Health Board warns on PIP implants

  • 2012-01-04
  • From wire reports
TALLINN - The Finnish Health authority says it is concerned about women who may have traveled to Estonia for breast augmentation, and in which the PIP brand of implants were used and are suspected of having been marketed under a different name. “We are aware that many women around Europe have gone to Estonia for this [operation],” said Valvira director Jussi Holmalahti, reports AFP.“We have asked for this information [about Finnish women] from the Estonian authorities and are waiting for the answers,” he added.French health officials on Dec. 22 advised 30,...
 
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