Philips workers will pay the cost of a mistake in the production of a sleeping respirator with layoffs.
The manufacturing defect cost the Dutch company a lawsuit and 1,300 million euros in damages, with serious consequences for the balance of the third quarter.
To respond to the losses, the company will lay off 4,000 workers, with compensation costs estimated at 300 million euros, AFP advances.
Since June 2021, Philips has been forced to recall and recall 5.5 million ventilators for people with sleep apnea in the United States, as they put users at risk of inhaling toxic foam.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) attributes the use of these defective devices to “a wide range of injuries, including cancer, pneumonia, asthma and other respiratory problems, infection, headache, cough, shortness of breath, dizziness and chest pain.
Philips employs more than 80,000 people in more than 100 countries.
Source: TSF
