1. The activity of the Ombudsman is worthy of attention in the context of the protection of patient rights. Many of his interpellations have a general nature with regard to the patient rights protection, and individual cases when their rights are gravely infringed.
2. In the case when the patient's rights are intentionally infringed upon, the court may require the physician and the hospical each to pay pecuniary compensation to the injured person for the harm caused.

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