Disciplinary proceedings have commenced against a member of staff at Dublin's Beaumont Hospital following the initial findings of an investigation into how an additional heart and set of lungs ended up inside the body of a man returned to the UK after a postmortem at the hospital.
It is understood the member of staff against whom disciplinary proceedings have commenced is currently on leave.
A spokesman for the hospital said the findings of its investigation could not be made public until all those who featured in it had been given an opportunity to respond to its conclusions.
And he confirmed that following the incident procedures in the hospital's mortuary were immediately reviewed and additional safeguards were implemented. "These included improvements in identification of all organs removed during postmortem and verification of their correct replacement by a pathologist before the release of bodies."
Furthermore he said the hospital had decided to engage an external expert to conduct an "international benchmarking review" of its mortuary services.
News of the extra organs being found in the body of Louis Selo (55) emerged last month.
He died while holidaying in Dublin and underwent a postmortem at Beaumont. However, as is customary when bodies are returned to the UK for burial, he underwent a second postmortem there and it was then that an extra heart and set of lungs were found inside his body in a bag.
These belonged to a deceased Irish resident, and were subsequently returned to his family.
Beaumont's spokesman said the hospital had again apologised to the bereaved families for the distress caused and were keeping them informed of developments.