Every 48 hours in Italy, there is a confirmed case of medical malpractice according to a parliamentary report from 2009 to 2010, which found 242 cases of malpractice resulting in 163 deaths. The highest rates occurred in Calabria and Sicily, and medical malpractice is often due to errors, inefficiencies, and shortcomings in health facilities. Medical malpractice is defined as a lack of adequate healthcare that causes patient harm, and can result from lack of services, operator negligence, poor hygiene, lack of equipment, or other violations of regulations.

1. Every 48 hours in Italythereis a confirmed case ofmedicalmalpractice. This negative shock
findings of the report prepared by the ParliamentaryCommitteeonMedicalMalpractice,
chaired by Leoluca Orlando from April 2009 to September 2010, in Italytherewere 242
medicalmalpractice. Of these, 163 are wellunfortunatelyresulted in the death of the patient. In
practice, a persondiesevery3days for the inefficiency of the health care system.
The highestnumberofmedicalmalpracticeis in Calabria, 64, afterSicily, with 52, and follow the
Lazio, with 24 casesincluding 14 deaths. Allthis, unfortunately, often due to medicalerrors,
aswellas to seriousinefficiencies and shortcomings of healthfacilities.
Formedicalmalpracticeisdefinedas a general lack of provision of professionalmedicalservices,
compared to the needs of citizens, whichcausesdamage to the health of the patient.
Medicalmalpractice can be the simplelack of medicalservices, butalsoinexperience or
negligence of the operators, unhygienicconditions or structuralweaknesses, lack of
diagnosticequipment, etc.., All in clearviolation of the regulations in force.
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