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NEWS 5. MARIE. >> NOW AT 6, THE NEXT MEMORY I HAVE IS I WOKE AND I WAS IN STIRRUPS AND I WAS SCREAMING. >> ON NEWS, 5 INVESTIGATION INTO A COMMON MEDICAL PRACTICE. THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE TRAITORS TO. MEDICAL STUDENTS PRACTICING PELVIC EXAMS ON UNCONSCIOUS PATIENTS WITHOUT GETTING CONSENT. IT IS UNETHICAL AND UNACCEPTABLE TO DO SOMETHING TO ANY PATIENT'S BODY WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT. AND THERE IS NOTHING IN OHIO LAW TO STOP THEM. >> SO IMAGINE YOU'RE UNCONSCIOUS IN A HOSPITAL THEN WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT TO MEDICAL STUDENT PRACTICES EXAMINING THE MOST INTIMATE PARTS OF YOUR BODY. THE NEWS 5 INVESTIGATORS FOUND THIS HAPPENS IN HOSPITALS ALL AROUND THE U.S. AND RIGHT HERE IN OHIO. WE NEED TO WARN YOU RIGHT HERE. THE STORY MAY BE DIFFICULT TO WATCH IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU LOVE HAS EXPERIENCED ABUSE NEWS. 5 INVESTIGATOR SARAH BUDUSON HAS MORE ON THIS MEDICAL PRACTICE AND THE EFFORT TO PUT A STOP TO IT HERE IN OHIO. >> THAT'S RIGHT, ROB. WE ALL KNOW THAT PELVIC EXAMS ARE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF WOMEN'S BASIC HEALTH CARE AND SOMETHING EVERY DOCTOR SHOULD KNOW HOW TO DO. BUT WE FOUND SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT HOW MEDICAL STUDENTS LEARNED PERFORM THESE TYPES OF EXAMINATIONS. >> THE SENTENCE. >> THE FEELING THAT I HAVE. >> AS SHE THINKING ABOUT IT IS STILL CONFUSION. ASHLEY BATES ALSO PAIN. DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING. SOMEONE HAD UNDRESSED >> REMEMBER, THE PHYSICIAN SAID, YOU KNOW, I'M ALMOST FINISHED. NEXT. MEMORY I HAVE IS I WOKE AND I WAS IN STIRRUPS AND I WAS SCREAMING. THE DOCTOR WAS EXAMINING THE MOST INTIMATE PARTS OF HER >> SHE WAS SEDATED. THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN THE WAY THAT IT WITHOUT HER CONSENT. AND I CAN'T RECONCILE THAT. AFTER SHE WAS ADMITTED TO THE ER FOR UNCONTROLLED VOMITING. RELATED TO ADOPTIVE SYSTEM. THE MEDICAL NECESSITY, I THINK >> DUBIOUS AT BEST IS THAT THE CALL? >> IT'S NOT FOR A BRUISE IS A BIOETHICIST AT YALE UNIVERSITY. IT IS UNETHICAL AND UNACCEPTABLE TO DO SOMETHING TO ANY PATIENT'S BODY. >> WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT. BUT IT HAPPENS OFTEN STUDY. SHE CO-AUTHORED ESTIMATES AS MANY 3.6 MILLION WOMEN AND MEN RECEIVED AN CONSENTED INTIMATE EXAM WITHIN THE PAST 5 YEARS. SOMETIMES THESE EXAMS HAPPENED UNDER ANESTHESIA AND SOMETIMES THEY HAPPEN. >> WHEN THE PATIENTS ARE AWAKE, ANOTHER PROBLEM THEY'RE OFTEN DONE BY MEDICAL STUDENTS SOLELY FOR THEIR EDUCATION. THIS 2005 SURVEY FOUND MOST MEDICAL STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HAD PERFORMED PELVIC EXAMS ON UNCONSCIOUS PATIENTS WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT. MEDICAL STUDENTS OFTEN FEEL AWFUL. WE ALL INTRINSICALLY KNOW THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO DECIDE WHAT HAPPENS TO THEIR BODIES. I THOUGHT. >> OH, MY GOSH, IS HAPPENING. ALEXANDER FOUND SAYS IT'S STILL COMMON PRACTICE. I WAS ASKED TO DO SOMETHING I DIDN'T WANT TO DO BECAUSE I KNEW IT WAS IT WAS THE FIRST DAY ROTATION AT A COLUMBUS HOSPITAL OHIO UNIVERSITY. MEDICAL STUDENT STOOD NEXT TO A PATIENT. >> SEDATED. THE SENIOR RESIDENT LOOKED AT ME AND SAID, HEY, NOW'S A GOOD TIME TO PRACTICE YOUR PELVIC EXAM. DID SHE NEED A PELVIC EXAM? NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE. SHE DID NOT. SHE ASKED CLASSMATES. SHE SAYS THEY WERE ALSO TOLD TO PRACTICED PELVIC EXAMS ON UNCONSCIOUS PATIENTS WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION. THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE TRAITORS TO. 25 STATES AND PELVIC EXAMS WITHOUT PRIOR CONSENT. WELCOME TO COMMITTEE. PLEASE PROCEED ANOTHER OHIO. THERE'S NO OTHER PROFESSION. >> WE'RE ASKING PROFESSIONAL LEARNERS TO COMPLETE EDUCATIONAL PAST. TANTAMOUNT TO VIOLATION IS ACCEPTABLE. ALEXANDROV WAS ONE OF 18 PEOPLE WHO TESTIFIED IN SUPPORT OF A PROPOSAL. LAST MAY THINK SINCE THEN THE LEGISLATION HAS LANGUISHED IN A HOUSE COMMITTEE. JUST DOESN'T NEED TO HAPPEN. >> THERE'S NO THERE'S A RIGHT ANSWER TO US, ESPECIALLY SINCE RESEARCH SHOWS PATIENTS WILL PARTICIPATE IN STUDENTS TRAINING IF ASKED, 90% SAY SURE. GO AHEAD. >> AND GIVE ME AN EXTRA TRAINING EXAMS. SO WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE OHIO'S HOSPITALS? WE ASKED THE 10 LARGEST SYSTEMS ONLY THE METROHEALTH SYSTEM AND OHIO STATE PROVIDED COPIES OF THEIR CONSENT FORMS. THEY DON'T SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS TRAINING EXAMS. BUT METRO SAYS MEDICAL STUDENTS ARE NOT PERMITTED TO PERFORM EXAMS ON PATIENTS WITHOUT CONSENT. OHIO STATE SAYS THEY HAVE A LONG-STANDING POLICY THAT PROHIBITS PELVIC EXAMS WITHOUT CONSENT. 5 SYSTEMS, INCLUDING THE CLEVELAND CLINIC AND UH, SINCE STATEMENTS THAT SAY THEY DO NOT PERMIT THE PRACTICE BUT PROVIDED NO PROOF. >> RESPONDED ON. >> THIS IS SITUATION FOR YEARS. ASHLEY BURIED HER FEELINGS. >> I FILED AWAY IN THE BACK OF MY MIND AND BLAME HER PAST. I OKAY, BECAUSE I HAVE THIS HISTORY OF ABUSE AND ASSAULT. I WAS TRIGGERED. BUT THEN IN 2019, HER HOME STATE, UTAH INTRODUCED LEGISLATION TO REQUIRE EXPLICIT CONSENT FOR PELVIC EXAMS. IT WAS ONLY YOU KNOW. >> MANY YEARS LATER THAT I REALIZED FELT LIKE A VIOLATION BECAUSE IT HIT A VIOLATION. SHE SPOKE IN SUPPORT. >> THE BILL BECAME LAW. ASHLEY CONTINUES TO ADVOCATE FOR PATIENTS TO BE REQUIRED TO GIVE CONSENT. >> IF AM FULLY AWAKE AND IN. CLOSED IN A CLINIC VISIT AND THE STUDENT FOX I CAN SAY, OH, AM I NOT AFFORDED THAT OPPORTUNITY? WHEN EVEN MORE VULNERABLE? >> WE REACHED OUT TO 3 MAJOR MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONS. THEY SAY THEY OPPOSE PERFORMING PUBLIC EXAMS UNDER ANESTHESIA WITHOUT PATIENT CONSENT. >> STUDIO CAME TO A STANDSTILL. EVERYBODY STUNNED HERE RIGHT NOW AFTER THAT REPORT. HOW WOULD YOU KNOW IF THIS HAS HAPPENED TO YOU? HERE'S THE THING YOU WOULDN'T. ALEXANDER SAYS BECAUSE THEIR EXAMS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. >> THEY WOULDN'T BE NOTED IN YOUR CHART, A PATIENT LIKE ASHLEY WITH A MEDICAL RECORD FROM HER VISIT IS WHERE? >> SO OK, SO YOU'RE A PATIENT IN A HOSPITAL. DO WHAT YOU DO. WHAT'S THE FIRST THING TO DO WITH THE LAST THING YOU DO THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT EXPERTS TOLD US TO DO IS TO SPEAK UP. ASK YOUR DOCTOR WHO WILL BE IN THE ROOM DURING YOUR SURGERY. >> AND SAY NO, IT'S OKAY TO SAY NO. IF YOU DON'T WANT A MEDICAL STUDENT TO PRACTICE USING YOUR BODY. >> YOU FILL OUT A MILLION FORMS WHEN YOU GO TO THE HOSPITAL COULD LET'S ADD ONE MORE. HOPEFULLY THIS G