There has been a lot of blowing out of proportion with media speculation on a lot of this Ken .... News is only news if its out there to scare and horrify and of course make people look like idiots, turning your average punter against any woman who unwittingly had breast augmentation , expecting the 'normal' risks associated with medical grade silicone then finding out that they could have the industrial silicone in instead.
Who should pay for it ? The NHS I guess should pay for the removal and look to be reimbursed by the surgeons who performed the original surgery , that is if the patient had her work done in this country, but that still leaves many who went overseas for theirs to be done , I'd imagine when the pound was a lot stronger getting more bounce for your buck
Many will argue that women going into this knew the risks and should pay to have them removed, but they only agreed to something that was going to be medically safe to be inmplanted. This really should be a legal case to get the surgeons to remove and replace with a safer implant as their goods are potentially dangerous.
They have shown the implants on television being cut open and the gel moves as a solid entity rather than the dripping that some patients claim to have experienced .... I'm sure the only ones that drip and leak that way would be filled with saline and that is as safe as houses .
Personally I think the surgeons / clinics should be held to account and they can seek reimbursement from the manuafacturer and in turn offer free removal and replacement of the implants to any patients with them , including covering the cost of their work not just the implant, after all, even if they are Cosmetic Surgeons, they are still doctors and it is their job to protect, preserve and save life... regardless of their current speciality.
Anyway a lot of the claimed incidences will be from women wanting compensation seeing as this has become a nation of 'Where there's a blame, there's a claim' sorts, looknig for compensation from nothing incidents ..... (the amount of trips, slips , falls and whiplash claims will have rocketed in the last 10 years I'm sure )
