Latest news and stories about medical negligence in Portugal for expats and residents.
The victim reportedly went to A&E 10 times without the tumour being diagnosed. The hospital unit will appeal the decision.
The court, which found proven “an attitude of disregard for the continuous signs” of “fetal distress”, holds that an earlier caesarean would have prevented the newborn's death.
This week's 'Doa a Quem Doer' reveals a case of medical negligence where health professionals failed to detect any malformations in the ultrasounds of Diana, the mother of Lourenço, and the boy was born with his heart on the wrong side, lacking ribs and with a lung that cannot expand.
