Bacteria-Exposed Heart Patients Will Get 5 Years’ Free Medical Monitoring

(October 15, 2019, 12:11 PM EDT) -- HARRISBURG, Pa. — Heart surgery patients who were possibly exposed to a latent bacterial infection allegedly caused by the Sorin 3T heater-cooler device will receive five years of free medical monitoring by the hospitals, according to a settlement agreement filed Oct. 11 in a Pennsylvania federal court (Edward Baker, et al. v. Sorin Group USA, Inc., No. 16-260, M.D. Pa.)....