Medical Negligence

The family of 42-year-old Nura Abu Adara, who died following a cesarean section, claims that medical staff missed critical time. Relatives state she spent four hours in the emergency room with severe pain before being transferred to the maternity ward, where a liver rupture was finally identified.

A woman who needed an egg donation chose a donor based on the data presented to her, after which embryos were created from the eggs provided to her and she became pregnant. After giving birth, she became suspicious about the identity of the egg donor - and following an inquiry she conducted, she discovered that the baby was born from the egg of another donor.

The baby was born at 35+2 weeks and his condition was defined as good and stable, but at the age of five days he died from an infection. The court determined that the antibiotic treatment was delayed by about two to two and a half hours and that the state did not prove that it took reasonable measures to prevent the infection. Sheba: "The case is exceptional and painful, the lessons learned led to...

A couple, parents of a 7-year-old boy with a genetic disease, claim that negligence in pregnancy monitoring led to a delay in an important test that could have detected his defects in time.

The family of the late Reut Cohen, who passed away at Meir Hospital while 28 weeks pregnant, is demanding answers from the Ministry of Health as the promised investigative committee has yet to convene. The Ministry stated that the committee will begin its work next month.

Six months after the passing of the "Lizzie McGuire" star, his family has filed a lawsuit against the psychiatric facility where he was treated, alleging gross negligence. The family claims the staff failed to follow basic safety protocols, allowing him to keep a belt and failing to perform required wellness checks, which led to a fatal suicide attempt.

A patient with abdominal pain and vomiting was discharged home, but three days later it was discovered: her appendix had burst. The court ruled that the clinic's doctors should have performed a blood test.

A shocking case of medical negligence has emerged at Ichilov Hospital, where a patient discovered a surgical knife left inside his shoulder four months after his initial operation.

The Tel Aviv District Court has ordered the Assuta hospital network to pay 8.3 million shekels to a patient left paralyzed after a surgical instrument broke during a back operation. Including National Insurance Institute benefits, the total compensation will reach 11.25 million shekels.

A 27-year-old woman in the U.S. underwent surgery to remove an ovarian cyst, only for doctors to mistakenly remove her bladder. A jury has awarded her $17 million (approximately 50 million shekels) in compensation.