Having come consulted for endometriosis, they did not expect to suffer physical violence from their doctor.
The Tenon hospital, in Paris, as well as the Sorbonne University faculty of medicine have opened an investigation targeting doctor Emile D.
after the Order of Physicians received three reports in 2014 for gynecological violence,
the institution in question
told
Figaro
, confirming information from France Info.
In addition, the media adds that the Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP) indicated that it had received five reports concerning the practices of this doctor.
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Other than the patients, medical students attended some of these consultations.
They also denounce violence.
According to our information, none of the patients wished to file a complaint and each received "
written explanations
" from Professor Emile D.
"It is not because we treat people that we have the right to violate them"
They say they have suffered verbal and physical violence.
Like Catherine *, several women reported to the collective “
Stop obstetric and gynecological violence
” that they had been the victims of a Parisian doctor specializing in endometriosis.
“
I came to consult him after a heavy operation, with my husband.
When the latter asked him when we could resume sex, he replied: 'if it happened with me, it will be okay with you'.
When we left, I started to cry, I was very angry,
”reports to Le
Figaro
Catherine, who had consulted Doctor D. in 2019.
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sexism
" of gynecological violence denounced
If the reports date back to 2014, on Twitter, it is only now that the languages are loosened, especially on the account "
Stop obstetric and gynecological violence
", where we can read the testimonies of medical students, who confide that they were outraged by certain practices carried out by this doctor. On the social network, a medical student tells how a patient underwent before her eyes "
a vaginal examination with a speculum without lubricant, just passed under a tap
". "
With a nod of the head,
" continues the student, "
this gynecologist made other practitioners understand to do the same in order to observe the lesions. I obviously refused to participate in what I openly call gang rape
”.
Another student reports having, one day, seen the doctor "
grab the speculum
" and "
insert it into the lady's vagina at once
". Faced with the tension of the patient who is "
terrified
", the doctor insists, yelling at her "
to relax
" so that he can examine her, and threatening to send her home if she continues with her tensions to bring out. the instrument. Yet another intern reports that, in 2020, in the operating room, the doctor in question "did
not
hesitate
to exclaim by tapping on the buttocks of sleeping patients' oh that's a good piece!"
".
“
These testimonies are only coming out now because the aura of this gentleman is such that no one dared to speak of it. The interns felt guilty at times for having witnessed what they called a 'rape' without reacting. There was a kind of omerta, they were afraid of losing their internship,
”comments to
Figaro
Sonia Bish, the founder of the collective. “
These practices are an abuse of vulnerability. It is not because we treat people that we have the right to abuse them,
”she continues,“
this gentleman has established an unhealthy relationship of power. It's not easy to react when you're half naked and your feet in stirrups
".
She has just received a new testimony from a patient who told her that she was also a victim of this doctor.
The latter had told her that she had to be operated on because her uterus was "
rotten
".
Contacted by France Info, the APHP explains that "
most of the reports concern a lack of information about examinations carried out during gynecology consultations
".
For his part, Professor Emile D. said "
contest the facts of which he is accused" and "challenge comments he considers defamatory.
He relies on the internal investigation
”.
* The first name has been changed
