During Luis Fortuño’s government, the then Secretary of Health signed the 544-2004 Regulation from the Department of Health. In said Regulation, which defined and created the trauma centers, the possible compensation to medical malpractice victims was limited to only $75,000. The terrible thing of this…
As discussed some time ago, the past Secretary of Health, Dr. Lorenzo González, administratively amended the Regulation 8131 (trauma centers certification) with the only purpose of unjustly favoring doctors and hospitals by limiting the maximum compensation of $75,000 for the damages sustained by any medical…