More than a thousand women have shared their disturbing encounters with the medical system as part of an investigation into medical misogyny.
The callout sparked a national outpouring of grief and frustration from women whose encounters with the medical system have left them feeling like second-class citizens.
On Thursday, three weeks after the launch of this masthead’s campaign, the federal government pledged an additional $550,000 to the National Women’s Health Advisory Council to continue its work to improve the healthcare system for women and girls.Feeling dismissed or ignored when seeking healthcare was the most frequent complaint and a near universal concern for respondents .In the most harrowing cases, the consequences were nearly fatal, including for one 38-year-old woman from North Sydney.
A sweeping majority of women reported a misdiagnosis by a doctor or healthcare professional. One reported her gallbladder stones being misdiagnosed as period pain.Pain swept aside Many women described their male partners’ pain being taken more seriously than their own, with men offered opioids to deal with pain that women were told should be handled with paracetamol. Women also described nearly passing out while undergoing intrauterine device insertion and endometrial biopsies without pain relief.
When presenting with symptoms of what was later diagnosed as endometriosis, 108 women said they were dismissed by a doctor or specialist.
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