| |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
| Motions for penalty brought by SPL to medical courts * |
186 |
242 |
251 |
229 |
318 |
341 |
| Number of defendants |
|
209 |
292 |
262 |
381 |
419 |
| Cases to be heard remaining from the previous year |
43 |
80 |
112 |
99 |
86 |
130 |
| Cases in conciliatory proceedings |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
4 |
| Verdicts terminating proceedings in the 1st instance |
140 |
172 |
187 |
141 |
259 |
305 |
| Decisions taken in procedural matters |
12 |
11 |
107 |
121 |
141 |
170 |
| Physicians who's case had been discontinued |
12 |
12 |
47 |
23 |
14 |
32 |
| Acquited |
43 |
71 |
65 |
61 |
61 |
109 |
| Admonition |
63 |
85 |
104 |
89 |
149 |
155 |
| Reprimand |
16 |
22 |
37 |
25 |
54 |
46 |
| Licence suspended |
5 |
2 |
10 |
3 |
10 |
8 |
| Licence withdrawn |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| Total penalties passed |
84 |
109 |
151 |
117 |
214 |
211 |
| Specialization of physicians against whom accusations were brought by SPL |
| Anesthesiology |
0 |
4 |
14 |
8 |
13 |
10 |
| General surgery |
21 |
50 |
40 |
73 |
72 |
51 |
| Dental surgery |
|
|
|
|
13 |
3 |
| Medicine |
32 |
56 |
31 |
59 |
36 |
45 |
| Cardiology |
5 |
3 |
10 |
7 |
4 |
16 |
| General practitioner |
0 |
7 |
2 |
7 |
8 |
19 |
| Neurology |
2 |
4 |
5 |
9 |
10 |
10 |
| Ophtalmology |
2 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
| Orthopedic surgery |
4 |
15 |
19 |
14 |
16 |
29 |
| Pediatric orthopedic surgery |
|
|
|
|
10 |
2 |
| Pediatrics |
1 |
13 |
8 |
7 |
10 |
13 |
| Gynecology and obstetrics |
20 |
22 |
42 |
51 |
40 |
65 |
| Psychiatry |
1 |
10 |
8 |
5 |
5 |
10 |
| General dentists |
12 |
25 |
20 |
9 |
18 |
17 |
| Other or unknown |
|
|
|
12 |
21 |
24 |
| None |
|
|
|
19 |
24 |
35 |
* - numbers for years 1998 and 1999 are mostly total number of cases brought to 1st instance courts, and from 2000 on are the number of cases with motion for penalty brought by SPL
|
| Supreme Medical Court - 2nd instance |
| |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
| Appeals from 1st instance verdicts brought to SMC |
55 |
61 |
87 |
101 |
70 |
87 |
| Appeals remaining from the previous year |
40 |
34 |
26 |
36 |
64 |
26 |
| Court sessions |
36 |
38 |
32 |
33 |
30 |
32 |
| Cases heard |
66 |
77 |
73 |
69 |
80 |
73 |
| Procedural decisions |
13 |
4 |
13 |
9 |
18 |
13 |
| Defendants who's case had been discontinued |
4 |
9 |
11 |
3 |
13 |
11 |
| Acquittal |
17 |
15 |
29 |
17 |
13 |
29 |
| Admonition |
9 |
9 |
16 |
17 |
24 |
16 |
| Reprimand |
9 |
7 |
7 |
6 |
8 |
7 |
| Licence suspended |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
| Licence withdrawn |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1st instance verdict upheld |
|
|
49 |
30 |
47 |
49 |
| Penalty raised |
|
|
5 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
| Penalty reduced |
|
|
4 |
8 |
9 |
4 |
| Penalty withdrawn - acquittal |
|
|
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
| Case discontinued |
|
|
1 |
2 |
7 |
|
| Case returned to 1st instance court |
12 |
19 |
21 |
17 |
27 |
21 |
| Hearing cancelled - not applicab le |
2 |
7 |
3 |
8 |
3 |
3 |
| Case returned to SPL |
6 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
2 |