Alkhenizan Abdullah H, Shafiq Mohammed R
Department of Family Medicine and Polyclinic, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail.
Saudi Med J. 2018 Nov;39(11):1075-1081. doi: 10.15537/smj.2018.11.22854.
Efficient process of litigation of medical errors is a key to ensure fair, speedy, and accessible justice system. The conditions of establishing medical negligence are similar in both legal systems. These conditions include the duty of care, breach of that duty of care, the damages, and establishing causation. A culture of litigation and compensation is growing in the United Kingdom and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; however the cost of medical claims and awarded compensations are much more in the United Kingdom compared to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, there is a need for more transparency in the documentation and publication of litigated medical errors. In addition, there is a need to introduce interventions to shorten the duration of litigation in both legal systems. Financial caps on awarded compensation and caps on expert and legal fees are potential strategies to control the cost of medical errors which seems to work well in the Saudi model.
医疗差错诉讼的高效流程是确保司法系统公平、迅速且可及的关键。两种法律体系中认定医疗过失的条件相似。这些条件包括注意义务、违反该注意义务、损害以及因果关系的认定。英国和沙特阿拉伯王国的诉讼和赔偿文化都在不断发展；然而，与沙特阿拉伯王国相比，英国的医疗索赔成本和判给的赔偿要高得多。在沙特阿拉伯王国，医疗差错诉讼的文件记录和公布需要更高的透明度。此外，需要采取干预措施来缩短两个法律体系中的诉讼时长。对判给赔偿设置财务上限以及对专家费用和法律费用设置上限是控制医疗差错成本的潜在策略，这在沙特模式中似乎效果良好。
