Legal Analysis of Hospital Liabilities For Medical Negligence (A Review According To Civil Law)

Health services provided within healthcare facilities such as hospitals sometimes raise dilemmas related to the legal responsibilities that must be fulfilled when there is a medical dispute caused by medical negligence by healthcare workers in their capacity as employees. The legal accountability for negligence committed by hospitals as corporations is not yet fully clear and often leads to legal debates. One of the main issues that arises is how legal accountability is viewed from the civil law perspective towards corporations, especially in the context of hospitals. The importance of analyzing corporate legal responsibility for medical negligence against hospitals from this civil law perspective is becoming increasingly relevant, given the growing number of cases holding hospitals as responsible parties. This article uses a normative juridical approach, which uses law as the basis for norms. The method used is a descriptive-analytical method with the nature of prescriptive-analytical research. Hospitals have a significant position in the responsibility for medical negligence, both in terms of supervision over doctors and other medical personnel, as well as in fulfilling healthcare service standards. Hospitals can be held liable for negligence committed by doctors, either directly or through the principle of employer liability (vicarious liability and respondeat superior). This provides assurance to patients that hospitals have an obligation to provide safe services in accordance with professional standards.