Medical centre in Abu Dhabi pays Dhs70,000 in compensation for causing burns

Abdulrahman Saeed, Staff Reporter

Abu Dhabi Court of Family, Civil and Administrative Cases obligated a centre specialising in laser hair removal, and a nurse working for it, to jointly compensate a person with Dhs70,000, as they caused him extensive second-degree burns while removing his body hair.

The details date back to the time when the person filed a lawsuit against the centre and the nurse, explaining that he went to the centre to perform laser hair removal, and the nurse removed hair from the legs, but after leaving the place he felt pain and burning in the legs and dark spots appeared on them.

He returned to the centre, where they recommended that he use topical creams, but he did not feel better. Consequently, he returned to the centre again where they advised him to continue treatment, but nothing changed, so he went to another health centre, and it was found that there were second-degree burns in the left leg and a burn of undetermined degree in the right leg.

The plaintiff added that he filed a complaint with the Department of Health in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi - the Medical Liability Committee - and after investigation, the committee confirmed that the centre had committed a medical fault.

The plaintiff requested that the appellees be obligated to pay him jointly Dhs200,000 in compensation for the damages he incurred due to their fault, and a legal interest of 5% from the date of the claim until full payment, in addition to obligating them to pay fees and expenses of the lawsuit and the lawyer’s fees.

The plaintiff attached the report of the Medical Liability Committee and images of the injuries.

The court explained that the case papers and the report of the Committee proved that a medical fault had been committed by the centre and the nurse who was working for it and under its supervision.

Accordingly, the court obligated the appellees to pay Dhs70,000 to the plaintiff as compensation for the damages he incurred.