8 hours agoKosovo's Commercial Court obliges four ministries to pay over 620 thousand euros for a patient's medical treatment at the private clinic(DOKUMENT)
Periskopi(a year ago)
(a year ago)Kosovo's Commercial Court has ruled that the Government of Kosovo, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Labour and Social Goods, and the Ministry of European Integrations, respectively, compensate the amount of 623,933.92 euros to the private clinic “EuroMed Group” S.P.K. for the long term treatment of a patient with the initials L.G., which was [...]
Decision was taken by Judge Verona Debra of the First Century Chamber of Economic Affairs after holding the main and public review on November 18th, 2024, where legal representatives of both sides were introduced.
Case and Judicial Flows
The case had begun on August 4th 2015, when the “EuroMed Group” indicted state institutions for failing to meet financial obligations related to the medical treatment of patient L.G., which had complications after a vaccine and was received for more than ten years. In the indictment, the clinic had demanded that state institutions be forced to pay for the medical services offered to the patient, arguing that its treatment was done at the request and knowledge of state authorities, due to the public system's inability to handle the case.
Initially, the clinic had also asked for the patient's shift from “to EuroMed” to the QKUK Infectious Clinic, but later this part of the indictment was withdrawn. In the following parachutes, the plaintiff had determined that the requirements concerned compensation for illegal prosperity, arguing that the state had benefited from clinic services without compensation.
The Court's Decision and Reason
The court assessed that the plaintiff's request was partly based. In her act of January 3rd, 2025, the court approved the prosecution in many of the 623,933.92 euros, ordering the institutions indicted for this amount to be paid within seven days of the integrity of the act. This amount refers to the costs of the patient's medical treatment for more than a decade.
The court also approved compensation for procedural spending in many of the 5,711.25 euros in favour of the plaintiff. While the rest of the requirement -- worth 93,012.72 euros, as well as the demand for legal interest in many of 46,270.51 euros -- were denied as groundless.
In the same decision, the court found that the indictment against the patient L.G., represented by her father I.G., was previously withdrawn by the plaintiff himself. For this reason, the “EuroMed” Clinic S.P.K. It was forced that on behalf of the cost of the procedure for this part of the indictment, the patient would pay the amount of 4,355.00 euros, Periscope reports.
Context
This decision is considered important for the report between public institutions and private health services providers. The case highlights the lack of clear medical treatment agreements in the private sector in emergency cases and the consequences that arise when there is no institutional solution for patients with specific needs.
“Clinic The S.P.K., represented by lawyer Selatti Ahmeti, has stated that the court's ruling is a step towards justice and respect for the work of private health providers, while there is still no reaction from state lawyer Nexmije Karaqi, representing the institutions indicted.
It is not yet known whether the unknown side will file complaints in the second instance. /Periscopi/
