Trans surgery is carried out “under the radar” with misleading diagnoses in Australia’s hospitals, and surgeons worry they may “get into trouble” with the country’s taxpayer-funded Medicare system, according to a report from the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons.
Surgeons performing procedures such as double mastectomies and hysterectomies for patients who reject their female sex also fear not being covered against litigation by medical indemnity funds, especially in the public sector.
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Questions arising:
Why would the plastic surgeons' medical college training curriculum contain a specific section on trans surgery?
And, why would all GPs, psychiatrists and surgeons need to learn about it?
"GCN asked the ASPS if it could point to any robust studies showing clear health benefits for trans surgery and whether it approved of the practice of using false or misleading diagnoses. ASPS said it did not have a spokesperson available."
Meanwhile the May 2025 US HSS Report found "medical colleges are creating a perception there is evidence". But have they read it?
@RACGP @RACSurgeons @PlastSurgAus @Ahpra @ACSQHC @NACCgovau
#MedicalMisogyny #SaveMedicare #evidence
Nov 6, 2025 · 1:17 AM UTC