{"id":18523,"date":"2025-04-08T15:21:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T12:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fzmayuxbif.wpdns.site\/?p=18523"},"modified":"2025-04-09T10:21:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T07:21:10","slug":"medical-negligence-caselaw-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kyprianou.com\/el\/medical-negligence-caselaw-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Negligence Caselaw Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As seen with our \u00a0previous article on the subject, which can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kyprianou.com\/personal-injury-medical-negligence-in-cyprus\/\">here<\/a>, a court may make a finding of medical negligence in relation to the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>prognosis and diagnosis<\/li>\n<li>advice for risks and alternative treatment available<\/li>\n<li>treatment<\/li>\n<li>post-operative care<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a recent judgement of the Supreme Court of Cyprus in case <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cylaw.org\/cgi-bin\/open.pl?file=\/supreme\/2025\/202503-145-16PolEf.html\">CA 145\/16, dated 11\/3\/25<\/a> examined an appeal filed by a doctor against a judgment of the District Court of Nicosia. The doctor had been found negligent in relation to a spine operation he had performed on our client, the plaintiff who at the time of the operation was 40 years old, and who was awarded by the Court approximately \u20ac170,000 in damages. The plaintiff was represented by Mr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kyprianou.com\/people\/menelaos-kyprianou\/\">Menelaos Kyprianou<\/a> on behalf of our firm before the District Court and the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Supreme Court judgment confirmed the finding of the District Court that the doctor had been negligent in the post operative care he had provided to the plaintiff in not promptly dealing with a haematoma that had occurred during the operation. The Supreme Court repeated that the duty of care extends to post-operative care and treatment of complications following the well-known English cases of <u>Powell (1935)<\/u> and <u>Cassidy (1951)<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Moreover, the Supreme Court confirmed the District Court\u2019s finding that the doctor had not, in an appropriate manner, warned the plaintiff of the risks associated with the operation. The court reiterated the well-known precedent of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cylaw.org\/cgi-bin\/open.pl?file=apofaseis\/aad\/meros_1\/2010\/rep\/2010_1_1541.htm&amp;qstring=%E2%E1%F1%E9%E1%ED%EF%2A\">Varianou<\/a> case, another Supreme Court judgment which our firm successfully litigated. This case adopted the <u>Bolitho (1997)<\/u> and <u>Pearce (1999)<\/u> English cases principle, whereby the doctor\u2019s duty, to provide information to the patient in order for the patient\u2019s informed consent to be given, would have to relate to information the reasonable patient would want to know and not that which the Doctor himself considers important. In other words, no reasonable doctor should fail to disclose a risk regarded as significant by a reasonable patient.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The content of this article is valid as at the date of its first publication. It is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter and does not constitute legal advice. We recommend that you seek professional advice on your specific matter before acting on any information provided. For further information or advice, please contact Mr\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kyprianou.com\/en\/people\/agis-charalambous\/ppp-501\/37\/\"><em>Agis Charalambous<\/em><\/a><em>, Senior Associate at our Nicosia Office, at telephone ++357 22447777 or email\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"mailto:agis.charalambous@kyprianou.com\"><em>agis.charalambous@kyprianou.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As seen with our \u00a0previous article on the subject, which can be found here, a court may make a finding of medical negligence in relation to the following: prognosis and diagnosis advice for risks and alternative treatment available treatment post-operative care In a recent judgement of the Supreme Court of Cyprus in case CA 145\/16, 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