A Melbourne Senate inquiry hearing was told up to 3000 women left with serious mesh injuries

By Joanne McCarthy
Updated August 4 2017 - 12:21pm, first published 5:30am
Determined: Women pelvic mesh victims leave the Federal Court in Sydney as a six-month class action against pelvic mesh manufacturer Johnson & Johnson takes place. A Senate inquiry is considering how mesh was cleared for use in Australia.
Determined: Women pelvic mesh victims leave the Federal Court in Sydney as a six-month class action against pelvic mesh manufacturer Johnson & Johnson takes place. A Senate inquiry is considering how mesh was cleared for use in Australia.

AUSTRALIA’S peak health care commission has told a Senate inquiry that up to 3000 Australian women have been left with injuries ranging from very serious to catastrophic after pelvic mesh surgery that is no longer recommended as a front line treatment.

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