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Claims copied and pasted. Claims for procedures in hospitals not built yet. Claims for procedures described which could not be symphisiotomy. Aparently you’re not allowed question any of that without offending someone. The only surprise would be if there were no scammers.
There should be consequences for those who’ve tried to defraud the state.
Frank – sounds like you read the Breda O Brien article yesterday.
They did mention that people didn’t know what procedure was carried out on them and incorrectly thought they had it done to them. There wasn’t fraud, may seem odd but many people would never have been told or thought to ask.
Kal your post just about sums up the health care system in Ireland: doctors don’t tell and patients don’t ask.
Maybe wait and see what happens. There did seem to be a bit of a glossing over of the issue in the press this weekend claim that it was practised in many countries but didn’t name one. Also, even if the practise was safer than a cesarian, in my opinion that the Catholic Church “encouraged, if not insisted upon, symphysiotomies” is not to be ignored.
That doctors made decisions under influence of their religion rather than wholly on medical grounds is also something that should be recognised as something we don’t want to go back to.
@Peter McGlynn: not sure it was glossed over in the papers over the weekend., Breda o’Briens article in the Times and Brenda Power’s in the Sunday Times were fairly forthright in their views. The Judge’s comments were pretty damning.
We accept the parts of the report we like and reject whole heartedly the parts we don’t.
That’s life
This has been another fabulous gravy train for the usual Legal firms who specialize in this type of litigation.
The unfortunate thing about this is that as the system works on a no foal no fee system .one has has nothing to lose by chancing your arm and having a go on the lottery, all the solicitor firm involved will lose if not successful is a couple of hours work which he will have given over to a young trainee to do on little more than a minimum, wage .
The state i.e taxpayer’s are left holding a very expensive can again and again .
@Jerry Slattery: As a tax payer I absolutely object to having to pay for this or any other similar compensation scheme. Some doctor made a decision to do an operation, it is up to the doctor to defend him or herself for any negligence resulting. Fed up being a sucker for every Tom Dick or Harriet who decides to play the system!
Jeremy – and of course you (and all of your identities) do not enjoy any criticism linked to the church and may I suggest you read up on vicarious liability.
Jeremy you conveniently ignore the fact that you where the doctor’s employer as you’re a taxpayer
So, why are there two groups, one which accepts the report and the other one objects to it? What is that all about?
And why should the state pay compo when there is no proof the claimant had the operation?
Ah lads, some comments on this have to be misinformed.
Those with pelvic bones torn in two applied, those that couldn’t prove when and where it happened were rejected, it’s fairly self evident.
Some compassion wouldn’t go astray.
No surprise really, government have being making victims of abuse jump through hoops for years. Not even a simple apology or even admit that these people are suffering today because of procedures that were outlawed in many countries over a hundred years ago. instead of taking responsible of state sponsored torture, they force these women through a maze of rules dreamed up to weed as many out as possible, if people die without justice its an extra bonus. That is the civil service’s attitude to victims. remember Louise O’Keeffe they drove her to the European courts looking for justice. while they played with taxpayer funds the victim had to put her family home on the line. loosing her case in Ireland highest court, they same state defence that was laughed out of the European court. while our country’s leader parades around Rome like a peacock, these victims march outside our empty parliament. its Monday ladies on Kildare st the privileged start their working week around 2PM on Tuesday.
When judges are not political appointments this injustice will stop
Keep him alive to face trial. Coward.
Oops. Wrong article. For Barry Bennell
150K is an insult !
How much? Is it just about money? Why is redress only solved financial means? The people in charge now were not the ppl in charge then.
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