Investigate doctor over womb ops, say women

A GROUP representing up to 60 women, who claim their wombs were removed by a Louth-based doctor without consent, have called for a tribunal of inquiry to be established.

Yesterday one of the women, Alison Gough aged 37, of Market House, Ardee, Co Louth, was awarded 273,000 in damages. Mrs Gough sued Dr Michael Neary after he removed her womb unnecessarily after the birth of her first child by caesarian section.

Speaking after the ruling, Sheila O'Connor of Patient Focus said a tribunal was needed to get to the bottom of the 20-year scandal.