Former PVH nurse sues GE

DENVER – A former Poudre Valley Hospital nurse has filed suit against General Electric Co. and its health-care subsidiaries alleging that a medical-imaging product made by GE caused an illness that has left her unable to work.

Greta Carolus, a Loveland resident, was being evaluated for a kidney transplant at PVH in 2005 when she underwent a magnetic resonance imaging scan. Prior to the MRI scan, Carolus was injected with a GE-manufactured drug called Omniscan that marks blood vessels so they can be distinguished from other tissue.

The lawsuit says that within days of the scan, Carolus developed symptoms of nephrogenic systemic…