HEALTH
When medical implants fail
April 01, 2012
April 01, 2012
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Statistically, fewer than one percent of all medical devices fail their patients - far fewer, in fact. Small comfort if one of those very rare failures strikes you or me or someone you love. Our Cover Story is reported by Jim Axelrod: [/i]
Joshua Oukrop was 21 when he died seven years ago of a heart attack. Robert Hauser is not a relative; he was Joshua's cardiologist.
"How often do you think of Joshua?" Axelrod asked.
"Every day," Dr. Hauser replied. "He was young. It shouldn't have happened. It just shouldn't have happened."
The story of what happened to Joshua
Joshua Oukrop was 21 when he died seven years ago of a heart attack. Robert Hauser is not a relative; he was Joshua's cardiologist.
"How often do you think of Joshua?" Axelrod asked.
"Every day," Dr. Hauser replied. "He was young. It shouldn't have happened. It just shouldn't have happened."
The story of what happened to Joshua
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