オーストラリア海軍のある騒動：女性士官が国費で豊胸手術

　これは笑うしかないんだが、オーストラリア海軍の女性士官の豊胸手術のために税金が使われたちゅうんだな。

He angrily denied the navy had paid for such surgery for cosmetic reasons. "There are some reasons or circumstances where a lady might need to have that sort of surgery - e.g., breast cancer," Brigadier Nikolic said. Defence policy took into consideration the physical and psychological needs of its personnel but that was a long way from saying if someone did not like their appearance, defence would fund things like breast augmentation, Brigadier Nikolic said. "Where there are medical or dental reasons for a procedure or compelling psychological or psychiatric reasons that may result in a member being classified unfit to deploy on medical or psychological grounds, then we will certainly consider their needs in accordance with our policy," he said.

当局者（ニコリック准将）はその豊胸手術が美容目的ではなく、その他の理由、たとえば乳ガンの手術のような身体的な理由だろうちゅうような反論をしてるようなんだけど、形成外科医はこう言っちゃってる。

Dr Tavakoli said the officers, aged 25 and 32, had claimed to have "psychological" problems. "I've had two female navy officers who've got the navy to pay for breast augmentation for psychological reasons," he said. "I know for a fact the two patients claimed it back on the navy. They know it was breast augmentation and they (the navy) pay for it. "There's no breast augmentation that I know of for medical purposes."

つまり、25歳と32歳の二人の女性士官が「精神的な理由」で豊胸手術を受け、その費用を海軍が支払ったと証言し、彼自身の所感として、知る限りにおいて医学的な目的に拠る豊胸手術なんてあり得ないと言っちゃった。
この後の調査の推移が楽しみなことだわ。

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