J&J may have to pay 22 Indians Rs 20 lakh each for faulty hip implants

An 11-member committee set up by the health ministry in February has concluded that J&J was at fault for 'serious medical negligence'

Johnson and Johnson's (J&J's) allegedly faulty hip implants could cost it  close to Rs 4,40,00,000 in compensation to Indian patients. 

The American multinational medical devices and pharmaceuticals firm could be ordered to pay 22 Indian patients who were allegedly given faulty hip implants  Rs 20 lakh each in compensation, Livemint reported on Monday while citing sources in the know. According to the report, the concerned patients had to undergo revision surgeries because of the reportedly faulty implants.  

Two people who serve on the 11-member committee set up by the health ministry in February told the financial daily that the