Hospital where activists say ICE detainees were subjected to hysterectomies says just two were perfo

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Source: Washington Post

A hospital in rural Georgia where a physician has been accused of performing a large number of hysterectomies on immigrant detainees said its records show that just two women in immigration custody have been referred to the hospital for the procedure since 2017.....

Heath Clark, an attorney for ERH Healthcare, which operates the Irwin County Hospital.... said hospital records show that Wooten’s claims are “demonstrably false.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/ice-detainee-hysterectomies-hospital/2020/09/22/aaf2ca7e-fcfd-11ea-830c-a160b331ca62_story.html

[Tribalceltic]

1. and Why do I suspect falsified records?

[2naSalit]

2. +1

[rpannier]

8. Yep.

There's a shredder somewhere that's been working overtime

[Arazi]

16. No shit. They don't want to be the hospital that enabled eugenics

[lettucebe]

3. Even if two, that's two unnecessary hysterectomies too many. One is too many

They cannot be allowed to let this die because supposedly the number is lower. This practice is criminal; the doctor is pretty sketchy and private companies running these facilities for profit is morally wrong.

[Merlot]

4. Yes, two is to many. They've ruined those women's health for the rest of their lives.

What people don't talk about is how it will make a young woman's life so much harder. Going through menopause in your twenties and not having hormones in your body like you normally would makes you susceptible to a whole host of problems, including osteoporosis.

They've ruined those women's health.

[abqtommy]

5. +100

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12. Why do you think they were unnecessary?

That hasn't been established as of yet. We don't know the circumstances under which they were performed.

[Initech]

6. Anything over 0 is more than enough.

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11. We do not know the circumstances ....

... under which these procedures were performed. Hysterectomies are valid medical procedures - they are performed all the time.

[Retrograde]

14. You seem bent on giving the hospital the benefit of the doubt

You are right in one aspect - we don't know the complete details. Many of the procedures the women complained about may be other invasive procedures, such a tubal ligations rather than full-up hysterectomies.

There are valid medical reasons for performing a hysterectomy: I've had one, and I know several women who also did. It's not a simple procedure, even though it can be done as outpatient surgery these days. A conscientious medical facility would make sure the women know exactly what's going on, and what their alternatives are, rather than just dive in and chop. I think there is still something that needs investigating.

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15. No harm in investigating....

... but done in a way that avoids overheated, presumptuous rhetoric that exposes the innocent to harmful character assassination and risks the loss of our credibility. (As exemplified here: https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=14120179)

I don't know if you read the article, but given the reporting, in my opinion the benefit of the doubt is properly given to the doctor and the hospital.

This has the tenor of a "moral panic" to me.

[rpannier]

7. Just two, huh?

Kind of like saying, "The prosecution is accusing me of raping seven children, but I only raped two."
It's not a positive once you've gone beyond the number zero

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9. You do not know the circumstances ....

... under which those procedures were performed.

[radius777]

10. Criminals don't keep records of their crimes. /nt

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13. If a medical procedure of this sort is performed ...

... in a medical facility such as a hospital, records are kept.

Providing hysterectomies is not a crime. We don't yet know enough about the circumstances to come to that conclusion.