Westfield Toddler Fighting for His Life After Virus Damages Heart

Westfield toddler fighting for his life after virus damages heart

WESTFIELD, Ind. — A central Indiana toddler is currently fighting for his life at Cincinnati Children's Hospital as he awaits a heart transplant. If it weren't for a Berlin Heart, a mechanical device that assists the heart in pumping blood in children and infants with severe heart failure, Santiago “Santi” Banda might not be alive today. [...]

Three Newcastle hospital heart failure patients 'potentially died' due to faulty device

Three Freeman Hospital heart failure patients may have died after a faulty device - later withdrawn by the manufacturer - malfunctioned