Fw: Insult Added to Injury of Breast-Surgery Victim ~ Outrage of The week

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Is this how all plastic surgeons think? Soooo warped!!!!

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Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 4:00 PM

Subject: Insult Added to Injury of Breast-Surgery Victim ~ Outrage of The week

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"She did not lose her life, and with the plastic surgery, she'll have breast reconstruction better than she had before," said Dr. Harry J. Metropol, speaking last week before a legislative panel on tort reform. "It won't be National Geographic, hanging to her knees. It'll be nice, firm breasts."

(WOMENSENEWS)--Insult was just added to the injuries of a woman who

underwent a double mastectomy that was performed in error.

"She did not lose her life, and with the plastic surgery, she'll have

breast reconstruction better than she had before," said Dr. Harry J.

Metropol, speaking last week before a legislative panel on tort

reform. "It won't be National Geographic, hanging to her knees. It'll

be nice, firm breasts."

The woman in question is McDougal. She lost both her breasts

last year after being misdiagnosed with breast cancer.

The doctor, a former chief of surgery at Palmetto Health Baptist

Hospital in Columbia, S.C., made his remarks as part of his testimony

in favor of caps on malpractice suit verdicts before a House Judiciary

subcommittee.

"A lot of people were shocked by what [Metropol] said," said state

Rep. Talley, R-Spartanburg, a subcommittee member. The

unnecessary surgery "was a horrible incident and making light of it

was not appropriate."

Among those to criticize the remark was McDougal's lawyer,

Messerly. " has 31 inches of scars on her chest, and they removed

her nipples," he told a reporter. According to Messerly, McDougal, a

Wisconsin resident, is recovering from her first reconstructive

surgery. She has become a leading critic of reforms to limit where

people can sue and how much they can collect.