{"id":11274,"date":"2022-11-23T13:33:34","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T10:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/react-aph.org\/the-doctor-unreasonably-disclosed-the-patients-hiv-status\/"},"modified":"2022-11-24T11:52:27","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T08:52:27","slug":"the-doctor-unreasonably-disclosed-the-patients-hiv-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/react-aph.org\/en\/the-doctor-unreasonably-disclosed-the-patients-hiv-status\/","title":{"rendered":"A neurologist violated the rights of a REAct client and disclosed her HIV status. The case reached the court."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A neurologist issued a referral to Oleksandra&#8217;s husband (name changed for security reasons) and indicated his wife&#8217;s HIV status in it without her consent. Later, the husband changed the place of residence of their children, did not allow the woman to communicate with them, showed the doctor&#8217;s referral with the diagnosis in the presence of police officers, and even forbade the client to hug and kiss the children.<\/p>\n\n<p>Oleksandra turned to REAct documentator Ludmila Kolomoets for help, who referred the client to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PositiveWomenUA\">NGO &#8220;Positive Women&#8221;.<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>Later, the lawyers of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Ugspl\/\">Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union<\/a> in Dnipro, which works on the basis of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pgsich\/\">Human Rights Group &#8220;SICH&#8221;<\/a>, helped the woman to find justice. They sent a lawsuit to the court against the doctor and the medical institution. However, the claim was rejected, as well as the appeal. The next steps are a cassation appeal and an appeal of decisions in the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n\n<p>Taking into account the fact that the doctor had no reason to violate the ban on disclosure of information without the patient&#8217;s personal consent, the Supreme Court found the neurologist&#8217;s actions illegal and ordered the medical institution to pay Oleksandra the appropriate amount for moral damages and legal costs.<\/p>\n\n<p>Moreover, as far as is currently known, the doctor was dismissed from the medical institution.<\/p>\n\n<p>For detailed information about the consequences of the doctor&#8217;s negligence, how the trial was conducted, and what the first and appellate courts made a mistake, read the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/helsinki.org.ua\/articles\/likar-bezpidstavno-rozkryla-vil-status-patsiientky-yurysty-v-sudi-dovely-porushennia-medyka\/?fbclid=IwAR08nq_AMOZjjgsFLRHLNNO68ls4HWAZwCgKXvWflnOZ_dCwd5_PbHD2Yzs\">link.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A neurologist issued a referral to Oleksandra&#8217;s husband (name changed for security reasons) and indicated his wife&#8217;s HIV status in it without her consent. 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