Neary victims to begin receiving State compensation

WOMEN who had their wombs removed unnecessarily at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda over a 30-year period, will next month begin the process of receiving compensation.

The Department of Health said it is finalising details of the Redress Scheme for the victims of disgraced obstetrician, Dr Michael Neary, and these will be announced by the minister in the coming weeks.

A redress scheme was promised almost a year ago after a report by Judge Maureen Harding Clark found that Dr Neary carried out 129 hysterectomies between 1974 and 1998.