Fetuses Found in Hospital Trash Container in Toulouse, France
People found five fetuses in a hospital in Toulouse, France.
They also found a newborn baby and some body parts.
The items were in a trash container.
The container was in the hospital morgue.
A morgue is a room for dead bodies.
The hospital is called a CHU. This means a big public hospital.
Now, there are two investigations.
An investigation means police look for answers.
One professional from the hospital has been suspended.
Suspended means he cannot work right now.
People are shocked by this news.
The hospital must explain what happened.
Vocabulary15 words
- fetus
- a baby before it is born
- newborn
- a baby just born
- body parts
- pieces of a human body
- trash container
- a big box for waste
- morgue
- a room where dead bodies are kept
- CHU
- a big public hospital in France
- investigation
- police work to find facts
- professional
- a person who works in a job
- suspended
- stopped from working for now
- waste
- things thrown away
- hospital
- a place where sick people go
- discovery
- finding something new
- shocked
- very surprised
- public
- for everyone, not private
- staff
- people who work somewhere
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Answer key
1. Five fetuses and a newborn 2. In a hospital morgue 3. True
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People found five _____ in a hospital in Toulouse, France.
They also found a _____ baby and some body parts.
The items were in a _____.
The container was in the hospital _____.
The hospital is called a _____.
Now, there are two _____.
One _____ from the hospital has been _____.
People are _____ by this news.
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