Anguish as breast implant suit dropped

French Doctor Denis Boucq shows a breast implant produced by PIP (Poly Implant Prothese) company. AFP PHOTO SEBASTIEN NOGIER Source: adelaidenow

Rayner says she is disappointed hundreds of Australian women had been let down after the class action against breast implant distributor Medical Vision Australia was dropped. Picture: Dean Martin

Broke: A broken PIP implant removed a woman. Around 200 Venezuelan women with French-made PIP breast implants, suspected of causing cancer, will march on Friday to the court to present a lawsuit against the company Picture: AFP/Leo Ramirez Source: AFP

A picture taken on December 30, 2011 shows material and boxes on the floor of a building of the former breast implant manufacturer Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) in La Seyne-sur-Mer, after France's state health insurance fund has filed a fraud complaint against a firm that sold hundreds of thousands of allegedly faulty breast implants around the world. Source: AFP

RAYNER underwent surgery for breast implants six years ago to make her feel more confident.

Two years ago, the Adelaide woman - who did not want her surname published - started to feel ill and discovered one of her PIP implants had ruptured.

Yesterday, Rayner said hundreds of women were let down when it was announced that their class action against distributors Medical Vision Australia would not go ahead. It had involved about 1300 women with PIP implants.

"I feel uneasy and uncomfortable just generally about all this and I'm disappointed that all the Australian women are just let down," Rayner said.

Law firm Tindall Gask Bentley announced it would not proceed with the class action because Medical Vision Australia did not have product liability insurance for five of the eight years that it was Australia's sole distributor of PIP implants.

"I'm upset that the TGA (Therapeutic Goods Administration) who is supposed to be the government watchdog for these devices has failed to protect us women. I want to know why they allowed the distributor to sell these devices without any insurance," Rayner said.

Class action over faulty breast implants withdrawn

Rayner was 21 when she had the implants surgery, an act she described as "the best thing that ever happened to me".

"I had no idea back then that what I was putting into my body was something that would make me so sick just a few years later," she said.

"As a result of having PIP implants, I will need numerous replacement surgeries throughout my life until I feel comfortable enough to live with the scars and disfigurement."

Rayner now has ongoing problems with her lymphatic system.

"I have concerns about my health in the long run from having this rupture and what the outcome of my future surgeries will be," she said.

Senator Nick Xenophon said the lack of insurance showed some basic loopholes and failures in the regulatory framework.

"It's completely unacceptable that Rayner and thousands of other Australian women have been left without any cover, any compensation, for their ordeal and their considerable out-of-pocket expenses," he said, adding the government should look at providing compensation to the women affected.

The Advertiser contacted Medical Vision Australia Plastic and Cosmetic but they declined to comment. 

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