Zimmer Biomet Knee Implant Recall Raises Concerns for Patients in Munster
Patients across Limerick, Clare, Tipperary, Kerry, and Cork are being urged to review their medical records following a product recall issued by Zimmer Biomet. The recall relates to the NexGen Complete Knee Solution, a widely used knee replacement device implanted in patients across the North Munster region, including many who attended Croom Orthopaedic Hospital. Background […]
DePuy Hip Replacement Devices
The court awarded $8.3 million in damages in cases involving DePuy’s ASR total hip replacement system. In the state of California, USA, over ten thousand lawsuits have been filed regarding the DePuy ASR hip replacement device. In a recent decision, a jury in a California trial found that DePuy Orthopedics was negligent with respect to […]
Misdiagnosis of Patients
A study by BMJ Quality & Safety found that the rate of misdiagnosis made by doctors in outpatients is at least as high as 1 in 20 such patients. Outpatients are patients cared for by a hospital without being admitted for an inpatient stay. The information is provided by research conducted by Dr. Hardeep Singh […]
Cancer misdiagnosis
Cancer misdiagnosis occurs when a patient who does not have cancer is diagnosed with cancer and receives treatment unnecessarily. Misdiagnosis also occurs when a patient who has symptoms and clinical symptoms of cancer is not diagnosed on time and the necessary treatment is delayed. If there is a delay in making a cancer diagnosis, this […]