Pledge to taxpayer on implants cost

The country’s Chief Medical Officer has vowed to ensure the fallout from faulty silicone breast implants affecting at least 1,500 women costs the taxpayer nothing.

Pledge to taxpayer on implants cost

The country’s Chief Medical Officer has vowed to ensure the fallout from faulty silicone breast implants affecting at least 1,500 women costs the taxpayer nothing.

Dr Tony Holohan said the Irish Medicines Board (IMB) would make it a priority to force the three clinics that used the industrial-grade gel to take financial responsibility.

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