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FDA orders killer hospital beds to be seized
Warns: Vail Products' beds have trapped, killed patients
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, citing a public health risk, said Tuesday it ordered the seizure of enclosed hospital beds made by Vail Products Inc.
The FDA said it was aware of 30 people who became trapped in the beds, seven of whom died.
Officials at Toledo, Ohio-based Vail Products could not be immediately reached for comment. The company's Web site says the beds, used for clinical and home care, allow "the patient to move about freely within a safe, padded environment..."
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