James Meikle and Angelique Chrisafis
Guardian
December 21, 2011
Lawyers acting for about 250 women with silicone breast implants made by a French company are launching a high court case in Cardiff next year, suing about six clinics in the UK.
They allege that many women supplied with the implants made by Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) have experienced “agonising problems, including ruptures and leakages”.
Details of the action emerged as reports in France suggested up to 30,000 women may be told to have defective implants removed. The makers were shut down by French safety authorities last year.
It is thought about 40,000 British women may have the same implants, which were also stopped from being produced in this country. UK safety regulators have told women not to panic but to have their implants checked by the clinics where they had surgery. Similar advice has been given by two associations representing surgeons in the field.
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