On the basis of information from A’s family, A’s primary physician requested that A be hospitalized as soon as possible at the Buskerud hospital. A’s primary physician was told by the physician at Buskerud hospital that in order for compulsory admission to occur A had to have been examined by an independent doctor within the …Read more

The applicant, a woman of Roma origin, was sterilized at the hospital during the delivery of her second child. Prior to the Cesarean section, the medical personnel allegedly asked the applicant whether she wanted any more children. When she expressed that she did, the medical personnel allegedly told the applicant that if she got pregnant …Read more

This case is an appeal from the High Court. An appeal from this case was dismissed by the Supreme Court in [2012] NZSC 68. A cross-appeal was filed by the respondent, the Right to Life New Zealand Inc (RTL), which asserted the lower court erred by finding the unborn child had no right to life and …Read more

Six applicants brought forth a plea challenging the constitutionality of Article 50 of a 2008 law concerning diverse healthcare matters. The applicants sought to annul the modified “reference amounts” system introduced by Article 50. Three of the applicants, the Groupement des Unions professionelles belges de Médecins specialistes, the Association Belge des Syndicats Médicaux, and the …Read more

The applicant challenged an order by the lower court holding that the Ministry of healthcare and social development of the Russian Federation and Ministry of healthcare of Moscow region had no obligation to conduct official inspections into potential violations of his mother’s rights as a patient in the Moscow public healthcare system. The applicant approached …Read more

The Petitioners suffered from tuberculosis. Pursuant to the Public Health Act, the Nandi Central District Tuberculosis Defaulter Tracing Coordinator ordered their detention in prison for eight months. The Petitioners claimed their detention violated their rights to administrative action that is expeditious, efficient, lawful, reasonable and procedurally fair, and to freedom of movement under articles 47(1) …Read more

This case is about the conditions of the applicant’s detention and the sufficiency of his medical care while he was detained in remand centre no. IZ-71/1 and correctional colony no. 7 in the Tula region of the Russian Federation. On 18 October 2006, the applicant, a Russian national, was arrested for drug trafficking. He was …Read more

Mahua Shom went to a nursing home’s maternity clinic to deliver her child. She was admitted at 8:30 am on August 25, 1997 to a clinic belonging to the wife of Dr. S.B. Mondal, a gynecologist. Despite her emergency condition, she was not seen by physicians until 4:00 pm, when a treating doctor completed delivery …Read more

The primary applicant, the child of the second two applicants, was born prematurely and diagnosed with an “inguinal and umbilical hernia.” The child required a number of blood and plasma transfusions during the first two months of life, and the applicant parents purchased the required blood and plasma quantities from the Turkish Red Cross. Four …Read more

The accused Jovica Stanišić was standing trial and sought provisional release during the summer recess to be with his family. However, he had an unpredictable health condition with a constant risk of deterioration.  He suffered from two periods of kidney stone difficulties, with one of the medications causing a severe allergic reaction and increasing symptoms …Read more