Breast implant removal will not be free

UP TO 878 women who had PIP breast implants have been told that the Harley Medical Group will not remove them free of charge unless they have a rupture.

The company, which is based in Britain but has an office in central Dublin, confirmed yesterday that the 14,000 women in Britain who had undergone the implant procedure would not get free replacements.

On the 878 women here who had the PIP implants inserted by the Harley Medical Group, those with a “concerned rupture” and who have had the implants since January 2010 can have them removed free of charge.