11/25/2009 08:45:37 AM EST
Patients Receiving High Radiation At Cedars Sinai File Class Action Lawsuit
LOS ANGELES — A class action lawsuit has been filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court against Cedars Sinai Medical Center, GE Healthcare Inc. and GE Healthcare Technologies on behalf of patients who allegedly received eight times the approved dosage of radiation during their CT brain perfusion scans to diagnose strokes, it was announced Oct. 20.
Trevor Rees v. Cedars Sinai Medical Center, GE Healthcare, In., a Delaware Corporation; GE Healthcare Technologies, Inc., a corporation; and DOES 1 through 100, inclusive (No. BC4241898) asserts claims for medical malpractice, strict product liability, negligence, breach of express warranty and breach of implied warranty.
This class action lawsuit includes everyone who received a CT brain perfusion scan at Cedars Sinai Medical Center from February 2008 through August 2009. It also includes anyone who received such a scan that utilized CT image machines manufactured by GE Healthcare Inc. and GE Healthcare Technologies at any medical facility during the two-year period preceding this suit.
The media has reported widely on a 2007 CT scan study by researchers David Brenner and Eric Hall, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, claiming that overuse of CT scans may increase significantly people's chances of cancer.