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NIK on violation of patient rights in Polish hospitals

MedExpress Team

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Published Sept. 19, 2024 09:29

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The Supreme Audit Institution has taken patient rights under the microscope and found violations in all areas examined. The report highlighted, among other things, limited access to information and lack of decent conditions in almost 30% of facilities. As many as 65% of hospitals did not provide patients with full information regarding health services, a serious violation of the right to information. Patients were not always informed about high-risk procedures, and consent forms for procedures did not contain relevant information about risks and benefits.

Patient rights are guaranteed by the Constitution of the Republic of Poland and the Law on Patient Rights and Patient Ombudsman. This law specifies, among other things, the rights to: health services, information, confidentiality of patient information, consent to health services, respect for patient's intimacy and dignity, medical documentation, objecting to a doctor's opinion or ruling, respect for private and family life or pastoral care.

In 2009, the institution of the Patient Ombudsman was singled out, which performs its tasks with the help of the Office of the Patient Ombudsman. Its main task is to ensure that medical entities respect patients' rights. The Ombudsman's activities are supervised by the Prime Minister.

In addition, many hospitals lacked respect for the patient's right to intimacy and dignity - rooms lacked screens, and in some cases patients were hospitalized in corridors. In the Gy...

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