Medical devices reportedly killed 80,000 people in the last 10 years

When innovation goes wrong: Medical devices reportedly killed 80,000 people in the last 10 years

A project by The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), including journalists from the BBC, ABC, and the Guardian, has discovered that the deaths of more than 80,000 people globally in the past decade, could be linked to dangerous medical devices.

It is thought that medical devices may have played a part in up to 80,000 deaths in the last ten years globally – image courtesy of APS. The project – titled ‘The Implant Files’ – also discovered the medical devices may have caused injury to 1.7 million people. The year-long investigation…

When innovation goes wrong: Medical devices reportedly killed 80,000 people in the last 10 years

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