O przedmiocie i charakterze prawnym spraw rozstrzyganych przez Wojewódzkie Komisje do spraw Orzekania o Zdarzeniach Medycznych

The article presents the current model of out-of-court compensation for medicaldamages. In particular, the aim of the publication is to analyze the legal natureof proceedings before the Provincial Committees for the Ruling of Medical Events,which are to determine the existence of a medical event. Originally, the entityresponsible for medical events was to be primarily the insurer. As a result of thelegislative changes which led to the abolition of the insurance obligation, the entity responsible in the procedure before the Commission became de facto hospital.The author describes the subject of the commission procedure and then confrontsit with the subject of compensation proceedings before the civil court. She alsoconsiders the nature of the proceedings before the Commission in comparisonwith the mediation proceeding. Against this background, she formulates de legeferenda postulates which, without pretending to propose final legal solutions, areintended to provoke a discussion on possible ways of repairing the described model.