Liability

Information about the legal relations hospital - professionals

As a patient, you have the right to receive information from the hospital about the nature of the legal relationships between the hospital and the professionals[1] working there[2].

Sint-Trudo Hospital strives to provide the best possible care at all times. This does not prevent you from considering in some cases that your rights as a patient[3] have been violated and you wish to file a complaint.

However, the hospital is not liable for failures to respect the patient rights of independent professionals working in the hospital and professionals employed by third parties. As a result, in this case you must submit your complaint to the professional whom you consider to have committed a shortcoming.

Below you will find the categories of professionals working at Sint-Trudo Hospital with their status and the regulation of their liability.

Professionals subject to the hospital's liability with the status of employees/servants:

  • Nurses, midwives and healthcare professionals
  • Pharmacists
  • Laboratory technicians
  • Dietitians
  • Occupational therapists
  • Physiotherapists
  • Speech therapists
  • Other professionals
  • Physician - specialists in training according to an approved internship plan (employees - sui generis)

Professionals totally NOT covered by hospital liability with self-employed status:

  • Pharmacists - clinical biologists
  • Doctors
  • Physicians - specialists in training
  • Dentists
  • Self-employed persons

Professionals totally NOT covered by the hospital's liability with the status "do not have a contractual legal relationship with the hospital":

  • Professionals employed by third parties

If you would like additional information on the status of an individual professional, you may request it from the ombudsperson (ombudsdienst@stzh.be).

For questions or possible complaints regarding your stay at Sint-Trudo Hospital, you may also contact the ombudsperson.

[1] R.D. No. 78 of November 10, 1967 on the exercise of the health professions
[2] Article 30 Law on hospitals and other care facilities, coordinated July 10, 2008.
[3] Law of August 22, 2002 on patient rights