One in 20 women injured in the vaginal mesh scandal have attempted suicide

One in 20 women injured in the vaginal mesh scandal have attempted suicide One in 20 women caught up in the vaginal mesh scandal have attempted suicide, research suggests.

Campaigners surveyed around 650 women who have the controversial implant, once widely used to treat prolapse or urinary incontinence.

They found five per cent of women with vaginal mesh are in such severe pain they have tried to take their own life or self-harm regularly. The Daily Mail