Hip implant issue: 10 MPs, seven belonging to Shiv Sena, write to Nadda against J&J

Ten MPs, seven of them belonging to BJP ally Shiv Sena, have written to Union Health Minister J P Nadda to take "appropriate action" against global healthcare major Johnson and Johnson (J&J) and "ensure justice for all sufferers" of faulty ASR hip implants.

Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel, who belongs to BJP ally Apna Dal(Sonelal), is among the 10 MPs to have written to Nadda.

"Most recently, the company (J&J) seems to be going against the government's directions and denying its liability in compensating patients," Chandrakant Khaire, Shiv Sena MP from Aurangabad in Maharashtra, wrote in a letter dated January 7.

"I call upon you 'sir' (Nadda) to independently identify all patients who have received the faulty ASR implants in India; and take appropriate action/s against the company to ensure that justice is met to all the sufferers of these faulty ASR (hip) implants (sic)," Khaire added.

In December last year, J&J had approached the ...