Payout wait adds to pain for pelvic mesh surgery victims
A group of brave women who won a class action against a billion-dollar pharmaceutical giant says they are still waiting for compensation one year on from the lawsuit.
Touted as a medical breakthrough that promised to be a game changer for pelvic floor issues, thousands of Australian women underwent mesh surgery for medical problems like incontinence and prolapse.
The mesh was untested, but Johnson & Johnson pushed it to market anyway, leaving women physically maimed.
Backed by evidence, the TGA says some types of urogynaecological mesh remain approved in Australia; but, in 2017 it banned the use of two specific types of mesh which were used to treat pelvic prolapse and urinary incontinence.
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A group of brave women who won a class action against a billion-dollar pharmaceutical giant says they are still waiting for compensation one year on from the lawsuit. Nine
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