A gynecologist wrongly diagnosed as a disease the homosexuality of a 19-year-old patient, it happened in the Reina Sofia Hospital in Murcia and the affected has filed a formal complaint.
A gynecologist diagnoses the homosexuality of a 19-year-old patient as a disease
When Santi’s daughter saw her gynecologist’s diagnosis in the medical report, she could not help but burst into tears. “Present illness: homosexuality.”
That was the assessment that the doctor at the Reina Sofia Hospital in Murcia wrote in the report after the consultation to which the 19-year-old had gone for having menstrual cycles shorter than normal, a disorder known as proiomenorrhea.
The young woman’s disbelief and helplessness were compounded by Santi’s astonishment and indignation and, upon reflection, they decided to file a formal complaint with the Murcian Health Service (SM) against the gynecologist.
In addition, they requested the rectification of the medical history and an apology by letter.
“At first, she did not know what to do. I gave her my opinion and we thought the best thing to do was to denounce, for her and for all the people who come after,” the mother explains to 20minutos.
It was during the examination of the patient when the doctor had problems inserting the ultrasound scanner into the vagina and commented that she was homosexual, in case it could be relevant.
When writing the report, the doctor asked her if she could include this information and she said yes.
What was her surprise when she discovered that he had not only included it in the report, but had marked it as a “disease.”
“The only thing we intend from this family is that it does not happen again. As of today, homosexuality is not a disease and there is nothing to say about it.
In 1990 the World Health Organization eliminated homosexuality from the list of mental illnesses.
