Doctor Neary, a thought to be Irish consultant gynaecologist was struck off the medical register, reportedly in 2003 for carrying out unnecessary hysterectomies. He is believed to have carried out 129 hysterectomies between 1974 and 1998.
A culture of obedience with regard to consultants may have resulted in him going unreported throughout those years.
An average of 1 hysterectomy per 37 caeserian sections is documented at the hospital where he worked compared to a national average of 1:254.
There are a number of other cases of the needless removal of reproductive organs. In some cases the individuals were not informed. Worries are that this could become more widespread.