Bulovka to start re-operating patients with PIP breast implants

Prague’s Bulovka hospital will start re-operating patients with PIP breast implants this Saturday. The hospital said that in order to meet demand from patients who wanted a change of implants as soon as possible it was scheduling re-op breast surgery for Saturdays throughout the months of March and April. The first five patients are scheduled for surgery this weekend. An estimated 2,000 Czech women received the risky PIP implants. While insurance companies have said they will cover the cost of surgery for women who underwent the operation for health reasons, those who did so for aesthetic reasons will have to pay for it themselves.