Summary:
We expect that the tools of surgeons are the best of
the best. However, none of this is true. One of the hospitals in the UK has a
person who checks the tools of the surgeons before usage. He finds old blood,
loose metal and cracks in the tools. Actually, he rejects 1 in 5 of all the new
bought equipment. Two-third of the tools, with a CE-mark, is made in poor
circumstances in Pakistan. It is even possible to stamp the tools with ‘made in
Germany’ instead of ‘made in Pakistan’.There is even child labour. The poor
quality tools see to infections and bleedings.
Opinion: I am shocked about the quality of the tools of
surgeons. Moreover, I am shocked about how and where the tools are made and the
illegal sale. I can’t imagine that surgeons know about this. The industry that
makes those tools are only interested in money and not at all in the patients.
They don’t care that the patients die because of an infection or a bleeding
after being operated with poor quality tools. Apparently, you can’t just trust
the CE-mark. You truly need a specialist who checks all the tools, so all with
poor quality can be rejected or thrown away. That’s the only way you can
protect patients from poor equipment of surgeons.
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