Romania investigates doctors suspected of reusing implants from dead patients

Romanian prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into five doctors suspected of reusing hundreds of medical implants extracted from dead patients on Saturday. Read more at straitstimes.com.

BUCHAREST - Romanian prosecutors said on Saturday they have opened a criminal investigation into five doctors suspected of reusing hundreds of medical implants extracted from dead patients.

They said the unnamed doctor oversaw a network of four other physicians who provided him with cardiac implants extracted from deceased patients without prior approval from them or their families. “A large part of the implants recommended by the doctor ... were not necessary and were prompted by fake diagnoses or by previously prescribed medication that would trigger specific symptoms,” the statement said.

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