Hospitals knew a heart device led to more patients’ deaths – but they kept using it

Almost half of patients given a heart pump, after the NHS had raised concerns about it, died soon after.

​Hospitals knew a heart device led to more patients’ deaths – but they kept using it Almost half of patients given a heart pump, after the NHS had raised concerns about it, died soon after. Almost half of patients given a heart pump, after the NHS had raised concerns about it, died soon after.