More than a year after a voluntary recall of many sleep aid machines, some North Texans say they're still waiting for a fix.
PHILIPS: 3 MILLION REPLACEMENT DEVICES AND REPAIR KITS PRODUCED
In an email to NBC 5 Responds, the company shared, in part, “In an average year, Philips Respironics produces and distributes around one million sleep devices. In the meantime, we have scaled up production by a factor of 3, despite global supply chain challenges, but inevitably it still takes time to remediate around 5.5 million devices.”
Philips pointed to additional studies, including two showing no statistical difference in cancer risk between obstructive sleep apnea patients who used Philips Respironics pap devices versus other brands.
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