A regional court in Ostrava has ordered a local hospital to apologise
to woman who was sterilised without her consent, the news agency AFP
reported. The decision Friday was the first to deal with around 80
complaints by Roma women. A judge ruled that the complainant, a
22-year-old Helena Ferencikova, had not given her qualified consent
from the procedure -- a violation of her personal rights. Hospital
doctors said the sterilisation was carried out for health reasons and
that noted that she signed a letter agreeing to the procedure. Ms
Ferencikova said she was in the throes of birth pains at the time and
was unaware of the letter's contents. An investigation by the Czech
ombudsman's office has found no proof of a campaign of "systematic
sterilisation" against the minority group.
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