“Next time, you’ll know better’ Women say doctors at a Russian hospital performed gynecological surgery on them without anesthesia

March 10, 2025

Patients at a public hospital in Surgut, Russia, say doctors performed abortions and other gynecological surgeries on them without anesthesia — ignoring their pain and mocking their suffering. The hospital’s chief physician has denied the allegations. The regional health department says it’s launched an investigation, though it claims no official complaints have been filed. Meduza summarizes what we know about the allegations so far.

Two women told the independent news outlet Dozhd (TV Rain) that doctors at a public hospital in the Russian city of Surgut performed surgical procedures on them without anesthesia. Both told their stories on condition of anonymity.

Continued: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/03/10/next-time-you-ll-know-better

10.03.2025

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Cuba – What Would the World Be Like if Men Had Periods?

What Would the World Be Like if Men Had Periods?

December 12, 2019
By Monica Baro Sanchez (El Toque)

HAVANA TIMES – If men had periods, at least the first day they came on would be declared a holiday. I don’t know about other women, but I hate working the first day of my period. Sometimes even the second day, too. I can even hate talking or just seeing people.

I have never known what it’s like to suffer so much pain in your ovaries that it has you curled up in bed, in a chair at school or at work, or bent over in the middle of the street, the kind that gives you nausea and makes you vomit, which calls for pills, injections, infusions and hot water bottles on your lower abdomen; but I do always feel bad every time I have a period. I’m on my period right now.

Continued: https://havanatimes.org/opinion/what-would-the-world-be-like-if-men-had-periods/

12.12.2019