News from Ilena Rosenthal, Health Lover:
http://breastimplantawareness.blogspot.com
Full articles and links

http://ksax.com/article/stories/S474469.shtml?cat=10230

Woman testifies on Capitol Hill over Medtronic device  
 
A Medtronic defibrillator fails, shocking a Pennsylvania woman more
than two dozen times. But even though she wanted to sue the Fridley
company, she couldn’t.

Thirty-four-year-old Bridget Robb was allegedly shocked 31 times in 13
minutes by the Medtronic device.

"It felt as if a cannon was repeatedly being shot at my chest at close
range," said Robb.

When she got to the hospital, she learned the device in her chest had
been voluntarily recalled two months earlier.

Robb said the Minnesota-based company is responsible, but because she
was unable to sue them, she traveled to Capitol Hill.

Robb and others testified before a congressional judiciary committee
about various faulty medical devices Wednesday. They hoped to convince
Congress to reverse a Supreme Court ruling that prevents people from
suing the manufacturers of medical devices if the FDA approved of
them.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce argued against reversing the ruling,
saying it would make it more difficult for companies to provide health
insurance.

Medtronic said it sent certified letters to all patients who received
the recalled device and their doctors.