Last year, the Saxony Medical Service identified 175 cases of medical malpractice. This means that a corresponding error was recorded in just over a quarter of the cases reviewed (27.1 percent), according to the Medical Service. In total, the experts had to review 646 cases. In 2024, 176 cases of medical malpractice were identified.
Medical Malpractice Across All Specialties
In 18.6 percent of cases, the experts identified a direct link between the medical malpractice and harm to the patient’s health. Medical errors occurred in all medical specialties: the spectrum ranged from general medicine to orthopedics and trauma surgery, gynecology, and dentistry.
Sabine Antonioli, Chief Physician at the Saxony Medical Service, emphasized that clarifying an allegation of medical malpractice is of great importance to patients in order to come to terms with what they have experienced. “Our expert opinions provide certainty to those affected and help them assert claims for damages, if necessary.”
