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Thousands more women deserve mesh compensation, campaigner says
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THOUSANDS more women deserve compensation for complications from vaginal mesh implants, a leading campaigner said today.

Sling the Mesh founder Kath Sansom welcomed the news that more than 100 women in England were given payouts for a group settlement.

But she said this was only a “tiny fraction” of women who deserve compensation.

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