Gai Thompson says governments have failed to hold doctors and regulators to account for the pelvic mesh scandal

By Joanne McCarthy
Updated July 19 2019 - 7:50am, first published 6:00am
Future: Gai Thompson after having pelvic mesh devices implanted in 2008 removed during surgery in America in May. She has been infection free since the surgery, but incontinence and chronic pain remain a consequence of 11 years living with problematic mesh devices.
Future: Gai Thompson after having pelvic mesh devices implanted in 2008 removed during surgery in America in May. She has been infection free since the surgery, but incontinence and chronic pain remain a consequence of 11 years living with problematic mesh devices.

GAI Thompson addressed an email to her local MP before she drained her superannuation fund and flew to America on Mother's Day to have pelvic mesh devices implanted in 2008 removed.

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