Russian doctors performed abortions without anesthesia, women report

Russian doctors performed abortions without anesthesia, women report

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 patients at the Surgut City Clinical Hospital told Dozhd TV channel on condition of anonymity what they had done...

At the Surgut City Clinical Hospital, women underwent abortion surgery without anesthesia. One of the patients told URA.RU about this. The information was confirmed by Dozhd's interlocutors who were treated at this hospital. The URA.RU interviewee said that according to her testimony, she was sent for a vacuum abortion, but the doctors did not use any anesthesia. “Right on my chair, they started performing the procedure live. I was screaming in…