US immigration officials didn’t properly document hysterectomies – watchdog

Officials didn’t document medical necessity in two cases, homeland security’s inspector general says in report

Immigration officials did not document the medical necessity of at least two hysterectomies they authorized for women in their custody, according to a new report by the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general.

Investigators contracted with an OB/GYN to review six hysterectomies performed on migrant women who were in federal custody. The doctor found that in two of the cases, officials had failed to document whether it was medically necessary, the watchdog report states.