The US Justice Department has just files suit over a popularly used medical device. The law suit, which has been filed against Boston Scientific, alleges that Boston Scientific knowingly sold defective Guidant Defibrillators.
Defibrillators are used by doctors, nurses, and paramedics in cases of life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias, ventricular fibrillation, and pulseless ventricular tachycardia. The Guidant Defibrillator was known to have serious safety concerns which could have lead to medical error, medical malpractice, injury, and even wrongful death if used.
It is also alleged that the Medicare program wrongly paid for the heart devices that Boston Scientific knew were faulty, according to a late January 2011 Wallstreet Journal report. The suit, which was filed in a Minnesota federal court seeks to recover some of federal health care expenditures by Medicare. Fortunately, the lawsuit has opened the eyes of the medical community, who should no longer be using the possibly defective devices.
All too often, defective, unsterilized, or poorly updated medical devices lead to patient injury, not only in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area, but throughout the nation and all over the world. Patients who put their trusts in a medical facility can become a victim of poor quality of care due to such issues. If you or a loved one has been the victim of wrongful injury due to medical malpractice, contact a Philadelphia injury lawyer or Philadelphia accident lawyer today.
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