Medical malpratice
This document discusses medical litigations as an upcoming crisis in Saudi Arabia's health system. It notes that doctors, especially in high-risk specialties like obstetrics and surgery, face growing litigation risks. Factors contributing to lawsuits include medical errors, poor communication, high costs, and pressure from patients' families or the media seeking compensation. Unless changes are made, such as differentiating between errors and complications or expediting litigation decisions, the fear of lawsuits may compromise patient care as doctors practice defensive medicine. Overall, growing medical litigations pose a looming threat to Saudi Arabia's healthcare if left unaddressed.
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Medical malpratice
- 1. MEDICAL LITIGATIONS; the next unforeseen crisis Dr AHMED ZAKI- MD,MRCOG Head of OB/GYN Department Chairman of scientific committee Member of JCI accreditation committee Dr Bakhsh Hospital, Jeddah
- 2. HEALTH SYSTEM IN SAUDI ARABIA Main Health Providers Health Facilities
- 3. Sources of Medical Litigations Medical 1 2 Patients & Staff 3 Relatives 4 Media
- 4. Why do Patients Sue their Doctors? Injury or death Anger Child with bad future Poor communication High charges Intimidation (relatives, media, lawyers) revenge Seeking compensation
- 5. MONEY
- 6. MEDICAL STAFF UNPROFESSIONAL p ec t NEGLIGANCE res an ATTITUDES No ge r rd NO anda Subs re con me COMMUNICATION ca info no t se n d r t Undefendable case POOR RECORDS LACK OF ADHERENCE TO GUIDELINES
- 7. Forgetfulness and medical malpractice The operation was successful. We found a scissors inside your tummy. But we do not know whether we forgot it or you swallowed it
- 8. I have bad news & good news for you. The bad news is a lost my watch inside your tummy while I was doing your operation & good news is I have another one exactly the same
- 10. Media
- 11. Who Gets Sued Most Anesthesiologists Obstetricians Emergency Medical Docs Surgeons
- 12. We have to admit that there is a difference between medical errors and recognized complication How long does it take to decide?
- 13. Why litigations crisis Increasing number Delay in decision Pressure on staff Financial burden descrimination Hospitals are full of staff sued
- 14. Litigations as a Barrier to patients care Physicians overestimate the risk of being sued Less likely to report errors as a result Routinely practice defensive medicine Exhaustion of finance
- 15. Bad News Be careful, your patient can be a potential enemy
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- 18. Perspective Medical sectors do not have the same standards but treated with the same law No rapid decision to diff. between errors & complications. Discrimination Overwhelming fear of litigations that compromises patients care
- 19. There is an over exaggeration of compensation in some cases The media is putting high pressure on medical staff as well as patients
- 20. Be careful, patients care is at risk
- 21. In an atmosphere of litigations: Unless we Medical litigations will be the soon- coming future crisis and this will compromise patients care