In an unprecedented action, the Third Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) decided that health centers are responsible for infections of patients acquired during their hospitalization. The Supreme Court of Justice confirms the judge ruling that had ordered the Ney Arias Lora Trauma Hospital to pay RD$10 million to a patient whose lost his leg after acquiring an infection at the medical center.
The Supreme Court rejected a motion filed by the trauma hospital against ruling No. 0030-1642-2023-SSEN-00268, issued by the Fourth Chamber of the Superior Administrative Court that ordered the compensation be paid to Félix Julián Encarnación Feliz. Encarnación Feliz had been transferred from a health center in Baní to the Dr. Ney Arias Lora Traumatological Hospital on 1 September 2016 for multiple traumas secondary to a traffic accident that day.
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