It is believed that up to 1,500 Irish women who received defective breast implants may face alarming health risks. The defective implants were produced by French company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP). Over 300,000 women worldwide received the PIP implants before the...
THERE IS NOW LESS THAN FOUR MONTHS REMAINING for those affected by the DePuy Hip Recall to lodge a claim. As many people will be aware, on the 26th August 2010 DePuy Orthopaedics Inc., a division of Johnson & Johnson, announced a worldwide recall of two of it’s...
Covidien Plc, a medical device company based in Dublin, recalled up to 330,000 surgical ventilation devices on 18th July 2012. The devices, called the cuffed Shiley 8LPC, 8FEN tracheostomy tubes, were used during surgery to create an airway and pathway to remove...
Many of you will have read our previous blogs about the DePuy hip implant recall. There is now only a FEW WEEKS remaining for a number of those affected by the recall to lodge a claim. 3,282 Irish patients were fitted with DePuy ASR hip implants. Experts have found...
In today’s blog I will review the topics we discussed with you over the past few weeks - the DePuy Hip Implant Recall, Symphysiotomy and the proposed reform of our Family Law courts structure. DePuy Hip Implant Recall – Deadline for Lodging Claims With almost two...
Today my article will focus on medical negligence following a number of recent high profile cases and inquests. Medical negligence is essentially an act or omission by a health care professional which is below the accepted standard of care and which results in injury...
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