Published On: Thu, Nov 28th, 2024

Not everyone can afford a pacemaker, so these doctors are recycling them 

Hands in blue gloves manipulating a small device.

Preliminary findings from a randomized trial of 300 patients across seven countries shows that used pacemakers, when properly sterilised and implanted, work just as well as new ones, and pose no greater risk of infection.

CBC | World News

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Not everyone can afford a pacemaker, so these doctors are recycling them