Hospitals must update 100,000 pacemakers after safety fault

By Caitlin Tilley2026-02-26T06:24:00

Hospitals are having to update more than 100,000 patients’ pacemakers – and replace hundreds of the devices – after the manufacturer discovered their batteries run down years early, HSJ has learned.

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