VAIL Beds
Posted by Kim on March 24th, 2005 / Print This Post
FDA orders killer hospital beds to be seized
Warns: Vail Products’ beds have trapped, killed patients LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, citing a public health risk, said Tuesday it ordered the seizure of enclosed hospital beds made by Vail Products Inc. The FDA said it was aware of 30 people who became trapped in the beds, seven of whom died.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/03/22/fda.beds.reut/index.html
Toledo Bed Company Raided
Federal authorities are investigating Vail beds might be responsible for several deaths.
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. marshals seized three types of beds from a Toledo, Ohio, company on Tuesday that federal regulators blamed for seven deaths.
The Food and Drug Administration said it was aware of about 30 people who were entrapped by the Vail Enclosed Bed Systems made by Vail Products, Inc. “Use of these systems poses a public health risk because patients can become entrapped and suffocate, resulting in severe neurological damage or death,” the FDA said in a statement.
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvg/news/0323_VailBeds.html
U.S. seizes hospital beds from city firm Vail Products Inc., at 235 First St., is facing a $75,000 lawsuit over a child’s death the parents say was because of the company’s padded, mesh dome system that ‘encloses’ a bed.
Federal marshals yesterday raided an East Toledo manufacturer of enclosed hospital beds because a federal Food and Drug Administration investigation has determined that 30 patients became trapped in the bed and at least seven of them died.
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050323/NEWS32/503230412
Posted on Fri, Feb. 25, 2005
Parents sue medical bed manufacturer after death of child WILMINGTON, Del. - The parents of a young girl with cerebral palsy who died in a specially designed bed have sued its maker, saying the company knew the bed had safety problems but didn’t inform them of a recall.
Victoria Flick, 7, suffocated in August 2004 in a bed made by Vail Products of Toledo, Ohio, according to the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Wilmington by her parents, John and Deborah Flick of Bear.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/national/10994626.htm
Family sues after child dies in bed
Parents say company was aware of dangers WILMINGTON — Five years ago, John and Deborah Flick of Bear bought a $6,350 enclosed bed that they thought would protect their daughter, born with cerebral palsy, while she slept. Instead, the family said, 7-year-old Victoria got stuck between the mattress and a railing and suffocated in August 2004.
http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/local/2005/02/25familysuesafter.html
FDA Seizes Hazardous Hospital Beds
Neither the directions for use nor the warnings provided with the Vail 500, 1000, and 2000 Enclosed Bed Systems are adequate, the FDA charges, exposing patients to increased risk of entrapment and asphyxiation.
http://health.dailynewscentral.net/content/view/000540/42/