Case 660/2009
Country: SpainYear: 2009
Court: Supreme Court of Justice of Castilla-Leon
Citation: STSJCL 660/2009. Almudena v. Health Managing Area of the Primary Health Care of Burgos
Health Topics: Health care and health services, Health systems and financing
Human Rights: Right to health, Right to social security
This case concerned social security reimbursement for private health care in Spain. The plaintiff suffered from an eating disorder, a personality disorder, and alcoholism. She sought treatment through Spain’s public health service for years. She was eventually discharged and referred to a public hospital, where she spent a year. She then sought reimbursement for the …Read more
Veena Bhatia v. Department of Telecommunication, et al.
Country: IndiaYear: 2009
Court: Central Administrative Tribunal - Delhi
Citation: T.A. No.606/2009
Health Topics: Health care and health services, Health systems and financing, Sexual and reproductive health
Veena Bhatia was an employee of the respondents. In her 35th week of pregnancy, she delivered her child prematurely. The doctor performed an emergency lower segment caesarian section (LSCS) because of fetal distress and antepartum hemorrhage. A normal delivery was not an option because the baby would have died and the mother would have hemorrhaged …Read more
Zarrillo, Osvaldo Pablo v. Instituto Nacional de Servicios Sociales para Jubilados y Pensionados et al.
Country: ArgentinaYear: 2005
Court: Supreme Court of Justice [Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nación Argentina]
Citation: Z. 215. XXXIX.
Health Topics: Chronic and noncommunicable diseases, Health care and health services, Health information, Health systems and financing, Hospitals, Informed consent
Human Rights: Freedom of religion, Right of access to information, Right to bodily integrity, Right to health, Right to life, Right to privacy, Right to social security
The plaintiff filed a suit against the National Institute of Social Services for Retiree [Instituto Nacional de Servicios Sociales para Jubilados y Pensionados] and Prestaciones Médico Asistenciales S.A. [PAMI] for the reimbursement of the surgical procedure the plaintiff had to go through in a Hospital that wasn’t designated by the health insurance company. This occurred because …Read more
Nowinski, Elsa Alicia s/inconstitucionalidad artículo 16 de la ley 6982
Country: ArgentinaYear: 1999
Court: Supreme Court of Justice [Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nación Argentina]
Citation: N. 36. XXXII.
Health Topics: Health care and health services, Health systems and financing
Human Rights: Freedom of association, Right to health, Right to property, Right to social security
The plaintiff filed a claim arguing the constitutionality of article 16 of the law no.6982, which required retirees and pensioners who previously received health services from the Institute of Social Welfare to change their affiliation to the Institute of Medical Assistance IOMA (a health provider). The plaintiff claimed that this law violated articles 14, 17, 28, 33, …Read more
The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children Ireland Ltd. v. Grogan
Country: IrelandYear: 1991
Court: European Court of Justice
Citation: [1991] ECR 1-4733
Health Topics: Health care and health services, Health information, Hospitals, Sexual and reproductive health
Human Rights: Freedom of expression, Right of access to information
The plaintiff, the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children, an Irish company whose purpose was to prevent the decriminalization of abortion, brought a suit against the defendants, including Stephen Grogan and fourteen other officers of Irish student organizations, for their distribution of “specific information relating to the identity and location of clinics” in other …Read more