Extend Neary probe, urges patient’s group

THE State inquiry into Dr Michael Neary — who was struck off the medical register for needlessly removing the wombs of 10 women — should be extended to include women whose ovaries were removed and women whose babies died shortly after birth.

The campaign group, Patient Focus, called for the inquiry extension yesterday after spending more than an hour with Health Minister, Micheál Martin, discussing the inquiry's terms of reference, expected to be finalised next month.

The Medical Council found Dr Neary, who practiced at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, guilty of professional misconduct last year for performing a series of needless hysterectomies.