Texas Children's Hospital whistleblower testifies on transgender care for minors

The doctor who blew the whistle on transgender surgeries and treatments for children in Texas testified to Congress on Wednesday about his experiences at a children's hospital.

Dr. Eithan Haim said that he felt called to speak up when he witnessed the care for transgender children at Texas Children’s Hospital, where doctors performed irreversible procedures on them and gave them hormone treatments.

“I understand and I’ve seen the effects of what these blockers do, what these hormones do, and what these surgeries do,” Haim told lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government. 

“We would take children to the operating room, and we would make them better,” he said. “But in the same operating room they were taking them there and making them sick. They are destroying the lives of these children. They’re putting them down a road where they become a chronic medical patient that they can never come back from. Could I call myself a doctor if I didn’t speak against it?”

Haim said that he has seen multiple cases of serious complications from gender reassignment surgeries, including complications with the urethra that makes it difficult for people to go out. 

The surgeon added that although some patients did not see an immediate issue with the surgery, some complications would develop at a later point, such as after a couple of months or years.

Haim also testified that he was prosecuted by the Biden administration after he shone a light on the mistreatments at the hospital, which is the largest children's hospital in the country. The charges were dismissed by President Donald Trump.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.