Boston Medical Center Is First In Mass. To Offer Sex Reassignment Surgery

BOSTON (CBS) – Boston Medical Center is about to become the first hospital in Massachusetts to offer sex reassignment surgery. The hospital announced the launch of its new Center For Transgender Medicine and Surgery on Wednesday. The Boston Globe reports that there are already 100 patients on the waiting list for “male-to-female gender affirmation surgery.” BMC says it will be the only hospital between Philadelphia and Montreal that offers the procedure. “Transgender patients seeking this surgery have struggled for many years to find appropriate and necessary medical care,” BMC surgery chief Gerard Doherty said in a statement. “Now, we will be able to better serve this population and meet their needs by providing medically indicated surgery that will enable them to fully live as the gender they identify with.” Transgender medical and surgical care has been covered by Massachusetts insurers since 2014 because it’s a recognized clinical condition, BMC says.
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