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When Medical Devices Malfunction
A colorful, digital illustration in pencil and watercolor shows a cartoon figure hooked up to an array of medical devices. The figure has a device in their mouth, which has caused two teeth to fall out; a glucose monitor on their arm is connected to a cellphone; a ventilator is connected to their lungs; a device is connected to their heart from the inside with battery packs on the outside; a hemodialysis machine causes blood to spurt from a vein unnoticed; and hip and knee implants are broken. Error symbols (a yellow triangle with a red exclamation point at its center) float in the background and around some of the devices.

When Medical Devices Malfunction

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Credits

Reporters

Daniel Chang
Brett Kelman
Fred Schulte
Nicole Keller, CBS News
Anna Werner, CBS News

Data Reporter

Holly Hacker

Photographers

Eric Harkleroad
Matt Pendleton
Ash Ponders

Illustrator

Oona Tempest

Editors

John Hillkirk
Kelly Johnson
Sabriya Rice

Producers

Eric Harkleroad
David Hicks
Lynne Shallcross
Oona Tempest
Lydia Zuraw

Copy Editors

Terry Byrne
Gabe Brison-Trezise