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312 judgments found.
Country:
Uganda Year: 2018
Court: The High Court of Uganda at Kampala
Citation: Civil Suit No. 094 of 2015
Health Topics:
Disabilities,
Health care and health services,
Hospitals,
Mental health Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment,
Right to a clean environment,
Right to health,
Right to liberty and security of person,
Right to privacy,
Right to water and sanitation
Facts: The plaintiff stated that the Butabika Hospital is the only public psychiatric hospital under the Ministry of Health in Uganda. Further it is the only mental referral hospital and cases referred to it by other health facilities are of acute conditions, which require a specialized and skilled management. A part of the procedure in the …Read more
Tags: Bipolar,
Cleanliness,
Compulsory confinement,
Cruel treatment,
Degrading treatment,
Depression,
Humiliating treatment,
Involuntary confinement,
Isolation,
Mandatory confinement,
Mental disability,
Mental disorder,
Mental illness,
Mental institution,
Paranoia,
Psychiatry,
Psychology,
Psychosis,
Trauma
Country:
Lithuania Year: 2018
Court: The European Court of Human Rights
Citation: Application No. 66490/09
Health Topics:
Health care and health services,
Health information,
Hospitals,
Mental health,
Sexual and reproductive health Human Rights: Freedom of religion,
Right to privacy
Facts: The applicant suffered from an acute paranoid reaction disorder. She was taken to the Kaunas Psychiatric Hospital by her parents and at their request in 1992; she continued her treatment at another psychiatric hospital. The applicant had joined a religious sect before her first treatment, and her parents stated that she had become disoriented after …Read more
Tags: Clinics,
Compulsory commitment,
Compulsory testing,
Depression,
Disclosure,
Examination,
Forced treatment,
Health facilities,
Health records,
Informed choice,
Involuntary commitment,
Involuntary treatment,
Mandatory commitment,
Mandatory treatment,
Medical records,
Mental illness,
Mental institution,
Non-disclosure,
Paranoia,
Patient choice,
Private hospitals,
Psychiatry,
Psychology,
Public hospitals,
Secrecy,
Trauma,
Unauthorized treatment
Country:
Romania Year: 2018
Court: The European Court of Human Rights
Citation: Application No. 70035/10
Health Topics:
Health care and health services,
Hospitals,
Sexual and reproductive health Human Rights: Right to family life,
Right to privacy
Facts: The applicants are husband and wife and wanted to try assisted reproduction at a private clinic. The applicant’s embryos were obtained and freezed for future use by the applicant. A criminal investigation led to the closure of the said clinic. During that process, all genetic material including the applicant’s embryos were transferred to a forensic …Read more
Tags: Assisted reproductive technology,
Clinics,
Examination,
Health care professionals,
Health care techn,
Health care workers,
Health facilities,
In vitro fertilization,
Infertility,
Pregnancy,
Private hospitals,
Public hospitals
Country:
South Africa Year: 2017
Court: Constitutional Court of South Africa
Citation: 2017 (12) BCLR 1528 (CC)
Health Topics:
Child and adolescent health,
Chronic and noncommunicable diseases,
Health care and health services,
Hospitals Human Rights: Right to bodily integrity,
Right to health,
Right to life
Facts: The respondent – DZ in this case gave birth to WZ. Due to prolonged labour, DZ suffered from asphyxation, which led to cerebral palsy. WZ brought an action for damages on behald of DZ on the account of negligence of the hopsital staff. The Medical of the Executive Council (MEC) for health admitted negligence on …Read more
Tags: Access to health care,
Access to treatment,
Childbirth,
Children,
Damages,
Duty of care,
Health facilities,
Inadequate treatment,
Infant,
Infant health,
Maternal health,
Minor,
Negligence,
Neurological diseases,
Pediatric health,
Pregnancy,
Public hospitals,
Remedies,
Standard of care
Country:
Uganda Year: 2017
Court: The High Court of Uganda at Kampala
Citation: Civil Suit No. 212 of 2013
Health Topics:
Child and adolescent health,
Health care and health services,
Health information,
Hospitals,
Sexual and reproductive health Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment,
Right of access to information,
Right to bodily integrity,
Right to family life,
Right to health
Facts: The 2nd and 3rd plaintiffs are husband and the wife. The 2nd plaintiff delivered two babies in the defendant hospital’s general ward but was discharged with only one baby. The defendants state that one of the babies was stillborn. The 2nd and the 3rd plaintiffs filed a police report for the loss their baby and …Read more
Tags: Awareness,
Caesarean,
Child mortality,
Childbirth,
Children,
Clinics,
Disclosure,
Emergency care,
Freedom of information,
Health care technology,
Health data,
Health facilities,
Infant health,
Infant mortality,
Maternal health,
Medical records,
Minor,
Non-disclosure,
Pediatric health,
Pregnancy,
Private hospitals,
Public hospitals
Country:
Year: 2017
Court: The High Court of South Africa, North West Division
Citation: Case Number 303/16
Health Topics:
Child and adolescent health,
Chronic and noncommunicable diseases,
Health care and health services,
Hospitals,
Medical malpractice Human Rights: Right to health
Facts: JR in her capacity as the natural guardian of O claimed damages for medical negligence. O was admitted to the hospital as he was suffering from Diarrohea. A drip was inserted on his forehead. The plaintiff noticed some black spots near O’s ear and scalp (gangrenous tissue). The plaintiff alleged that the failure to monitor …Read more
Tags: Access to health care,
Child development,
Compensation,
Damages,
Duty of care,
Health facilities,
Inadequate treatment,
Inappropriate treatment,
Minor,
Negligence,
Neurological diseases,
Public hospitals,
Standard of care
Country:
Canada Year: 2017
Court: Nova Scotia Court of Appeal
Citation: 2015 NSCA 41
Health Topics:
Health care and health services,
Hospitals Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination,
Right to bodily integrity
Facts: The appellant, Patient X,filed a complaint against a physician, Dr. Y, with the College of Physicians and Surgeons. She alleged that he inappropriately touched her breast and made racially inappropriate comments about her “black” lung capacity as compared to “white” lungs. The Investigation Committee dismissed the appellant’s complaint. The Committee’s written decision stated that there …Read more
Tags: Compensation,
Damages,
Depression,
Duty of care,
Examination,
Health care professionals,
Inappropriate treatment,
Remedies,
Standard of care,
Trauma
Country:
Portugal Year: 2017
Court: The European Court of Human Rights
Citation: [2017] ECHR 78103/14
Health Topics:
Controlled substances,
Health care and health services,
Hospitals,
Mental health Human Rights: Right to life
Facts: The applicant’s son, A.J., had a history of mental health disorders, and alcohol and substance addiction, and since 1984 had spent several periods in psychiatric hospitals. During the period in September 1999 in which A.J. was hospitalised, the doctor treating A.J. did not permit him to leave the hospital whilst he was being treated. However, …Read more
Tags: Alcohol,
Clinics,
Drug use,
Health facilities,
Mental disorder,
Mental illness,
Psychiatry,
Substance abuse,
Suicide,
Trauma
Country:
Romania Year: 2017
Court: The European Court of Human Rights
Citation: Application no. 81270/12
Health Topics:
Child and adolescent health,
Chronic and noncommunicable diseases,
Health care and health services,
Health information,
Hospitals,
Informed consent,
Medical malpractice Human Rights: Right to due process/fair trial,
Right to life
Facts: The applicants’ minor son underwent surgery for the removal of a polyp in a public emergency hospital. The child was transferred to the ICU unit under a staff nurse who had assisted in the surgery. Due to a hemorrhage and a number of failed attempts to resuscitate, the child died. There were contrary reports of …Read more
Tags: Access to health care,
Access to treatment,
Child mortality,
Children,
Clinics,
Compensation,
Damages,
Diagnostics,
Duty of care,
Emergency care,
Examination,
Health data,
Health facilities,
Health records,
Inadequate treatment,
Inappropriate treatment,
Infant health,
Infant mortality,
Medical records,
Minor,
Negligence,
Non-consensual testing and treatment,
Non-pecuniary damage,
Patient choice,
Pediatric health,
Primary care,
Public hospitals,
Remedies,
Standard of care,
Testing,
Tort,
Unauthorized treatment
Country:
Turkey Year: 2017
Court: The European Court of Human Rights
Citation: Application no. 50772/11
Health Topics:
Child and adolescent health,
Chronic and noncommunicable diseases,
Disabilities,
Health care and health services,
Hospitals,
Informed consent,
Medical malpractice Human Rights: Right to due process/fair trial,
Right to family life,
Right to life
Facts: The applicants’ daughter suffered from cardiac problems when she was 1 year old and received treatment for it in children’s hospital. The first applicant (father) signed a consent form for a surgery of her daughter. The consent form entailed the risks. A further operation was conducted after obtaining a similar form from the father. After …Read more
Tags: Access to health care,
Access to treatment,
Children,
Compensation,
Damages,
Duty of care,
Emergency care,
Examination,
Health care professionals,
Health care workers,
Health facilities,
Heart disease,
Infant health,
Minor,
Negligence,
Neurological diseases,
Non-pecuniary damage,
Pediatric health,
Public hospitals,
Remedies,
Standard of care
Country:
Portugal Year: 2017
Court: The European Court of Human Rights
Citation: Application no. 56080/13
Health Topics:
Chronic and noncommunicable diseases,
Health care and health services,
Health information,
Hospitals,
Infectious diseases,
Medical malpractice Human Rights: Right to bodily integrity,
Right to health,
Right to life
Facts: The applicant’s husband underwent a surgery to remove nasal polyps. He suffered from severe headaches and went back to the emergency department. The duty doctor prescribed him some tranquilizer stating it was some psychological problem. As the headaches did not subside, a medical team examined him the next day and found that he was suffering …Read more
Tags: Access to health care,
Access to treatment,
Clinics,
Compensation,
Counseling,
Damages,
Diagnostics,
Disclosure,
Duty of care,
Emergency care,
Examination,
Health facilities,
Health records,
Inadequate treatment,
Inappropriate treatment,
Medical records,
Misdiagnosis,
Negligence,
Non-pecuniary damage,
Private hospitals,
Public hospitals,
Remedies,
Standard of care,
Testing
Country:
United States Year: 2016
Court: The Supreme Court of the United States
Citation: 579 U.S. ___ (2016)
Health Topics:
Health care and health services,
Hospitals,
Sexual and reproductive health Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination,
Right to bodily integrity,
Right to health
Facts: In 2013, the Texas Legislature passed House Bill 2 (H.B. 2), which contained several provisions, which restricted access to abortion. One such requirement was that a doctor must have admitted privileges at a hospital within 30 miles and further every health facility offering abortion services must become mini hospitals as ambulatory surgical centers. A group …Read more
Tags: Abortion,
Abortion counseling,
Abortion technique,
Access to health care,
Access to treatment,
Clinics,
Health care technology,
Health facilities,
Private hospitals,
Public hospitals
Country:
South Africa Year: 2016
Court: High Court of South Africa, Free State Division, Bloemfontein
Citation: Case No. 131/2013
Health Topics:
Health care and health services,
Hospitals,
Informed consent,
Medical malpractice,
Sexual and reproductive health Human Rights: Right to bodily integrity
Facts: The appellant suffered an incomplete miscarriage and was admitted into the Manapo Hospital on the same day. A uterine evacuation was conducted. She alleges that she was discharged despite constant pain and swelling in her abdomen. She was given antibiotics and was instructed to come back for a check-up if she does not feel better. …Read more
Tags: Access to treatment,
Clinics,
Duty of care,
Health facilities,
Negligence,
Patient choice,
Public hospitals,
Remedies,
Standard of care
Country:
United States Year: 2016
Court: The Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma
Citation: 2016 OK 99
Health Topics:
Health care and health services,
Health information,
Hospitals,
Sexual and reproductive health Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination,
Right to bodily integrity,
Right to privacy
Facts: The plaintiffs challenges several sections under the Oklahoma Code stating that it imposed unreasonable restrictions on abortion providers and therefore was in violation of the Oklahoma constitution. Amongst the measure the plaintiffs challenged, one of the sections allowed warrantless searches of abortion clinics. Other sections imposed strict requirements such as preserving tissue in case the …Read more
Tags: Abortion,
Abortion counseling,
Abortion technique,
Access to health care,
Childbirth,
Clinics,
Health care technology,
Health facilities,
Maternal health,
Pregnancy,
Private hospitals,
Public hospitals
Country:
South Africa Year: 2016
Court: The Constitutional Court of South Africa
Citation: [2016] ZACC 10
Health Topics:
Health care and health services,
Hospitals,
Informed consent,
Medical malpractice Human Rights: Right to bodily integrity
Facts: The applicant worked as a cleaner and dislocated his left thumb. He went to Kimberlery Hospital for medical treatment and he was sent home after a plaster of paris case was put on his left hand and forearm and was asked to come after 10 days. He returned to the hospital before the stipulated time …Read more
Tags: Clinics,
Compensation,
Damages,
Duty of care,
Health facilities,
Inadequate treatment,
Negligence,
Patient choice,
Public hospitals,
Remedies,
Standard of care
Country:
India Year: 2016
Court: The Supreme Court of India
Citation: (2016) 10 SCC 726
Health Topics:
Health care and health services,
Hospitals,
Informed consent,
Medical malpractice,
Sexual and reproductive health,
Water, sanitation and hygiene Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment,
Right to bodily integrity,
Right to health
Facts: The petitioner in the present case claimed that a sterilization camp managed by an NGO in Bihar was conducting sterilization without following any proper protocol. More than 50 women had undergone sterilization at the camp without being provided any kind of counseling and information about the procedure. The procedure of the sterilization was highly unsanitary; …Read more
Tags: Access to treatment,
Clinics,
Compulsory sterilization,
Counseling,
Family planning,
Forced sterilization,
Health facilities,
Informed choice,
Mandatory treatment,
Maternal health,
Negligence,
Patient choice,
Pregnancy,
Sterilization,
Unauthorized treatment
Country:
South Africa Year: 2016
Court: The High Court of South Africa, Kwazulu- Natal Division
Citation: Case No. 14275/2014
Health Topics:
Child and adolescent health,
Chronic and noncommunicable diseases,
Health care and health services,
Hospitals,
Medical malpractice,
Sexual and reproductive health Human Rights: Right to health,
Right to life
Facts: The plaintiff instituted an action for medical negligence on behalf of her daughter. She stated that due to the negligence of the hospital staff, her daughter suffers from spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy, poor cognitive ability, feeding difficulty etc. The plaintiff was admitted and assessed by a midwife who authorised her admission to a ward for …Read more
Tags: Child development,
Childbirth,
Duty of care,
Health facilities,
Inadequate treatment,
Minor,
Negligence,
Neurological diseases,
Public hospitals,
Remedies,
Standard of care
Country:
Kenya Year: 2016
Court: High Court of Kenya, Constitutional and Human Rights Division
Citation: Petition No. 329 of 2014 [2016] eKLR
Health Topics:
Health care and health services,
Hospitals,
Infectious diseases,
Prisons,
Public safety Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination,
Freedom of movement and residence,
Right to liberty and security of person
Facts: The Public Health Officer in the Nandi Central District arrested the petitioners- Daniel Ng’etich and Patrick Kipng’etich Kirui stating that they had failed to take the prescribed TB Medications. Under Section 27 of the Public Health Act, a magistrate could order the isolation and detention of a person who has been exposed to an infection. …Read more
Tags: Access to health care,
Access to treatment,
Clinics,
Custody,
Detainee,
Detention,
Health facilities,
Imprisonment,
Prison conditions,
Private hospitals,
Public hospitals,
Safety regulation,
TB,
Tuberculosis
Country:
Brazil Year: 2016
Court: Supreme Federal Court of Brazil
Health Topics:
Child and adolescent health,
Health care and health services,
Hospitals,
Prisons,
Sexual and reproductive health Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination,
Right to bodily integrity
Facts: The writ of Habeas Corpus was brought for the release of the defendants who were arrested for providing illegal abortion services through their clinic with the consent of the women. The Criminal District Court released the defendants but allowed the appeal of the Public Prosecutor for a pre-trial detention. The decision was based on the …Read more
Tags: Abortion,
Access to health care,
Access to treatment,
Birth control,
Childbirth,
Clinics,
Contraception,
Contraceptives,
Custody,
Detainee,
Detention,
Family planning,
Health facilities,
Late-term abortion,
Maternal health,
Pregnancy,
Private hospitals,
Termination of pregnancy,
Therapeutic abortion
Country:
Bulgaria Year: 2016
Court: The European Court of Human Rights
Citation: Application No. 23796/10
Health Topics:
Chronic and noncommunicable diseases,
Health care and health services,
Health information,
Hospitals,
Informed consent,
Medical malpractice Human Rights: Right to due process/fair trial,
Right to family life,
Right to health
Facts: The applicant suffered from cancer and underwent mastectomy of her left breast. After two years, she experienced pain in the left side of her chest. After undergoing two bone scintigraphies, a pathological uptake of radioactive tracer was found in her sixth rib. A computerized tomography showed metastasis in the eighth and the ninth rib contrary …Read more
Tags: Access to health care,
Access to treatment,
Cancer,
Diagnostics,
Examination,
Health care technology,
Testing
Country:
Congo, DRC Year: 2016
Court: United Nations Human Rights Committee
Citation: Communication No. 2465/2014; UN Doc. CCPR/C/118/D/2465/2014
Health Topics:
Health care and health services,
Hospitals,
Prisons,
Violence Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment,
Freedom of association,
Right of access to information,
Right to bodily integrity,
Right to due process/fair trial,
Right to liberty and security of person,
Right to participation
Facts: Eugène Diomi Ndongala Nzo Mambu was a national of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and president of the opposition political party in the State, challenging the legitimacy of an election. He alleged that he was abducted in 2012 and held incommunicado for three months and 13 days while being interrogated about his ties with …Read more
Tags: Abuse,
Access to health care,
Access to medicines,
Access to treatment,
Cruel treatment,
Custody,
Degrading treatment,
Detainee,
Detention,
Humiliating treatment,
Imprisonment,
Incarceration,
Inhuman treatment,
Inmate,
Jail,
Prison conditions
Country:
South Africa Year: 2015
Court: The High Court Of South Africa, Gauteng North Division, Pretoria
Citation: [2015] ZAGPPHC 645
Health Topics:
Child and adolescent health,
Health care and health services,
Hospitals,
Medical malpractice,
Medicines,
Mental health,
Sexual and reproductive health Human Rights: Right to bodily integrity,
Right to health
Facts: The plaintiff filed a suit against the Member of the Executive Council for negligence on part of the George Mukhari Hospital during and after her caesarean (C-sec) operation and also the manner in which they treated her infant daughter. The said public hospital is under the administration of the Gauteng Provincial Department. The plaintiff was …Read more
Tags: Access to health care,
Access to treatment,
Caesarean,
Childbirth,
Children,
Duty of care,
Health facilities,
Inadequate treatment,
Infant,
Infant health,
Maternal health,
Minor,
Negligence,
Pediatric health,
Pregnancy,
Psychology,
Public hospitals,
Remedies,
Standard of care,
Trauma
Country:
South Africa Year: 2015
Court: The High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Divison, Pretoria
Citation: Case no. 43421A/2013
Health Topics:
Chronic and noncommunicable diseases,
Health care and health services,
Hospitals,
Informed consent,
Medical malpractice,
Sexual and reproductive health Human Rights: Right to bodily integrity,
Right to health,
Right to life
Facts: The plaintiff in this case alleged negligence in her legal capacity of a guardian of her child (B) who suffers from cerebral palsy. She alleged that it was the hospital’s negligence during labour and childbirth, which cause a permanent brain damage in her daughter. In her plaint, she stated that the hospital did not keep …Read more
Tags: Access to treatment,
Caesarian,
Clinics,
Duty of care,
Health facilities,
Negligence,
Neurological diseases,
Patient choice,
Remedies,
Standard of care
Country:
Uganda Year: 2015
Court: High Court of Uganda at Kampala
Citation: Civil Suit No. 111 of 2012
Health Topics:
Child and adolescent health,
Health care and health services,
Hospitals,
Medical malpractice,
Sexual and reproductive health Human Rights: Right to health,
Right to life
Facts: The plaintiffs contended that a woman named Nanteza Irene was brought to the Nakaseke Hospital to deliver a child. She had an obstructed labour and did not receive appropriate medical care due to unavailability of the duty doctor (DW4). The plaintiffs sought damages on account of negligent conduct of the hospital in respect of a …Read more
Tags: Access to health care,
Access to treatment,
Childbirth,
Children,
Clinics,
Compensation,
Damages,
Duty of care,
Emergency care,
Examination,
Health care technology,
Health facilities,
Inadequate treatment,
Maternal health,
Maternal mortality,
Minor,
Negligence,
Non-pecuniary damage,
Pediatric health,
Pregnancy,
Public hospitals,
Remedies,
Standard of care,
Tort
Country:
South Africa Year: 2015
Court: The Constitutional Court of South Africa
Citation: [2015] ZACC 33
Health Topics:
Chronic and noncommunicable diseases,
Health care and health services,
Hospitals,
Medical malpractice Human Rights: Right to bodily integrity,
Right to health
Facts: The Appellant is a 17 year old, who suffered spinal injuries during a rugby match, which left him paralysed below his neck and in a quadriplegic state. Thereafter, he received treatment at three hospitals under the responsbiliy of the respondent. At the first hospital, he arrived at around 3 pm and was attended to by …Read more
Tags: Access to health care,
Access to treatment,
Compensation,
Damages,
Duty of care,
Emergency care,
Health facilities,
Inadequate treatment,
Negligence,
Neurological diseases,
Public hospitals,
Remedies,
Secondary care,
Standard of care
Country:
United Kingdom Year: 2015
Court: Court of Protection
Citation: [2015] EWCOP 80
Health Topics:
Hospitals,
Informed consent,
Mental health Human Rights: Right to bodily integrity
Facts: The Kings College Hospital challenged respondent C’s ability to decide to end life-saving treatment, effectively choosing to die, by alleging that she lacked mental capacity. C had attempted to commit suicide by ingesting 60 paracetamol tablets with champagne. She made this decision shortly after undergoing treatment for breast cancer and ending of a long term …Read more
Tags: Compulsory treatment,
Degrading treatment,
Forced treatment,
Health care professionals,
Incapacity,
Informed choice,
Involuntary treatment,
Mandatory treatment,
Mental competence,
Mental disorder,
Mental illness,
Non-consensual testing and treatment,
Patient choice,
Psychiatry,
Psychology,
Public hospitals,
Suicide,
Unauthorized treatment
Country:
South Africa Year: 2015
Court: The High Court of South Africa (Eastern Cape Local Division: Mthatha)
Citation: Case No. 2571/13
Health Topics:
Child and adolescent health,
Health care and health services,
Hospitals,
Medical malpractice,
Sexual and reproductive health Human Rights: Right to health,
Right to life
Facts: The plaintiff filed a suit in her personal capacity and as a guardian of her minor child, Z alleging medical negligence. She alleged that the hospital failed to determine the need for a Caesarean Section and due to prolonged labour and foetal distress, Z suffered from cerebral damage at birth. The Defendant pleaded that under …Read more
Tags: Access to treatment,
Caeserean,
Childbirth,
Clinics,
Duty of care,
Infant health,
Minor,
Negligence,
Neurological diseases,
Patient choice,
Remedies,
Right to bodily integrity,
Right to Health,
Right to life TAGS: Health facilities,
Standard of care
Country:
Kenya Year: 2015
Court: High Court at Nairobi
Citation: Petition No. 562 of 2012
Health Topics:
Health care and health services,
Health systems and financing,
Hospitals,
Poverty,
Sexual and reproductive health Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination,
Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment,
Freedom of movement and residence,
Right to family life,
Right to health,
Right to liberty and security of person
Facts: The petitioners were two women who gave birth and were detained by Pumwani Hospital when they could not pay maternity fees in full upon discharge. The first petitioner was referred to the hospital with a potential breech birth and was detained for 24 days after discharge when she was unable to pay her hospital bill. …Read more
Tags: Access to health care,
Budget,
Caesarean,
Childbirth,
Cruel treatment,
Degrading treatment,
Health care professionals,
Health care workers,
Health expenditures,
Health funding,
Health spending,
Humiliating treatment,
Indigent,
Inhuman treatment,
Low income,
Maternal health,
Out-of-pocket expenditures,
Poor,
Pregnancy,
Public hospitals,
Subsidies,
Underprivileged
Country:
Kenya Year: 2015
Court: High Court at Nairobi
Citation: Petition No. 218 of 2013
Health Topics:
Aging,
Chronic and noncommunicable diseases,
Health care and health services,
Health systems and financing,
Hospitals,
Poverty Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination,
Right to health,
Right to life
Facts: The Petitioners suffered from renal failure and required frequent renal dialysis treatments. Kenyatta National Hospital did not have an adequate number of machines to serve Petitioners’ needs, and would often choose to treat in-patients before Petitioners. Furthermore, the National Hospital Insurance Fund would not reimburse Petitioners for treatments sought at private hospitals. Petitioners brought suit …Read more
Tags: Access to health care,
Access to treatment,
Budget,
Health expenditures,
Health funding,
Health insurance,
Health spending,
Kidney disease,
Long-term care,
Low income,
Noncommunicable diseases,
Out-of-pocket expenditures,
Poor,
Private hospitals,
Public hospitals,
Reimbursement,
Subsidies