Redress for faulty Johnson & Johnson hip implant surgeries unlikely

Experts claim law does not make compensation compulsory

Patients who have filed complaints against Johnson & Johnson for allegedly giving them faulty hip implants are unlikely to get any easy relief soon.

State governments and the Centre have not hauled up the company in the eight years since the first complaint was lodged. Even if they were to do so now, they are unlikely to be able to make the device maker cough up compensation. The Drugs and Cosmetics (D&C) Act, 1940, which regulates medical devices, does not expressly provide for compensation.

Johnson & Johnson did not respond to queries on this.

The first complaint