PULA, Nov 16 (Hina) - The Baxter company has dismissed claims that it has assumed 80 percent of the responsibility for the death of kidney patients during Thursday's first meeting with the families of six patients who died there on
Oct. 13 while undergoing dialysis in which faulty Baxter dialysers were used, as it has been reported in some media. The U.S. company said in a statement on Thursday that its representatives had only reiterated there was a certain probability the dialysers and the deaths of patients were related. Baxter representatives said that at this moment nobody could be 100 percent sure there was a connection between the dialysers and the tragic events, the statement read. The statement also denied that the company had set aside US$150 million for the damaged families.(hina) it sb
PULA, Nov 16 (Hina) - The Baxter company has dismissed claims that
it has assumed 80 percent of the responsibility for the death of
kidney patients during Thursday's first meeting with the families
of six patients who died there on Oct. 13 while undergoing dialysis
in which faulty Baxter dialysers were used, as it has been reported
in some media.
The U.S. company said in a statement on Thursday that its
representatives had only reiterated there was a certain
probability the dialysers and the deaths of patients were related.
Baxter representatives said that at this moment nobody could be 100
percent sure there was a connection between the dialysers and the
tragic events, the statement read.
The statement also denied that the company had set aside US$150
million for the damaged families.
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