Some interesting facts on the potential of defective medical devices…no manufacturer places a device or medication on the market knowingly defective, but sometimes things happen. Best to do research as best you can ahead of time if possible, and some can lead to a misdiagnosis. BD
In the United States, cancer is still misdiagnosed in about twenty percent of medical cases. The result is that patients who do not have the deadly disease undergo unnecessary treatments and surgeries, then discover it was all for nothing. On the other hand, cancer patients are being told they do not have the disease, when in fact they do. They go untreated and the cancer spreads becoming even more dangerous and often untreatable and fatal.
Defective medical devices are responsible for a large part of these mistakes. The equipment used to diagnose cancer has a 30% margin of error. The more doctors rely on these defective medical devices, the more serious risks are posed to patients' health.
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