Below are the detailed steps you should follow after a potential medical malpractice in order to gather all the necessary evidence to support your case

Steps to Follow After alleged Medical Negligence

• Ask your doctor to provide you with a complete verbal briefing about the procedure of medical care you received from the medical facility in question. Additionally, inquire about the identity and professional status of all individuals who provided you with medical care and treatment and what went wrong during your treatment. The doctor's obligation to provide you with this information derives from Cypriot legislation, and specifically from the "Protection and Promotion of Patients' Rights Law of 2004 - 1(I)_2005" as amended. You can also visit Protection and Promotion of Patients' Rights Law of 2004 - 1(I)_2005] to learn more about patients' rights and hospitals' obligations towards patients in Cyprus.
• In the event that the patient has passed away, friends and/or family members who accompanied them to their medical care or treatment should consider filing a report with the police and providing a statement.
• Request a copy of the medical record that each medical facility is required to maintain and update for each of its patients.
• Try to gather the your (the patient's) medical history, to the extent possible.
• Request a medical report from all involved doctors or any other healthcare service providers describing your (the patients) diagnosis and treatment in detail.
• If you do not have already have it, request the discharge document that outlines your treatment and the events during your hospitalisation.
• Obtain the contact information of the Patient Rights Officer of the medical facility in question (if available).
• At this stage, while everything is still fresh in your memory, it is essential to chronologically document events that occurred, with dates and names, as well as anything else you believe is relevant to the case.

Do not hesitate to contact us at any time for any further clarifications you may need. 

Sincerely,

Marinos Shambartas
Via Marinos Shambartas Law Firm