Former football club doctors must compensate player for kidney failures, German court rules
2017; BMJ; Linguagem: Inglês
10.1136/bmj.j1761
ISSN0959-8138
Autores Tópico(s)Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes
ResumoTwo doctors who worked on behalf of the German Bundesliga football club Werder Bremen contributed to the kidney problems of Ivan Klasnic, a former Croatia international player who underwent two kidney transplants in 2007 and now requires a third, a German court has ruled. In the ruling issued on 31 March 2017, Bremen District Court, where Klasnic filed a civil malpractice lawsuit in 2008, awarded him €100 000 (£85 600; $106 700) as compensation for pain and suffering. Gotz Dimanski, who was Werder Bremen’s team doctor in 2007, and Manju Guha, a cardiologist who was responsible for annual routine internal examinations at the time, were ordered to pay for Klasnic’s past and future medical costs, as well as damages for loss of income, …
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