Women demand inquiry over bone saw operations

CLARE KAVANAGH was one of a number of women who travelled to the Dáil yesterday to rally political support for a public inquiry into a controversial medical procedure that destroyed her quality of life.

The procedure, called a symphysiotomy, involved sawing through the ligaments of a woman’s pubic bone, to allow the safe delivery of a baby.

“I have had 31 years of back pain. I am also incontinent. I try to keep up with life but, really, this has crippled me,” Ms Kavanagh said yesterday.