"Currently in Quebec, management of such complications has no structure," concluded the report, released Tuesday. However, there are very few specialists in Quebec who know how to perform a full removal, and those that do have limited experience. The college's report found that about 50 Quebec women had to go to the U.S. to find a surgeon who specialized in the full surgical withdrawal. Creation of four centres of expertise in the province where women with complications can be diagnosed and treated. It will be up to the Quebec Ministry of Health and RAMQ to act on the report's recommendations.

Source: CBC News June 16, 2020 22:04 UTC