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Chilean medical malpractice litigation

Overview

A Santiago civil court has issued a landmark ruling in Chile’s first civil lawsuit against a doctor for denying a legal abortion. The court ordered Dr. Eduardo Carstens to pay an indemnity of 100,275,000 pesos for failing to adhere to medical standards and obstructing a legal procedure.

The plaintiff, Catalina Pizarro, sought a voluntary interruption of pregnancy in 2018 at Clínica Tabancura due to fetal inviability caused by severe complications. The court found that the physician breached the medical services contract and provided “erroneous and distorted” information, which led to an illegal obstruction of the patient’s rights. As a result of the obstruction, the pregnancy continued until the 20th week, leading to fetal death and an emergency medical procedure for the patient.

Entities

Corte de Apelaciones de Santiago · Juan Francisco Moreno · Eduardo Carstens · Catalina Pizarro · Clínica Tabancura

Timeline

  1. 2 days ago

    [INTERNATIONAL] 4 sources
    Chilean court orders doctor to pay $100 million for denying legal abortion

    A Chilean court ordered a doctor to pay over 100 million pesos for obstructing a legal abortion procedure involving fetal inviability, marking a significant judicial precedent.

  2. 16 days ago

    [CRIME] 3 sources
    Clínica Las Condes ordered to pay 100 million pesos for unauthorized surgery

    A Chilean court ordered Clínica Las Condes to pay 100 million pesos after doctors performed a bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy without the patient's informed consent.

Sources

centraldenoticiasmadariaga.com · colegiodematronas.cl · diaridetarragona.com · eldiario.es · elperiscopio.cl · extranoticias.cl · reportediario.cl