Hundreds of trans patients admitted to hospital as women despite having conditions only suffered by MEN
HUNDREDS of trans hospital patients have been admitted as women despite having conditions only suffered by men.
Analysis by The Sun suggests at least 482 were admitted as female in a year despite having prostate, testicle or penis issues.
They included 263 who suffered hyperplasia in the prostate — a non-cancerous enlargement of the gland that cannot occur in biological women as they do not have prostates.
Another 85 had prostate cancer and 48 had “disorders of male genitals”.
Figures cover the year to March at hospitals in England and Wales.
NHS rules allow trans patients to have their gender changed on databases but kept off patient records.
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One GP insisted: “There’s pressure on staff not to offend patients.
“But the fact they are recorded as women in the statistics is ridiculous.”
Tory MP Sir John Hayes said: “You cannot change biology.
“It is an immutable fact that these conditions only appear in biological men.”
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He added: “The fact the NHS is pandering to this is nonsense.”
The NHS said: “These statistics report the gender registered by patients and therefore include trans women, with further patient details included in their health records.”
