Published 4 years ago

Whistleblower complaint charges ICE center with performing mass hysterectomies on prisoners

Summary

From a nurse and whistleblower at the facility: "Everybody he sees has a hysterectomyjust about everybody. [...] We've questioned among ourselves like goodness he's taking everybody's stuff out. ... That's his specialty, he's the uterus collector. [...] Everybody he sees, he's taking all their uteruses out or he's taken their tubes out. What in the world."

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BBC News

US nurse alleges 'hysterectomies on migrant women'

A complaint alleges unsafe treatment and conditions at a migrant detention centre in Georgia, US.

4 years ago·United Kingdom

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Yahoo News

Women in ICE Detention Centers Were Reportedly Given Hysterectomies Without Informed Consent

Following some devastating revelations from a nurse-turned-whistleblower at a Georgia immigrant detention center (as shared with the Intercept earlier this week) about concerns over medical practices at the center during the global pandemic, the full complaint obtained by SheKnows provides a grim closer

4 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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News18 India

Whistleblower Alleges Hysterectomy Abuse at US Migrant Centre

The complaint also alleged 'jarring medical neglect' during the Covid-19 pandemic, including a refusal to test detainees with symptoms and fabricating medical records.

4 years ago·India

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The Guardian

Ice detainees faced medical neglect and hysterectomies, whistleblower alleges

Nurse Dawn Wooten says she was demoted and reprimanded when she spoke out about practices at Georgia detention center

4 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Independent

AOC demands investigation into whistleblower claim that doctors performing hysterectomies on migrant women in camps

Nurse Dawn Wooten describes ‘jarring medical neglect’ at Irwin County Detention Centre

4 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

Nurse questions medical care at immigration jail in Georgia

OCILLA, Ga. (AP) — An immigration detention center in Georgia performed questionable hysterectomies, refused to test detainees for COVID-19 and shredded medical records, according to a nurse...

4 years ago·United States

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