Emergency Medical Care in the Process of Changes in the Republic of Serbia

Mujović, Hajrija (2024) Emergency Medical Care in the Process of Changes in the Republic of Serbia. In: Book of Abstracts of 28 th World Congress for Medical Law. World Association for Medical Law, Batam, Indonesia, pp. 87-88.

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Abstract

Observing the solutions of Comparative law, emergency medical care can be subject to different regulations, whether it is special laws, acts of by-law force or acts of professional selfregulation. But, regardless of the level of regulation, it is necessary to cover issues essential to the work of this service.Currently, the law of Serbia is debating whether the drafted Act on emergency medical care should beadopted or not. It is placed in the RS Parliamentary procedure, but since it was initiated by a minority parliamentary group, it did not find much support. From the point of view of the theory and practice of Medical law, positive attitudes and explanations stand out. Various cases of injured patients and deathscaused by disorganization, transfer of responsibilities and poor work of emergency services are taken into account. The provisions of the Health Care Act and the Regulation on the Plan of the network of health institutions are being reviewed, as well as many professional and methodological instructions. Problems exist especially to ensure the right of access for the rural population, marginalized groups, the homeless and migrants. The Working group of Emergency Medical Care of the Medical Chamber of Serbia also pointed out numerous problems in its report. It is not enough to reform the territorial organization, but it is necessary to regulate the structure, the services provided, the obligations of emergency medical care providers and the rights of patients. The conclusion is that in the entire field ofemergency medicine, there should be changes and necessary work improvements in accordance with modern standards in that important area of health care.

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