On Thursday, the Krakow District Court upheld the acquittal of three doctors in the treatment death of Jerzy Ziobro, while discontinuing the case against a fourth due to the statute of limitations. <\/p>\n
On Thursday, July 23, the Krakow District Court upheld the acquittal of three doctors\u2014former head of the 2nd Cardiology Clinic and clinical department Professor Jacek D., on-duty physician Katarzyna S., and monitored ward head Andrzej K.\u2014accused of treatment errors regarding Jerzy Ziobro. Regarding a fourth doctor, Dariusz D., the court overturned the judgment while simultaneously discontinuing the proceedings due to the statute of limitations. The ruling is final.<\/p>\n
Both the defense attorneys and the prosecution sought acquittals, with the prosecution changing its stance during the evidentiary proceedings to state that it could not be definitively determined whether the medics committed errors. The legal representative of the deceased’s widow sought to have the acquittal annulled and the case remanded to the court of first instance, arguing that the expert witnesses at the time were biased and the court lacked impartiality.<\/p>\n
Judge Wojciech Doma\u0144ski stated that Dariusz D. unintentionally exposed the patient to direct danger to life, was responsible for incorrect diagnosis, failed to consult other doctors, and decided on inappropriate treatment. Regarding Jacek D., Andrzej K., and Katarzyna S., the judge was unpersuaded by the widow\u2019s counsel arguments regarding lack of impartiality. The court noted that while first-instance judge behavior like interrupting statements may not have befitted a judge’s rank, such flaws did not constitute gross negligence.<\/p>\n
Judge Tomasz Kudla summarized that the statute of limitations had expired five years ago, leaving no alternative but to uphold the first-instance verdict. Krzysztof Bachmi\u0144ski, counsel for Dariusz D., called the verdict unfair, stating there was simply no guilt, while prosecutor Eryk Stasielak termed it a Solomon-like judgment where everyone finds something favorable. Krzysztof Nocek, attorney for the auxiliary prosecutors, considered the verdict fair though too late, noting that therapeutic and diagnostic errors were confirmed.<\/p>\n
Defense attorney Jan Widacki deemed the verdict fair but criticized the reasoning as contradictory to the sentence. Krystyna Kornicka-Ziobro issued a statement noting that the court substantively ruled a cardinal medical error occurred, but no conviction was handed down due to the statute of limitations. Zbigniew Ziobro emphasized that the verdict provides judicial confirmation of the truth his family fought for over twenty years.<\/p>\n
Jerzy Ziobro was treated for three-vessel coronary artery disease starting June 22, 2006, at the Jagiellonian University Hospital in Krakow, and died on July 2, 2006, following a coronary angioplasty procedure. After prosecutors twice discontinued the investigation, the family filed a private indictment in 2011, which was initially dismissed before being returned by higher courts, with the prosecution joining as a public accuser in 2016.<\/p>\n
In February 2017, the court acquitted four doctors, finding no link between their actions and the patient’s death. In October 2022, the court sought a supplementary opinion from experts at the University Center of Legal Medicine in Lausanne, Switzerland, which arrived in May, leading to the continuation of the trial in June after a four-year break.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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