The MHRA in the UK has issued a safety alert addressed to Anaesthetists, operating department practitioners, anaesthetic nurses and all staff using anaesthetic machines.   The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (AAGBI) has reported that failure to check the anaesthetic machine and/or the bleeding system features as a major contributory factor in […]

  A medical device alert has been issued by the Medicines and Health Care Products Regulatory Agency in the UK concerning the use of Macrolane VRF20 and Macrolane VRF 30 which are injectable viscoelastic gels used as fillers for breast augmentation. The products are manufactured by Q-Med AB in Swedan.  They have been used for […]

The Medicines and Health Care Product Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a safety warning in connection with Atomexetine (brand name Straltera). The drug is a prescription medicine used in the treatment of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children aged over 6 years, adolescents and some adults. Many patients taking Atomexetine experienced small non-important […]

    The High Court has awarded Brian Nolan, who sustained back injuries in a road traffic accident on the 10th April 2006 the sum of €46,125.00. Mr Nolan sustained back injuries when his landrover was rear-ended on the Naas Dual Carriageway when in a stationary position. Mr Nolan claimed that the accident severely impacted […]

              The Food Safety Authority  has confirmed that R&R Ice-Cream Ltd. has recalled certain multipacks of Chokablok ice-creams on sticks which were sold in Tesco Stores in Ireland. The products have been recalled due to the fact that some of the ice-creams contain fragments of wood lolly-stick broken during […]

The UK’s National Health Service expert group, which had been set up to look at the safety of PIP breast implants has now published its final report. The group, which was led by Professor Sir Bruce Keogh has been collecting and reviewing data, including estimated rupture rates, data on clinical findings when implants are removed […]

  Transvaginal surgical mesh implants are slings which have been implanted in millions of women in procedures to repair pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and Stress Urinary Incontinence. (SUI). Thousands of women have filed transvaginal or pelvic mesh law suits seeking compensation for serious injuries including erosion and extrusion of mesh, perforation of organs, vaginal bleeding, […]

    Metal-on- Metal Hip Implants associated with High Incidence of Pseudotumors.     Another study has shown the potential danger associated with metal-on-metal hip implants. The newest study, published in the journal of bone and joint surgery found that large diameter metal-on-metal total hip replacements may be associated with a substantially higher incidence of […]

  The medical device maker, Smith & Nephew has just issued a recall for a metal-on-metal hip implant component, a part of one of its all-metal hip replacement systems.       The recall followed reports of a “higher than normal level’’ of patient problems with the device which has been linked to the defective […]