PADUA – The Ministry of Health was sentenced to reimburse a Paduan with 165,770 euros for a infected transfusion of hepatitis C made to the patient 42 years ago, in 1978, to the hospital of It rains of Sacco. The man became aware of his illness in 2015: «Despite the 37 years that have passed since date of transfusionsi the court of Venice (competent in the matter, editor’s note) found the connection of the cause proved and rejected the objection of prescription raised by the Ministry, stating that only in 2015 following the examinations carried out could the patient be considered fully aware of the damage suffered due to the omissive conduct of the Ministry ”explains Glauco Susa, lawyer of the Padua area.
In the sentence, the judges write: “the responsibility of the Ministry must be noted … for having omitted the control and management of blood transfusions since at the time of the facts of the case the scientific conditions were known to protect the right to patient health “. The patient had undergone a transfusion due to internal bleeding caused by an accident in December 1978. Later he suffered from asthenia and headache, ailments caused by hepatitis C that the man discovered he had only in the 2015.
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