INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – IMPD hit-and-run detectives are investigating after a 32-year-old woman was struck in a hit-and-run earlier in October. Just before 11:45 p.m. on Oct. 6, officers were di… ...

Bed rails that can injure and kill the elderly still on the market 00:52. Nearly 500,000 bed rails sold nationwide are being recalled following two separate reports of deaths by asphyxiation for ...

The bed rails were sold from October 2007 through December 2021 for between $30 and $80. About 68,000 units were sold in Canada, and about 119 were sold in Mexico, as well.

More recent examples of incidents involving bed rails can be found by searching the FDA’s site. Although details are inconclusive, one 2016 case reported to the FDA described a patient who died ...

Compass is offering a free repair kit for the Bed Support Rail involved in the deaths and a refund for the Easy Up bed rail. Contact Compass at 888-571-2710, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 pm.

NEW YORK — Medical supply company Medline Industries is recalling some 1.5 million portable adult bed rails across the U.S. and Canada, following two reports of entrapment deaths associated with ...

After 81-year-old Clara Marshall badly bruised herself in a tumble from her bed at a care facility in Vancouver, Wash., the staff urged her husband to buy a metal safety rail to protect her from ...

In both incidents, the bed rails were not securely attached and the users became entrapped between the rails and their mattresses, U.S. regulators said.

More recent examples of incidents involving bed rails can be found by searching the FDA's site. Although details are inconclusive, one 2016 case reported to the FDA described a patient who died ...