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Hospital in Hebron. The child was admitted to the hospital as a result of a
scorpion bite. His family claimed that the hospital delayed in giving him the
antidote needed in such a case until he died. The Ministry of Health stated in its
response: “The child reached the hospital in poor condition, suffering from
convulsions and asphyxia. Upon his arrival, all necessary treatment was given to
him. He was given the antidote immediately after entering the hospital. But the
delay in reaching the hospital is what led to worsening his condition and thus his
death.” It is also noted that (11) complaints of the total complaints received by
ICHR in 2010 were related to medical errors during delivery, such as the death of
the mother or the fetus or causing harm to the mother or the fetus.
Medical complaints were varied in 2010 in terms of the nature of negligence.
Examples include: occurrence of medical error during an operation of removing
blue water from the eye; cutting the baby's head during delivery; error during
bladder surgery; death and errors during normal delivery or cesarean; errors
during splinting of broken bones; medical negligence during dialysis and
providing the patient with blood infected with hepatitis (C); death after
chiropractic treatment; and other cases of medical negligence that led to severe
risks and dangers.
Despite ICHR’s correspondence with the Ministry of Health regarding the
complaints mentioned above, it received (10) responses only. The Ministry of
Health admitted only (2) by condemning the doctors’ behaviors. The inquiry
commission recommended that the doctors be referred to the Council of
Ethics/Medical Association to take the appropriate punishment in one case, and
tolerance for the patients’ rights in the other case.
The following are affidavits from some of the cases:
Affidavit by Adham Kamel Tabanja, 58, a resident of Qattanah Village, Jerusalem
The citizen’s father in question reported that “His son, Adham, 24, is accused of a
criminal charge. On 12/06/2010, he was arrested with his brother Thaer in front
of the shop in Biddo village. They were taken to the headquarters of the General
Intelligence Service in Ramallah, an hour and a half after the shooting of a
shopkeeper and injuring the shop owner in the leg.
On 28/06/2010 at 12:00am, a member of the police who was in the hospital
called him and told him that his son Adham “is in Ramallah Hospital, he is in a
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