{"id":54312,"date":"2018-10-05T14:06:16","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T08:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=54312"},"modified":"2018-10-05T14:06:24","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T08:36:24","slug":"faulty-implants-for-hip-replacement-sc-seeks-centres-reply-on-pil-to-trace-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/faulty-implants-for-hip-replacement-sc-seeks-centres-reply-on-pil-to-trace-patients","title":{"rendered":"Faulty implants for hip replacement: SC seeks Centre\u2019s reply on PIL to trace patients"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"356\" data-attachment-id=\"54313\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/faulty-implants-for-hip-replacement-sc-seeks-centres-reply-on-pil-to-trace-patients\/johnson-johnson-p1-759\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/johnson-johnson-p1-759.jpg?fit=759%2C422&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"759,422\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ONEPLUS A3003&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1532525086&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.26&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0097087378640777&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"johnson-johnson-p1-759\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/johnson-johnson-p1-759.jpg?fit=640%2C356&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/johnson-johnson-p1-759.jpg?resize=640%2C356&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/johnson-johnson-p1-759.jpg?w=759&amp;ssl=1 759w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/johnson-johnson-p1-759.jpg?resize=150%2C83&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/johnson-johnson-p1-759.jpg?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>NEW DELHI:\u00a0The Supreme Court on Friday sought the Centre\u2019s\u00a0respond to a plea\u00a0asking the government\u00a0to trace all the patients who\u00a0have been fitted with faulty hip implants supplied by a multinational company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A report filed by an expert committee, which was set up by the health ministry in 2017, suggested that the company had \u2018suppressed\u2019 facts on the harmful effects of the faulty hip replacement system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heading the Bench, Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi also asked the government\u00a0to file its response on the PIL, which alleged that faulty implants were used for hip replacement surgeries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI:\u00a0The Supreme Court on Friday sought the Centre\u2019s\u00a0respond to a plea\u00a0asking the government\u00a0to trace all the patients who\u00a0have been fitted with faulty hip implants supplied by a multinational company. 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