Product Used In MRIs Under Investigation
In the last eight months O'hara Wells has bound to a wheelchair while his body is slowly shutting down. He was diagnosed with NSF, or Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis. "It (NSF) was actually caused by the medical care he received.," says Bob Spohrer, Wells' attorney. Spohrer says the harm came from a product that can be used in an MRI. It is a contrasting agent called Omniscan, which is made of metal and manufactured by GE Healthcare. The agent helps doctors see the result of an MRI better. Wells says he was given the dangerous product in August 2006, when he had two MRIs done at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville. The diabetic says he was being treated at Mayo for kidney problems and was on dialysis. Wells says days after the MRIs were done, the changes started. "My hands starting drawing up, my legs starting drawing up and everything was getting real hard," says Wells.
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