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What Would You Do If Mistakenly Put Pacemaker Into The Chest Cavity ?

What would you do if a large hospital mistakenly put the wrong defib/ pacemaker into the chest cavity of somone My husband was supposed to have a Medtronic defib/pacemaker put into his chest but the hospital put a Gudiant defib/pacemaker into him. We are still very angry about this!
Fri, 18 Dec 2009
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Talk to the doctor - see if you are satisfied with his explanation. If you aren't, consult an attorney.
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What Would You Do If Mistakenly Put Pacemaker Into The Chest Cavity ?

Talk to the doctor - see if you are satisfied with his explanation. If you aren t, consult an attorney.