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In accordance with Law no. 46 – 2003, regarding patient rights

  • The patient has the right to be informed about the available medical services, as well as how to use them.
  • The patient has the right to be informed about the identity and professional status of health service providers
  • The admitted patient has the right to be informed about the rules and customs that he must follow during his hospitalization.
  • The patient has the right to be informed about his state of health, the proposed medical interventions, the potential risks of each procedure, the existing alternatives to the proposed procedures, including the non-treatment and non-compliance with medical recommendations, as well as information about the diagnosis and prognosis.
  • The patient has the right to decide if he still wants to be informed if the information presented by the doctor would cause him suffering.
  • The patient has the right to expressly ask not to be informed and to choose another person to be informed in his place.
  • The patient has the right to request and obtain another medical opinion.
  • The patient has the right to request and receive, upon discharge, a written summary of the investigations, diagnosis, treatment and care provided during hospitalization.
  • The patient has the right to refuse or stop a medical intervention assuming, in writing, the responsibility for his decision; the consequences of refusing or stopping medical records must be explained to the patient.
  • The patient's consent is mandatory for the collection, storage, use of all biological products taken from his body, in order to establish the diagnosis or the treatment with which he agrees.
  • The patient's consent is mandatory in the case of his participation in clinical medical education and scientific research.
  • The right to privacy
  • The patient has access to personal medical data.
  • The woman's right to life prevails if the pregnancy represents a major and immediate risk factor for the mother's life.
  • The patient has the right to information, education and services necessary for the development of a normal sexual life and reproductive health, without any discrimination.
  • The woman's right to decide whether or not to have children is guaranteed, with the exception of the case where the pregnancy represents a major and immediate risk factor for the mother's life.
  • The patient, through health services, has the right to choose the safest methods regarding reproductive health.
  • Every patient has the right to effective and risk-free family planning methods.
  • The patient's rights to treatment and medical care
  • If the providers are obliged to resort to the selection of patients for certain types of treatment that are available in limited numbers, the selection is made only on the basis of medical criteria. Emergency cases arising in extreme situations are exempted from the legal provisions.
  • The patient has the right to terminal care in order to die in dignity.
  • The patient can benefit from the support of family, friends, spiritual and material support and advice throughout the medical care. At the patient's request, as far as possible, the care and treatment environment will be created as close as possible to the family one.
  • The admitted patient has the right to medical services provided by an accredited doctor outside the hospital.
  • The patient can offer additional payments or donations to the employees or the unit where he was cared for, in compliance with the law.
  • The patient has the right to continuous medical care until his health condition improves or until he is cured.
  • The patient has the right to benefit from emergency medical assistance, emergency dental assistance and pharmaceutical services, in a continuous program.

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