Learn if You Have a Claim Against Baxter International Inc. (maker of Meridian dialysis machines)

Kidney Dialysis Patients Die; Tubing May Have Kinked Kahn Gauthier Swick is investigating possible legal actions against healthcare products firms Baxter International and Medisystems Corporation following the announcement that Baxter reported five deaths in kidney dialysis patients that may have been due to a particular combination of dialysis machine and blood tubing.
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