British veterans with hearing loss start legal battle over ‘faulty’ earplugs

British veterans with hearing loss start legal battle over ‘faulty’ earplugs

BBC Dave Watson, a triple amputee, is one of more than 2,000 former and serving British military personnel bringing the legal case Thousands of British military personnel have started legal action after being given ear protection they say was faulty and led to life-changing injuries such as tinnitus and deafness. The US industrial giant 3M … Read more

Telangana: You can flag faulty medical equipment now – ET HealthWorld

Telangana: You can flag faulty medical equipment now – ET HealthWorld

Hyderabad: Tired of running around private diagnostic centres for various tests as government hospitals do not have functional equipment? Now, a patient, a doctor, a staffer or lay people can flag an issue related to maintenance of medical equipment at government hospitals and it will be taken up for rectification. In a latest development, the … Read more

Great Ormond Street Hospital investigates ‘faulty’ surgical glue

Great Ormond Street Hospital investigates ‘faulty’ surgical glue

According to a report to a Great Ormond Street Hospital public board meeting on 29 September, titled “Faulty batch of Histoacryl glue potentially impacting patient treatment outcomes”, the adhesive has been used for more than 30 years in the endovascular treatment of brain arteriovenous malformations – a tangle of blood vessels with abnormal connections between … Read more