Posted on 09/16/2023 2:53:58 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Study says 50% of transgender people cancel or delay their medical appointments to avoid discrimination.
The French doctor admitted he didn't have the training or knowledge to treat trans patients - as experts say there's no need for a trans woman to visit a gynaecologist at all.
"I only treat real women" - that's what French gynaecologist Victor Acharian told a 26-year-old transgender woman he refused to treat in his clinic in the south-west of the country recently.
The transgender woman, accompanied by her boyfriend, went to a gynaecological appointment when, after minutes of waiting, the secretary told her that the doctor had refused to see her.
"I told her that I'm not competent, but I can guide you. I can refer you to services that can take better care of you. But after I said that, things went south," gynaecologist Victor Acharian told Euronews.
"I thought I was being honest when I said it wasn't my speciality. I don't know how to treat them and I don't mind being called ignorant," he added.
"You're transphobic!" the young woman reportedly shouted as she left the consulting room. According to the gynaecologist, the patient began to insult his secretary, reacting violently to the refusal.
The woman's partner, still in shock, left a comment on the clinic's Google reviews complaining about what had happened.
The doctor replied with a message addressed to a "gentleman", claiming that he treated "real women".
Tweet presenting the gynaecologist's answer on Google. He justified himself by saying that he had "no skills to treat men, even if they have shaved their beards and come to tell my secretary that they have become women".
He also asked the woman to take it upon herself to tell other transgender people that they were not welcome in his clinic.
After the incident, the patient was reported to be in a 'black hole' and still in 'shock', according to the French press.
Dr Acharian admits he lashed out with the online comments, but says his reasoning for not seeing the patient is still justified, and highlights an underlying problem for medical professionals.
"I reacted spontaneously, out of anger, and I felt I'd been unfairly attacked. I reacted with very clumsy words that may have offended. I'm well aware of that, I've expressed my regrets on several occasions," said Acharian.
"Now the situation has got out of hand, but the problem remains – these people need medical attention," he added.
But the controversy is raging in France, and transgender rights organisations from across Europe have come to the patient's defence.
"It is brutal to deny the right to health, it is a universal right that all citizens have," Mar Cambrollé, president of the Trans Platform Federation in Spain, told Euronews.
Canva Three French universities are providing training for trans healthcare.Canva ‘A cavity is not a classic vagina’ Although gynaecology is still associated with specialised care for women, it's not that simple anymore.
Doctors claim that a lack of knowledge makes it difficult for them to treat transgender people, while 50% of transgender people cancel or delay their medical appointments to avoid discrimination, according to the latest report published by Doctors of the World in collaboration with the Spanish Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Transsexuals and Bisexuals.
"Just because it's a cavity doesn't mean it's a classic vagina," Acharian explains, admitting his lack of knowledge about transgender patients. The doctor claims that this person was the first transgender woman he had seen in his thirty years of practice.
The challenge for medicine is to find new ways of dealing with changing social norms, as transgender people are still under-represented in medical curricula - but the story is changing.
Since September 2021, a conglomerate of three French universities started providing training for trans healthcare. The aim is for medical professionals to develop an understanding of transgender people's healthcare.
Béatrice Denaes, co-president of the association Trans-Santé France, pointed out in a French medical newspaper that doctors who are 'competent, caring and willing' to treat trans people are still rare, and that she receives 'many emails from desperate transgender people'.
Acharian echoed the desperation the community may feel - stating that the lack of follow-up by the medical establishment may leave some transgender people "on their own, wandering for health care".
Canva Doctors who are 'competent, caring and willing' to treat trans people are still rare, organisations say.Canva ‘More and more’ trans people All this at a time when the number of transition requests is on the rise.
For 2020 in France, around 3,300 people were recognised by the health insurance scheme as having a long-term condition for "gender dysphoria", ten times more than in 2013, according to a report submitted in January 2022 to France’s Ministry of Health.
"As more and more transgender patients are coming, it is the responsibility of the country's health authorities to be aware of this and to take them into account so that they can deal with this problem," Pernille Ravn, a member of the European Society of Gynaecology and a gynaecologist at Odense University Hospital in Denmark, told Euronews.
"There is no recommendation for a transgender woman to have regular gynaecological check-ups, unless she has a surgical problem related to the operation, because she doesn't have a uterus or a cervix," she added.
However, Ravn said that transgender women can have issues related to their surgery that require some kind of gynaecological assessment, so it's important to have specialists with knowledge in this area.
All the reports suggest that health professionals will one day have to treat transgender people.
Without proper training, these professionals "run the risk of adopting inappropriate attitudes that are not necessarily transphobic in intent - but have the same negative effects".
Gawd I just lost my appetite for dinner.
I see the problem here. You have a weird growth down there. Let me get my scissors and fix it for you.
Show the freak a speculum and explain how it’s used. Then snap it open a couple of times. That should take care of the problem.
Sorry son you need a Psychiatrist
What?! The doctor didn't speak to her the INSTANT "she" entered the clinic?
Would be interesting to see how a female gynacologist would deal with that thing’s wound.
Good going doctor!
These people need a shrink.
Imagine getting “her” up on the stirrups and lifting the sheet only to see a Johnson and two eggs.
How can a Doctor, trained in WOMEN’S genitalia treat that? It’s NOT women’s genitalia.
Is he supposed to pretend?
“I see Ms. Smith, you’re ovaries are in a sac outside of your abdomen. I’m afraid we’ll have to operate to put them back inside. Do you want me to reduce the size of that clitoris?”
Sorry for the vulgar language, but how else can you medically describe it?
this is silly
and probably intentional
who performed the surgery?
they dont have a long list of doctors who treat transgenders?
smells like the bakery/florist cases in the US
he was targeted
Pobracita. Or pobracito?!
Portobello….🙄
Annnnd you can bet no one tells these “”trans”” the truth before they butcher themselves.....Especially the kids.....That means an agenda right there..If you’re happy being trans,wouldn’t you want people to have “”all the info”” ?????
Yes,the doc is supposed to pretend...Just like the patient is doing.....
“It is brutal to deny the right to health”
These people live in an alternative reality. It’s like someone taking a gas powered car to a charging station and when they can help, the person screams, you’re denying my right to electricity!
Boboso.
What’s next? Veterinarians getting in trouble because a human thinks he’s a dog and wants a vet to treat him?
"I only treat real women" - French gynaecologist gynecologist told a 26-year-old transgender woman Gender Dysphoric man he refused to treat in his clinic in the south-west of the country recently.
...The transgender woman Gender Dysphoric man, accompanied by her his boyfriend, went to a gynaecological appointment when, after minutes of waiting, the secretary told her him that the doctor had refused to see her him.
..."I told her him that I'm not competent, but I can guide you.
..."You're transphobic!" the young woman Gender Dysphoric man reportedly shouted as she he left the consulting room. According to the gynaecologist, the patient began to insult his secretary, reacting violently to the refusal.
...He justified himself by saying that he had "no skills to treat men, even if they have shaved their beards and come to tell my secretary that they have become women".
...He also asked the woman Gender Dysphoric man to take it upon herself himself to tell other transgender transvestite people that they were not welcome in his clinic that he couldn't help them either.
...Although gynaecology is still associated with specialised care for women, it's not that simple anymore. (there is no such "although" and "still" involved with gynecology)
..."Just because it's a cavity doesn't mean it's a classic vagina," (No one but the mentally ill or a con artist would use the term "classic" vagina as though a surgical wound was a "new" vagina.) ...explains, admitting his lack of knowledge about transgender patients. showing his clear understanding of Gender Dysphoric patients.
Gynecologists are not psychiatrists and cannot be expected to treat Gender Dysphoric patients.
These people are not acting in the best interests of the people whom they advise to "transition."
“Paging Dr. Furby, you’re needed in the dog kennel, STAT”
I demand you participate in my psychotic delusions.
When I worked in psychiatric hospitals in my younger years, if we had a client who believed he was Napoleon Bonaparte, we treated him with respect, kindness, and medication. We did not provide him with uniforms, infantry, artillery and horses.
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