Jan 28, 2019
Implant tourism leaves patients in pain and far from their surgeon
Medical tourism operators are luring patients to Africa for operations that leave them in crippling pain and with little more than WhatsApp messages for support.
Medical tourism operators are luring patients to Africa for operations that leave them in crippling pain and with little more than WhatsApp messages for support.
Thirty-nine Latin American journalists from 11 media outlets participated in ICIJ’s global examination of the medical device industry and its regulators.
Health Canada has announced a three-pronged medical device safety overhaul in response to the Implant Files investigation.
A lack of regualtion, over treatment, and not enough reporting of incidents relating to medical devices. Here's a snapshot of what our Asian partners found in the Implant Files.
Our year-long investigation uncovered the harm caused by poorly-tested medical devices. Here's what we found.
Government regulators, industry lobbyists and medical experts scrambled to get ahead of ICIJ’s latest investigation, the Implant Files, before the first word was even published.
ICIJ partnered with more than 250 journalists in 36 countries to examine how devices are tested, approved, marketed and monitored.
Confidential injury and malfunction reports have tripled in less than 10 years in many countries
This resource aims to arm readers with information that makes informed decisions about medical devices easier.