Government finally acknowledges the ‘tragedy’ inflicted on thousands of women, and agrees mesh should only have been used as an extreme measureWomen have been exposed to unacceptable risks through the use of vaginal mesh surgery, the government has acknowledged for the first time, as fresh evidence has revealed that thousands of women have suffered traumatic complications. “We should be very concerned by the extent to which these were adopted.”Previously, the department of health had stated that the benefits of vaginal mesh surgery outweighed the risks. Labour’s Sharon Hodgson described how her 70-year-old mother had struggled with pelvic pain and urinary infections for the past five years after having mesh surgery. Government figures show that about 500 removal surgeries for vaginal mesh have taken place every year for the past decade. The government has asked Baroness Julia Cumberledge to investigate concerns about vaginal mesh, in a review that will also look at the pregnancy test Primodos, and an epilepsy drug.

Source: The Guardian April 19, 2018 17:15 UTC