After Botched Transgender Surgery, Family Wants FIR against Kolkata Hospital
3 years, 3 months ago

After Botched Transgender Surgery, Family Wants FIR against Kolkata Hospital

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A transgender person’s family has filed a complaint at Kolkata’s Phoolbagan police station, seeking an FIR for medical negligence during a gender reassignment surgery at a city hospital. He has also questioned the competence of the doctor who performed the surgery and the preparedness of the nursing home in dealing with such sensitive issues pertaining to a transgender person. Gender reassignment surgery is a surgical procedure, or a set of procedures, by which a transgender person’s physical appearance and function of their existing sexual characteristics are altered to resemble those socially associated with their identified gender. Speaking to CNN-News18 about the incident, transgender activist Ranjita Das said, “The operation on the patient was wrongly performed, no guideline was followed and the hospital has been completely negligent about this.” Read all the Latest News, Breaking News and Ukraine-Russia War Live Updates here.

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Transsexual Doctor Found Begging in Tamil Nadu, Cops Help Her Realise Dream of Opening a Clinic
4 years, 1 month ago

Transsexual Doctor Found Begging in Tamil Nadu, Cops Help Her Realise Dream of Opening a Clinic

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A young transsexual doctor found in the company of transgenders and begging on the streets of this temple town was rescued by the police who are now helping her open a clinic. The transsexual, who did not want her name to be revealed, hopes to move the Medical Council of India for making appropriate changes in the records, and open …

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