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Survivors of symphysiotomy call for inquiry into ‘wide-awake surgery’
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Monday August 16, 2010 22:49 by Marie O Connor - Survivors of Symphysiotomy
‘“Whistleblower” exposed a hospital world of cover up and concealment that is still with alive. Symphysiotomy was as much an institutional abuse as invountary sterilisation. Survivors of symphysiotomy have called upon the Government to initiate an independent inquiry into these childbirth operations on the grounds that they amounted to medical malpractice. Speaking on behalf of SOS, Marie O Connor said: ‘Patient safety is still taking second place to misplaced collegiality. The last decade has been one of denial in relation to symphysiotomy. Based on misleading advice from the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, the Minister for Health has four times refused to hold an independent inquiry into the practice. Yet, whatever the Institute may pretend, symphysiotomy was an abuse of medical authority. These |
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3..that this was happening in Somalia or Nigeria no doubt their would be professors from our College of Surgeons writing to the Times(and even getting printed,maybe)decrying this primitive Female Genital Mutilation.
Symphisiotomy is still used in parts of the developing world where caesarean sections are dangerous due to lack of antibiotics etc. Far from condemning it, even some of those who are critical of the Irish use of the procedure say that it's justified in those cases. Why they aren't trying to make caesareans safer (or less commonly required) instead of butchering women in those countries is a different question.
When I first heard about this practice I was deeply shocked, horrified and angered to think that Irish women in the late 20th century were treated in such a cruel way and with such severe repercussions for their future quality of life. It struck me that this barbaric procedure is the logical conclusion of the underlying Catholic belief that women's bodies are primarily machines for producing babies.
I wish Marie and all other Survivors of Symphysiotomy all the best in their efforts to obtain justice.
For more info on this issue, see the link below.