Mistakes that give rise to civil liability in Iraqi government hospitals

Through studying the subject, we sought to shed light on the civil legal aspect of the issue of errors that lead to civil liability in government hospitals, which is a sensitive, dangerous and important issue in saving patients from crimes that occur as a result of the spread of viruses and diseases. Therefore, the importance of the study emerges in clarifying the role of the law in regulating and reducing medical errors, and compensating all those affected. The problem of the study was represented in determining civil liability in government hospitals and its consequences. The approach followed in the study was the descriptive analytical approach. The study came out with a set of results, including that the responsibility for any error in the process of errors that lead to civil liability in government hospitals is the responsibility of the government hospital administration, according to the intentional act and its result, or negligence. In government hospitals, different legal relationships arise, including the relationship between workers and the hospital, and between clients and the hospital, which entails personal responsibility, which varies according to the nature of those relationships. The hospital is responsible for the work of others as a follower, with the authority it possesses to monitor and supervise the workers it has used to implement its obligations, and is responsible for its personal work within the framework of its relationship with others,