Ge healthcare (gehc) was notified of the initial complaint on (b)(6) 2013.At the time, the customer reported the system would not properly boot up.There was no reported patient injury.A gehc service representative performed a checkout of the equipment, and replaced the cpu.The part was subsequently discarded.In july 2015, gehc was notified via a legal complaint that the patient was inadequately oxygenated during a surgical procedure, causing permanent brain damage.Due to open litigation, customer response to all investigation questions were answered, "undetermined pending outcome of ongoing litigation".
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