Sara A. Carter By
Vanderbilt University Medical Center [VUMC] is putting a halt on all ‘gender affirmation surgery’ on underage patients pending a review sparked by a leaked video.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center [VUMC] is putting a halt on all ‘gender affirmation surgery’ on underage patients pending a review sparked by a leaked video.
Last month conservative activist Matt Walsh released a video from 2018 in which Dr Shayne Taylor – an LGBTQ specialist at the hospital – brags that transgender surgeries are ‘huge money makers’ for the hospital.
Dr. Taylor says in the video how the hospital was driven to perform such procedures because of its money-making potential:
“Some of our VUMC financial folks in October of 2016 put down some costs of how much money we think each patient would bring in” said Taylor. “And this is only including top surgery, this isn’t including any bottom surgery, and it’s a lot of money.”…
