Neurosurgeon to pay €170,000 for medical negligence
A neurosurgeon will be paying €170,000 in compensation to a patient for medical negligence, after the doctor’s appeal was thrown out by the Supreme Court last week, it was announced ...
Record payout for parents of brain-damaged child
Record compensation has been awarded by the Nicosia District Court in a case involving medical negligence during the delivery of a child 12 years ago, it was reported on Wednesday.
The ...
Three doctors ordered to increase negligence payments
The appeals court on Wednesday ordered three doctors to more than double their payments to a woman who was awarded €1.3 million plus interest and expenses in compensation for medical negligence.
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Police probe into ‘negligence’ death
Police are investigating whether the death of Panayiotis Anastasi, 40, from Sotira in Famagusta, was caused by medical negligence.
Anastasi was admitted to the ICU of the Famagusta general hospital in ...
Medical negligence report filed after girl dies in hospital
The family of an eight-year-old girl who died at Makarios hospital have moved to report a case of medical negligence.
Kessariani Piripitsi died on Saturday under conditions that are being ...
Police examining medical negligence case in Larnaca
Police are examining medical negligence in Larnaca related to the death of a 59-year-old woman last week, spokesman Christos Andreou said on Monday.
According to Andreou, the complaint was filed ...
Family claims possible medical negligence in man’s death
The family of a 66-year-old man who died on Monday night is pressing ahead with complaints of possible medical negligence, with pathologist Marios Matsakis pointing to serious procedural issues.
Matsakis ...
Exhumation of body of teen who died in hospital (Updated)
Police said on Thursday that they received warrants to exhume and conduct a further autopsy on the body of a 15-year-old, who was reported to have died from medical negligence ...
Our View: Doctors’ suspension raises question of who should probe medical negligence
The three-month suspension of two doctors at Makarios hospital, pending a police investigation into their involvement in a case of alleged medical negligence, appears not to have been thought through ...
Doctors investigated for negligence in girl’s death
Three doctors are being investigated for medical negligence in relation to the death of a 15-year-old girl last March at the Makarios hospital.
Media reported on Saturday that Health Minister ...
AG appeals suspension of doctor’s prison sentence
Attorney General George Savvides has filed an appeal against a Larnaca district court decision to suspend the prison sentence handed down to a doctor who was found guilty of causing ...
Medical negligence claim against clinic
A medical negligence case was reported to Limassol police by the family of a 55-year-old man who died on Tuesday morning while he was treated at a private clinic.
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Family of dead woman lodge formal negligence complaint
The family of a 43-year-old woman who collapsed and died at the A&E of Larnaca Hospital on Tuesday submitted a formal complaint with police, claiming her death was ...
April 6 trial for doctors accused of bungling cataract operations
The trial of the two doctors at a Nicosia hospital who were charged after one of their patients died and seven others suffered serious complications following a cataract surgery has ...
Pensioner who died in taxi suffered abdominal aneurysm (Updated)
The cause of death of a 77-year-old man who died in a taxi on the way to Paphos hospital after he was referred there by medics at Polis, was abdominal ...
Police investigate negligence after woman dies following surgery
Police confirmed on Monday they are investigating medical negligence related to the death of 31-year-old mother who died over the weekend following a surgery at a private hospital in Larnaca.
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