Leastwise 50 women in Greece have had defective breast implants produced by defunct French manufacturer PIP that has alarming rates of rupture, reports a newspaper on Thursday.

"Very soon these women will be located and they will be informed by their surgeons of the need for a re-examination," health ministry general secretary Antonis Dimopoulos told the daily.
Around 300,000 women in 65 countries are believed to have received PIP implants, deemed a risk to health after the discovery that the company used an illegal industrial-grade gel that, according to French investigators, has led to abnormally high rates of ruptured implants.
More than 450 lawsuits have been filed in three countries, and French police have placed PIP and its founder Jean-Claude Mas, 72, under investigation.
Not all state authorities have found the scare credible.
France, Germany, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands have recommended that the devices be removed as a precaution but Britain has said it will not follow suit.
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In contrast, Australia says it found no evidence that the implants posed a risk.
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