Category Archives: Health
Woman left paralysed after drug withdrawal
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5169549/Why-NHS-agreeing-high-prices-life-saving-drugs.html Sherri Coleman recently spent a week paralysed, imprisoned in her upstairs bedroom, because her doctors say they can’t give her the drug she needs. ‘If it hadn’t been for Violet, my 11-year-old daughter, and mum, Rose, bringing me drinks and food, I would have starved to death,’ she says in measured tones that belie […]
Failure of ‘easy’ contraception
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5033391/Mother-suffers-crippling-problems-Essure-implant.html A ‘surprise’ baby four years ago when she was 43 convinced Jackie Miles she needed permanent birth control. The mother-of-three wanted to put her childbearing years behind her. But it was a decision Jackie has lived to regret bitterly. She is one of more than 34,000 women worldwide who claim they’ve suffered a range […]
Gosport GP Jane Barton was ‘brusque, unfriendly and indifferent’
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/gosport-gp-jane-barton-was-brusque-unfriendly-and-indifferent-j9jv0cpmf Jane Barton has never directly responded to the claims from at least 120 families that her use of opiates demands an inquiry similar to that into Harold Shipman, the GP in Hyde, Greater Manchester, who was found guilty of killing 15 patients and revealed by a public inquiry to have murdered up to 250 […]
Women damaged by surgical mesh furious at report rejecting calls for a ban
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4726704/Women-damaged-surgical-mesh-furious-report.html Women damaged by surgical mesh used to treat post-childbirth incontinence have reacted with fury to a Government report investigating the problem. At least 7,800 women say they’ve suffered lacerations and nerve damage because the mesh has broken into tiny fragments. The report, which is unpublished but has been seen by Good Health, is the […]
Breast implant cancer
https://www.thesun.co.uk/living/3978760/two-breast-surgery-patients-die-from-a-bombshell-cancer-linked-to-implants/ TWO breast surgery patients have died from a “bombshell” cancer linked to implants, a government watchdog has revealed. Twenty-three more have required operations after contracting Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (ALCL) The disease is linked to textured surface implants introduced 15 years ago which, say experts, damage the immune system. Tumours take at least a […]
A quarter of patients ‘left damaged’ by back surgery
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/a-quarter-of-patients-left-damaged-by-back-surgery-7wqccrskt One in four patients with back surgery claim to have been damaged, with results ranging from pain to paralysis, according to a study by spinal surgeons. Negligence complaints are so common that the Medical Defence Union, which insures doctors offering private operations, says it will no longer cover back surgery outside the NHS. Leading […]
EXPOSED: NHS paying millions for dangerous private operations
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4597524/EXPOSED-NHS-pays-millions-private-surgeons.html#ixzz4jtItW8QV The quality of care received by NHS patients in private hospitals is under review Insiders fear countless people are paying for needless, expensive operations There’s also been a sharp rise in complaints from unhappy or worried patients Those treated in private hospitals are often not compensated if things go wrong After years on […]
Horror stories of post baby op that can ruin lives
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4575510/Your-horror-stories-post-baby-op-ruin-lives.html#ixzz4jtMkMvvU Women have been damaged by a mesh to treat post-childbirth incontinence It causes a variety of side-effects including crippling pain and infection Yet the NHS has continued to give the implant a clean bill of health Here, some of the many who’ve contacted us tell their stories Women damaged by a mesh designed to […]
Mother to sue GP for circumcision ‘assault’ on son
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4502850/Mum-sue-GP-circumcision-assault-son.html#ixzz4jtN8Xdt5 The doctor involved is Balvinder Mehat of Bakersfield Medical Centre Operation took place when the baby was taken to visit his father’s family The assault claim is being pursued by human rights lawyer Saimo Chahal QC A British GP is to be prosecuted by an outraged mother for assault after circumcising her baby boy […]
Why is the NHS still failing to help the women maimed by post baby surgery?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4463698/Mother-forced-spend-4-500-remove-mesh-implants.html * Kimberly Vallis was given implant to improve bladder function after childbirth * But the former estate agent had a ‘foreign body response’ to the plastic mesh * She suffered a miscarriage after two years of pain and constant infections * She asked doctors to remove the plastic mesh but they refused * Her […]