5/13/2018: 100,000 Women, Saving A Generation, Shock Therapy
60 Minutes
CBS News
3.8 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 14 May 2018
⏱️ 42 minutes
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100-thousand women have filed a lawsuit over a device -- similar to plastic -- that resulted in several post-surgery injuries. Scott Pelley reports. Bill Whitaker explains how the opioid epidemic is effecting the older generation. Plus -- is shock therapy REALLY as bad as it seems? Anderson Cooper finds out on this week's "60 Minutes." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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| 0:00.0 | There is tremendous controversy about a surgical device implanted in more than 2 million American women. |
| 0:14.0 | It's a strip of plastic called gynecological mesh. |
| 0:18.0 | The manufacturers and several medical societies say the implant is safe, but more than 100,000 women are suing. |
| 0:25.6 | I would say the material they're buying, maybe it's fine for making a park bench. Maybe it's fine for making a disposable cup. But that's a totally different situation when you're looking at something that will be in the body for 40 or 50 or 60 years. |
| 0:39.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:41.5 | Oh, good job. |
| 0:42.8 | All right. |
| 0:47.2 | More than one million American children now live with their grandparents. |
| 0:52.5 | Primarily because of their parents' addiction to opioids and other drugs. |
| 0:56.1 | Grandparents are putting off retirement and plowing through savings to rescue their grandchildren from dangerous situations. |
| 1:01.0 | We can't not do it. They're our grandkids. They're our family. |
| 1:05.0 | Can you just tell us your full name and date of birth, please? |
| 1:10.0 | Catherine, Kitty Dukakis. In this please? Catherine, Kitty Dukakis. |
| 1:13.0 | In the past 20 years, Kitty Dukakis has undergone electroconvulsive therapy or ECT. |
| 1:18.7 | I think we're good to go. |
| 1:20.4 | Dukakis was sedated and electricity was administered to her brain for a few seconds. |
| 1:26.2 | The seizure lasted about a minute. The only sign of it was some |
| 1:30.1 | slight trembling in her feet. You're okay with the treatment we filmed being broadcast? |
| 1:35.1 | Yeah, I am. I'm convinced that if I can be that public, that it will help others. |
| 1:43.6 | I'm Steve Croft. I'm Leslie Stahl. I'm Scott Pelly. I'm Steve Croft. |
| 1:45.1 | I'm Leslie Stahl. |
| 1:46.5 | I'm Scott Pelly. |
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