The late diagnosis of his illness led to his death

800 thousand dirhams in compensation to the heirs of a victim of a medical error

The Abu Dhabi Court for Family and Civil and Administrative Claims has ordered a hospital and a doctor to pay the widow and her children an amount of 800,000 dirhams, including legal blood money and compensation for compensation for damages resulting from a medical error that caused the death of their inheritor, especially since he is their only breadwinner with all the necessities of life.

In the details, the widow “in her personal capacity, as a guardian for her minor children, and as a representative for the rest of the plaintiffs”, filed a lawsuit against a hospital and a consultant doctor, in which she demanded that the defendants be obligated to work together, to pay 1.5 million dirhams to the plaintiffs, to be distributed among them according to The legal shares, as compensation for the material damage they suffered as a result of the mistake committed by the second defendant, which claimed the life of their bequeather, and obligating them to be jointly and severally amongst them to pay the plaintiffs, each one separately, an amount of 100,000 dirhams as moral compensation, in total. An amount of 600,000 dirhams is distributed equally among them, in addition to obligating them to pay the legal blood money in the amount of 200,000 dirhams, in addition to the legally prescribed interest at 12% from the date of filing the lawsuit until full payment, and charging the defendants with fees and expenses and in exchange for attorneys' fees.

The plaintiff indicated that her husband was admitted to the hospital (the first defendant) in the emergency department, suffering from urinary retention, after installing a urinary catheter the day before, and he was put to sleep for a cystoscopy and lithotripsy, mediated by the doctor (the second defendant), and samples were taken from the tumor that Analysis of his tissues showed the presence of papillary cancer of the bladder, after which the patient was referred to the oncology clinic, and a nuclear scan was done to determine the extent of the cancer’s spread. The CT scan showed a tumor with a diameter of 14 cm, penetrating the bladder, rectum and prostate, and the patient was referred for palliative chemotherapy, and after the patient’s suffering and pain that He died, due to a medical error, as the treatment that was provided was not in accordance with the generally accepted medical standards, due to the second defendant’s failure to recognize the tumor during the laparoscopy procedure, which caused the plaintiffs’ gene to not receive the appropriate treatment for his condition, and the opportunity for diagnosis was missed. The correct form of the tumor, and its treatment was delayed by seven months, which led to the spread of the diseaseCancer in the patient's body and the deterioration of his condition.

The report of the Medical Responsibility Committee showed that the medical care provided to the patient (the plaintiff's inheritance), was not in accordance with the generally accepted medical standards. The patient's left bladder was atreted, which led to the spread of cancer in the patient's body and the deterioration of his condition.

In its ruling, the court clarified that it was established through the report of the Medical Liability Committee that the plaintiffs’ gene, aged 61, when he was diagnosed by ultrasound with a calcified tumor in the bladder, a CT scan was performed that showed the presence of two cysts connected to the bladder, noting The doctor (the second defendant) did not describe the case accurately, although the CT scan showed a tumor in the left bladder atresia, and the patient did not receive the appropriate treatment for his condition, which led to missing early treatment, and this delay in diagnosis and treatment caused the spread of cancer the patient's body, and his condition deteriorated.

The court ruled to oblige the second defendant to pay the plaintiff and her children the legal blood money in the amount of 200,000 dirhams, distributed among them according to the legal shares, and to oblige the defendants as a solidarity to pay the plaintiffs material compensation to the plaintiff and the minors in the amount of 300,000 dirhams distributed equally among them, and moral compensation to the plaintiffs in the amount of 300,000 Dirhams will also be distributed among them equally, and by obligating them to pay the delayed interest at the rate of 4% annually on the amount ruled from the date this court becomes final until full payment, not exceeding the original amount judged, with obligating the defendants to pay fees and expenses and in return for attorney’s fees, and refused except That is a request.

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