The director of the National Health Service (SNS), Dr. Mario Lama is concerned for the future impact of the recent sentence handed down by the Third Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) that orders the Ney Arias Lora Hospital to pay RD$10 million to a patient who sued the hospital for an infection caused the amputation of his right leg. The court ordered the compensation be paid by the Ministry of Hacienda.
Félix Julián Encarnación Féliz is a patient who in 2018 underwent an amputation of his right leg after being infected by a damaging bacteria during surgery at the Ney Arias Lora health center and sued the hospital, obtaining the sentence.
“The ruling undoubtedly creates a precedent, even a dangerous precedent. This was a case that occurred in 2016 and the amputation occurred in 2018. I do not know the case in detail, but there are always situations that increase the...
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