8-year-old boy defeats healthcare provider before Colombia’s constitutional court

8-year-old boy defeats healthcare provider before Colombia’s constitutional court
Posted by Claire Dennis on Oct 22, 2015

An eight-year-old boy defeated one of Colombia’s largest healthcare providers, achieving a court order that obligates his mother’s health intermediary to secure treatment for a tumor discovered earlier this year.

The Constitutional Court of Colombia received quite a shock when the boy marched into the court room earlier this year.

The boy was the plaintiff in a lawsuit in which he demanded that his family’s healthcare intermediary effectively secured medical treatment for his mother who became diagnosed with a malignant, possibly cancerous tumor in her thyroid gland on April 17, 2015, according to weekly Semana.

The woman applied for an appointment, referred by her physician, at a hospital in Bogota, but was rejected. Three more hospitals in Bogota rejected her request, claiming they were unable to undergo the specific procedure she needed to eradicate the tumor.

More:
http://colombiareports.com/8-year-old-boy-defeats-healthcare-provider-before-colombias-constitutional-court/

LBN:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141240640