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Patients Were Implanted with Heart Pumps That the FDA Knew Could Be Dangerous
- perl4ever 5y agoThe title irks me. I can't really imagine an implanted heart pump that couldn't be dangerous.
- aalam 5y ago“Defective” could have been more precise, and would match the reporting (though I kept the title close to the source material’s to meet HN guidelines, truncating the start to meet the character limit).
- Accujack 5y agoYou'd be surprised. FDA rules require medical products to be safe, among other things. An implanted pump that's dangerous is the exception, not the rule (as it should be).