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Bill: Medical Malpractice Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Novy Smer Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: January 2115
Description[?]:
| Doctors and other medical staff should not have to live in fear of being sued for doing their best. They have difficult jobs and have to make difficult decisions - sometimes they get it wrong. But the human being who doesn't make mistakes has not yet been born. These people spend their lives trying to help others, don't allow the vindictive types to make their lives a misery. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Malpractice suits.
Old value:: Malpractice suits may be brought against doctors.
Current: Malpractice suits may be brought against doctors.
Proposed: Malpractice suits may not be brought.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:16:17, September 20, 2005 CET | From | Fenner Brockway Socialist Party | To | Debating the Medical Malpractice Bill |
| Message | We don't feel that a doctor should be sued for an innocent mistake. But on the other hand, if carelessness, negligence, callousness or some improper behaviour is involved then he or she should be held liable. We therefore feel that malpractice suits are legitimate under certain circumstances. |
| Date | 20:50:55, September 20, 2005 CET | From |  Ducal Delegation | To | Debating the Medical Malpractice Bill |
| Message | His Grace likes to perform minor surgical operations upon peasants as a hobby in his spare time. A couple of times things have gone a little wrong and the wives or husbands have had a whinge about laws concerning 'medical malpractice'. His Grace does not see why he should be threatened by them like this, as they are only peasants. He therefore throws his full support behind this proposal. Percy Waterman (Personal Secretary to the Grand Duke of Hikirena) |
| Date | 14:57:01, September 21, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Liberal Party | To | Debating the Medical Malpractice Bill |
| Message | No shock here, we'll vote no. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 117 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 146 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 58 |
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