Lawsuit Alleges Lap-Band Clinics Put Patients at Risk
Last week, two former employees of a surgery center associated with the 1-800-GET-THIN marketing campaign filed a lawsuit alleging that the centers used improperly sterilized equipment during Lap-Band weight-loss surgeries and failed to notify several patients who might have been exposed to hepatitis C.
- "1-800-GET-THIN Clinics Put Patients at Risk, Lawsuit Alleges" (Pfeifer, Los Angeles Times, 6/13).