Support group for Neary victims overwhelmed by calls

THE support group for victims of Michael Neary has been overwhelmed with calls after the broadcast of the first part of a dramatisation of the scandal created by his work.

Patient Focus, which has campaigned on behalf of more than 130 women whose wombs were removed unnecessarily by the disgraced obstetrician, was swamped with calls from people directly and indirectly affected by his actions and the cover-up that surrounded it.

Despite being consulted about the Whistleblower programme and its members receiving an advance showing last week, co-ordinator Sheila O’Connor said they had not been able to lay on extra services.