Mesh campaigners who are seeking a review of products criticised Mr Yousaf earlier this year.
They claim that he has refused to meet them over the past two years as they say using mesh products in procedures has left them with chronic pain and disabilities.
Campaigner Roseanna Clarkin, 39, of the Scottish Global Mesh Alliance, said the former Health Secretary had been “ignoring” those affected by mesh procedures.
She told the Daily Record in January: “The Health Secretary has not been willing to meet with us and that says it all. It’s ignorance at its best…
“However, since Humza Yousaf became Health Secretary in May 2021, I’ve never had a meeting. We have been trying to have a face-to-face meeting with him for nearly two years so we can properly explain how mesh has affected us, how dangerous it really is and why it needs to be suspended.”
As health secretary, Mr Yousaf has faced criticism multiple times. Less than a month into the job, he was forced to apologise after he claimed that young children had been hospitalised “because of” Covid-19, a statement that was deemed “appallingly misleading”.
In response, he tweeted: “My main message was to urge caution, not to cause any undue alarm, I regret if that was the case,” Mr Yousaf tweeted on Friday.”
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