Doc 2774 among the many 1000’s within the chapter case of Philadelphia’s historic Hahnemann College Hospital laid out a curious drawback. How ought to the hospital handle its solely affected person nonetheless implanted with a plutonium-powered pacemaker?
The girl, whose id hasn’t been revealed, acquired the system in 1975, again when she was 23 years previous and pacemakers powered by the plutonium-238 isotope weren’t unusual. These days, lithium-battery-powered gadgets are the norm.