Hospital must pay half a million crowns in damages following malpractice ruling

A regional court has ruled that a hospital in Sokolov in West Bohemia must pay almost 600,000 crowns (USD 30,000) in damages to a woman who suffered health problems as a result of two operations in 1990. The woman's health problems resulted from a piece of cloth left in her body during the first surgery. Just a month ago, a surgeon from Krnov was ordered to pay 50,000 crowns (USD 2,500) in damages in a similar case.