Help With Medical Negligence Compensation Claims Abroad

• Published date: 22 July 2020
• Subject Matter: Litigation, Mediation & Arbitration, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence
• Law Firm: Giambrone & Partners
• Author: Mr Piero Mastrosimone

Irrespective of where you are in the world the expectation of the duty of care owed by medical professionals to their patients should be to the highest standards and consistent. The current coronavirus crisis has sharpened the awareness of medical risk in hospitals, generally. The importance of scrupulous medical care by highly qualified professionals has been strongly been brought into focus. Piero Mastrosimone, head of the personal injury team, commented "all too frequently a sudden medical emergency abroad evolves into a situation where medical standards slip unnoticed which results in avoidable harm," Piero further commented "often the situation is amplified by the language barrier. If you have experienced medical negligence following an accident, or illness or an elective procedure abroad you may be entitled to compensation."

Experiencing an accident or illness abroad when you are hundreds of miles from home is distressing enough but to then recognise that the medical care you have received has harmed you is very frightening. Botched surgery; ineffective treatment following an accident; late or misdiagnosis of injuries received overseas, as well as preventable infections acquired in hospitals are all avoidable and you are entitled to make a claim for compensation in such circumstances. It is possible that in the crisis of your emergency you do not immediately recognise that your treatment in the foreign hospital was in fact negligent, or this only becomes apparent once you are back at home. The period of time within which you must bring a claim varies quite widely from country to country; in the UK the time limit is three years but in some countries it is a little as12 months or even six months. It is never too soon to start a claim as the repercussions arising from medical negligence can have a...