Renewed calls for all surgical mesh use to be suspended immediately.

A report out of Australia has highlighted the dangers of the product, and its use has been banned in certain cases.

Other countries have stopped using it altogether.

Earlier this year, Medsafe banned the use of surgical mesh for pelvic organ prolapses, but former Work and Income boss Christine Rankin told Larry Williams that doesn't go far enough.

"This is dangerous, dangerous stuff. More and more women are being affected, and the effects are ghastly."

Rankin says she suffered adverse effects from the product, along with many other New Zealand women.

"I woke up very ill, and I remained ill for seven months, and I had a seven hour operation to seven-hour."

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