Case 572 (T.D.Z. Case)
Country: BulgariaYear: 2006
Court: Sofia City Court
Citation: Sofia CC 2006 - Decision No. 572. 1st instance of T.D.Z. Case
Health Topics: Chronic and noncommunicable diseases, Health systems and financing, Medicines, Mental health, Sexual and reproductive health
Human Rights: Right to health
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Tags: Access to drugs, Access to medicines, Budget, Cancer, Compensation, Cruel treatment, Damages, Depression, Employment, Essential medicines, Health funding, Health regulation, Health spending, Inadequate treatment, Inhuman treatment, Non-pecuniary damage, Out-of-pocket expenditures, Pharmaceuticals, Reimbursement, Social securityT.D.Z. suffered from cancer and was prescribed an active treatment in 1998, which obtained good results. In 2002, T.D.Z. required chemical injections in order to induce binding menopause after which she was required to take hormone replacements. The Ministry of Health, however, was unable to provide T.D.Z. with the injections (Zodalex®) for April and May …Read more
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Kobe ter Neuzen v. Korn
Country: CanadaYear: 1995
Court: Supreme Court
Citation: [1995] 3 S.C.R. 674, [1995] S.C.J. No. 79
Health Topics: HIV/AIDS, Infectious diseases, Medical malpractice, Sexual and reproductive health
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Tags: Assisted reproductive technology, Compensation, Damages, Duty of care, HIV, HIV positive, In utero fertilization, Negligence, Non-pecuniary damage, People living with HIV/AIDS, PLHIV, Remedies, Sexually transmitted diseases, Sexually transmitted infections, Standard of care, STDs, STIs, Tort, TransmissionThe plaintiff was infected with HIV through an artificial insemination (“AI”) procedure performed by the defendant physician in 1985, before the various methods of HIV transmission were widely known. The physician performed 35 AI procedures on the plaintiff between 1981 and January 1985. The physician did not warn the plaintiff about the possibility of HIV …Read more