Symphysiotomy survivors to meet Varadkar

Leo Varadkar will meet with the Survivors of Symphysiotomy at the Department of Health this afternoon to receive an update on the Redress Scheme.

The Survivors of Symphysiotomy will meet with the Minister for Health this afternoon for updated discussions on the Redress Scheme.

The procedure, where a woman's pelvis was cut during childbirth, was carried out on around 1,500 women between the 1920s and 1980s.