Care Companions, Dear Comrades, you
around an important ruling of the Court of Cassation
establishes and reaffirms the right to treatment beyond 'the'
budgetary policy "that we live today in healthcare organizations. The
a cost-containment in health spending,
can not prevail over the right to health of citizens
patients in hospitals and the resignation of the patient must be decided only on the basis of assessments
"medical" and not yet
the criteria set by the "guidelines" in use in health facilities. The
stresses the Supreme Court annulled the acquittal of a doctor
accusation of manslaughter of a patient discharged, following the criteria
guidelines, after nine days, from a cardiac intervention
. With this decision, the Fourth Criminal Chamber of the Supreme
- 8254 ruling - upheld the appeal of the Prosecutor
the Court of Appeal of Milan, and the patient's family
died from being discharged too quickly, against the acquittal of Robert
G., Medical Hospital of Busto Arsizio
where Romildo B. was hospitalized June 9, 2004
for myocardial infarction. Underwent angioplasty with stent
application of a "doctor," was discharged after nine days,
June 18, since they are "asymptomatic and
stabilized. "But that night, had a new Romildo B.
failure and despite his wife and son he had been transported to hospital immediately
, already arrived in cardiac arrest.
If the man had not been discharged, is satisfied the legal expertise,
would easily survive the rapids that would
care received in the department. After the acquittal on appeal "because the fact
not a crime" thesis has not been shared by the Supreme Court upheld the complaint
that the prosecution and family members.
Massimo Bigarelli
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