Point out to her that it’s like raising kids: if you don’t point out big screwups and administer discipline (justice), they’ll just keep doing it again, hurting others in the process.
Trust me, doctors (especially surgeons) pay pretty impressive premiums on their malpractice insurance. Heck, for once, they’re actually getting a return on investment, justifying all those premiums they paid. Any settlement will NOT come out of their pockets, and who knows, they might learn and do better in the future.
And in the meantime, she should bleed the device maker and distributor white. They knew there were problems, it had already been banned in Europe, and they kept selling to US women as long as they could get away with it. That not a case of human error - this is ruthless corporate greed, and they deserve everything they get.