Cynthia Gagné
Biography
My name is Cynthia Gagné and since 2019 I have devoted myself body and soul to helping women who are unfairly harmed by incontinence strips and vaginal prolapse implants.
During my quest, I did countless research and discovered that women all over the world shared the same tragedy as me and like me none were informed of the potential dangers of this surgery.
I sounded the alarm in March and November 2019 in a series of shocking reports on Radio-Canada’s Enquête program on the dangers of incontinence slings.
Radio-Canada: History Part 1
Radio-Canada: History Part 2
Article
Suburethral slings
College of Physicians of Quebec
Since then, I’ve made several media appearances to expose the scandalous situation faced by women in Quebec and around the world.
The testimonies I read on pages all over the world and that are communicated to me every day are just as upsetting as the others.
These implants are permanently installed in women’s bodies. Few surgeons have the expertise to remove them completely without serious after-effects.
Thanks to my determination and the collaboration of the women in my Quebec group. In November 2019, the College of Physicians, launched an investigation into whether Quebec surgeons were competent to safely remove these implants.
Faced with the evidence gathered by the support group I founded in 2018, in December 2020, the Quebec government reimbursed the first 155 Quebec surgeries performed by Dr. Veronikis, a world expert in the removal of this type of implant.
To this day, faced with no obvious solution and a sick and under-resourced healthcare system, suffering women continue to move to the U.S. and decide to pay the price of a lifetime to try and be delivered by THE BEST surgeon in the world.
Because I’ve found my life’s mission, and because I sincerely believe that women are entitled to the best care anywhere in the world, I’ve decided to listen and accompany them in their choice to go to the surgeon who saved my life: Dr Dionysios Veronikis, affectionately known as Dr V.
My Mission
« Accompany women who suffer in their journey towards a safe and effective solution on a basis of authenticity and honesty, using my ability to bring people together and my joy of living, so that each woman can regain the quality of life that they deserve. »
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