Neary redress scheme starts in two weeks

THE State’s redress scheme, established to compensate women who had their wombs removed unnecessarily by disgraced obstetrician Dr Michael Neary, will get under way in two weeks’ time.

The commencement of the scheme, on Friday June 15, will be preceded by a series of advertisements next weekend, which will also be directed at women who had ovaries removed by the doctor at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda between 1974 and 1998.

The move follows the discovery of an unusually high number of ovariesremoved by Dr Neary, with up to 80 women believed to be affected.