funeral home, where I picked them up.
California, Washington and Oregon are lost causes for humanity.
I would assume a dead body would be placed in the hospital’s morgue. It would be stored there until it was picked up by a licensed funeral director. The hospital might levy a daily charge.
If the hospital was close to running out of space, it would use a contracted funeral home to store the body.
The parents would be responsible for all charges.
The parents always had the option to call local or hometown funeral homes for professional service.
The hospital would prefer the parents make arrangements ASAP.
Perhaps Aleksandr and Nataliya Yeremeyev are illegal aliens and the liberal scum at Salem Hospital tried to cover for them. It is Oregon after all...
About 1973
Brethern family lives on other side of hill. Son was killed in farming accident. Cared for at home and buried by side of field.
It is my understanding that Jews expect a body to get buried within 24 hours of death.
For those seeking the ‘more to the story’, this is where to look:
“in a manner that aligned with their religious beliefs and practices”
I agree some venues should be completely off limits to kids. I worked in a restaurant/bar, and people brought their kids in while they were drinking. Kills the vibe for other adults that want a child free experience.
Do you guys have children that need babysitting on occasion?
Do you think it’s easy to find a trustworthy babysitter every time you need one these days?
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