Women ‘let down by the system’: Dr Gordon was gynaecology’s open secret | Four Corners
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He was a top Melbourne surgeon who women trusted with their bodies and their futures. But he removed organs and tissue from women in their twenties for what he told them was severe endometriosis while failing to tell them that their pathology showed little or no signs of the disease. In some cases, his procedures compromised their fertility. This week, Four Corners uncovers how this was allowed to happen, and why no one intervened until it was too late. Reporter Louise Milligan and the team uncover how one of Melbourne’s most prominent gynaecologists carried out repeated laparoscopic surgeries that senior specialists describe as unnecessary and harmful. This seven-month investigation draws on patient testimony, forensic examination of medical records and doctors speaking out for the first time. It exposes a pattern of surgery that experts have told Four Corners went far beyond accepted practice. It also exposes how complaints, warnings, and red flags were ignored.
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