Decisions like NICE lifting the ban on the operation leaves more women open to major harm, and their guidelines stating that there is no long term evidence of adverse effects proves their disregard to the thousands of complaints from women that were left maimed by the implant
“I don’t want anyone else – daughters, nieces, family, friends – to go through this.” Women protest new #NICE#mesh guidelines & demand a surgeon's service, removing mesh for 14yrs, is brought back after it was stopped without warning #MeshLivesMatter https://t.co/fjo8HRtlBE
Women are being led to believe that that the mesh is the only option without proper warning of all the risks that comes along with the procedure, and many aren’t told of the alternatives available, leading to thousands of people with irreversible damage
Gilead Sciences now owns the patent to #PrEP and is marking up the price by 250x the production cost. Out of pocket it can cost up to $1,600. #BreakthePatent (2)