Thousands harmed and 87 dead after NHS equipment failures in England | NHS | The Guardian

Thousands harmed and 87 dead after NHS equipment failures in England | NHS | The Guardian: Almost%20100%20people%20have%20died%20and%204%2C000%20have%20been%20harmed%20after%20equipment%20malfunctions%20in%20the%20NHS%20in%20the%20past%20three%20years%2C%20prompting%20calls%20for%20more%20government%20funding%20to%20upgrade%20broken%20and%20obsolete%20medical%20devices.%0A%0AA%20defibrillator%20advising%20paramedics%20not%20to%20administer%20a%20shock%2C%20an%20emergency%20alarm%20system%20on%20a%20neonatal%20ward%20failing%2C%20and%20the%20camera%20on%20an%20intubation%20device%20going%20dark%20were%20just%20three%20failures%20after%20which%20patients%20died.%0A%0AThey%20are%20included%20in%20figures%20released%20for%20the%20first%20time%20by%20NHS%20England%20that%20show%20patients%20were%20harmed%20after%203%2C915%20equipment%20malfunction%20incidents%20%u2013%20with%2087%20being%20followed%20by%20a%20death%20%u2013%20since%202022.%0A%0APaul%20Whiteing%2C%20the%20chief%20executive%20of%20Action%20against%20Medical%20Accidents%2C%20said%3A%20%u201CThese%20are%20shocking%20statistics.%20Behind%20these%20numbers%20are%20real%20people%20who%20are%20needlessly%20harmed%2C%20the%20impact%20of%20which%20will%20be%20life-changing%20and%20traumatic.