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>>> TONIGHT YOU WILL HEAR FROM A FORMER DETAINEE
COUNTY DETENTION CENTER WHO
CLAIMS SHE RECEIVED SEVERAL
SURGERIES SHE DIDN'T FULLY
UNDERSTAND.
UNDERSTAND. THE DETENTION CENTER AND DOCTOR
WHO WORKED THERE WERE THRUST
INTO THE SPOTLIGHT EARLIER THIS
MONTH AFTER A WHISTLEBLOWER
ALLEGED SEVERAL WOMEN RECEIVED
UNWANTED HYSTERECTOMIES.
UNWANTED HYSTERECTOMIES. THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY OPENED UP AN
INVESTIGATION INTO THOSE CLAIMS
HOPE FORD AS THE FORWARD
DETAINEE'S STORY.
DETAINEE'S STORY. >> I WAS PRETTY NERVOUS AND
SCARED.
SCARED.
SCARED. LIKE
LIKE
LIKE AND
LIKE AND ALL OF THIS.
>> IS FORMER DETAINEE WE WILL
REFER TO HER AS JANE SAYS WHEN
SHE ARRIVED SHE ASKED FOR HER
IUD TO BE REMOVED BECAUSE IT
WAS OLD AND CAUSING HER PAIN.
MEDICAL RECORDS SHOW IN JULY
2019 SHE SAW DOCTOR.
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>> >> DURING AN ULTRASOUND SHE
SAYS HE TOLD HER HE SAW A LARGE
CYST.
CYST.
CYST. >>
CYST. >> HE SAID WE SEE THIS CYST.
>> THE NEXT MONTH SHE WAS TAKEN
TO IRWIN COUNTY HOSPITAL.
>> THAT'S WHEN I
>> A DNC IS A VEGETAL PROCEDURE
PERFORMED
PERFORMED
PERFORMED OF THE UTERUS TO CHECK FOR
CAUSES OF BLEEDING.
SHE SAID SHE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND
WHY SHE NEEDED SURGERY AND
ASKED TO SPEAK WITH HER
ATTORNEY BUT SAYS SHE DIDN'T
GET THE CHANCE BECAUSE A NURSE
GAVE HER LITTLE TIME TO MAKE
THE DECISION.
THE DECISION. >> IT'S MORE THAN LIKELY.
SO I DID.
SO I DID.
SO I DID. >> AFTER SURGERY SHE WOKE UP
SHACKLED TO THE BED AND
SUFFERED CONSTANT PAIN AN
BLEEDING AFTERWARDS.
BLEEDING AFTERWARDS. WHEN SHE RETURNED TO THE
DETENTION CENTER SHE SAID OTHER
DETAINEES TOLD HER THEY HAD
SURGERIES FOR CYSTS AS WELL.
THE ATTORNEY KIMBERLY JONES.
>> THE DETAINEES WERE
DISCUSSING IT AMONGST
THEMSELVES SAYING WHAT IS GOING
ON EVERYONE HAS THESE CYSTS, IT
WOULD SEEM THAT WHOEVER WHO IS
APPROVING THE SURGERIES
WOULD RAISE A RED FLAG.
>> SHE TOLD HER STORY TO
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND THE
WRITTEN VERSION OF HER COMMENT
SHE WRITES SEVERAL DOCTORS HAVE
REVIEWED MY MEDICAL RECORDS AND
I LEARNED THAT THE SURGERY WAS
COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY.
COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY. DOCTOR DEBBIE
DOCTOR DEBBIE DOCTORS WHO REVIEWED HER
MEDICAL RECORDS.
MEDICAL RECORDS. NOT ONLY DID JANE HAVE A DNC
BUT TWO ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES.
>> SHE HAD A CYST REMOVED FROM
HER RIGHT OVARY BUT THE
PATHOLOGY REPORT FROM THAT
PORTION WAS SUGGESTING
COMPLETELY NORMAL PART OF HER
OVARY.
OVARY.
OVARY. A
OVARY. A BENIGN PART OF HER OVARY.
>> THIS IS A COMMON CYST MANY
WOMEN CAN DEVELOP.
>> IT IS SOMETHING WE ALL
RECOGNIZE AS BEING NORMAL, NOT
PATHOLOGIC, NOT DANGEROUS TO
THE PATIENT AND DOESN'T NEED TO
BE REMOVED BUT THAT IS WHAT
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. TO THIS JANE DOE SHE HAD A
NORMAL ONE.
NORMAL ONE. >> SHE REVIEWED FIVE PATIENT
RECORDS INCLUDING HERS AND
PRESENTED HER FINDINGS TO
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
>> I THINK THERE IS ADEQUATE
DOCUMENTATION THROUGHOUT THE
THAT I HAVE SEEN THAT THE
REMOVAL OF NORMAL
TO BE A THEME ACROSS MANY OF
THESE PATIENTS.
THESE PATIENTS. >> 11 CONGRESS MEMBERS LATER
VISITED IRWIN COUNTY DETENTION
CENTER AND SAY THEY HEARD
SIMILAR STORIES TO JANE'S.
>> I HAVE NOW SPOKEN MYSELF TO
EIGHT WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN THE
SUBJECT OF FORCED UNNECESSARY
PROCEDURES.
PROCEDURES. >> A PATTERN OF DIAGNOSING
OVARIAN CYSTS AND RECOMMENDING
A PROCEDURE OFTEN TIMES WITHOUT
INFORMED CONSENT.
INFORMED CONSENT. >> HE DENIES ANY WRONGDOING IN
A STATEMENT ATTORNEY WRITES THE
EVIDENCE IS BEYOND CLEAR THAT
ANY TREATMENT PROVIDED WAS
MEDICALLY NECESSARY
MEDICALLY NECESSARY ALWAYS ATTEMPTS TO TREAT HIS
PATIENTS WITH MORE CONSERVATIVE
TREATMENT.
TREATMENT. SHE WAS RELEASED FROM IRWIN IN
MARCH, SHE IS NOW AWAITING AS
HER ATTORNEY FIGHTS HER
DEPORTATION AND SAYS SHE IS
WORRIED ABOUT ANY LONG-TERM
DAMAGE FROM THE SURGERY.
>> NOT KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT IS
GOING ON WITH MY BODY.
>> BY THE WAY ICE AND IRWIN
COUNTY HOSPITAL ALSO DENIED
THAT ANY UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES
WERE PERFORMED ON DETAINEES.
STILL HIS