Getting sued for medical mistakes doesn't help the stress levels placed on the HCPs either. They just add more and more procedures, paperwork, double checking and hoops to jump through to try and avoid mistakes, making an environment so stressful that mistakes are actually more likely to happen. If someone does make a mistake, it's costly for the company if they admit it. So they are more likely to cover it up for fear of losing their job or worse. Hence contaminated medicine being sent out.
I can imagine that a doctor who agrees that someone's implants are likely causing them to get sick and advise removal or advise against having them, will come under fire from those in the industry, who can threaten to sue as there is no concrete evidence that they cause illness. HCPs continually walk on eggshells.
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This is absolutely true. The levels of stress that HCPs have to deal with is terrible. I have read that doctors have the highest rate of suicide amongst professionals. It's a big problem. HCPs can't just try to do their jobs with their whole hearts. They constantly have to be checking their backs and do what they perceive is least dangerous for themselves, not what is best for their patients.