SVANIDZE v. GEORGIA

Communicated on 8 September 2016 FOURTH SECTIONApplication no. 37809/08Tina SVANIDZEagainst Georgialodged on 1 July 2008STATEMENT OF FACTS1.  The applicant, Ms Tina Svanidze, is a Georgian national who was born in 1935 and lives in Tbilisi. She is represented before the Court by Mr I. Kandashvili, a lawyer practising in Tbilisi.2.  The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicant, may be summarised as follows.A.  The circumstances of the case3.  At the material time, the applicant was the head of the gynaecological department at Mtskheta Hospital.4.  In the early morning of 22 September 2005 a patient, G.M., who had severe abdominal pain, was brought to Mtskheta Hospital. She was diagnosed by two doctors who were on duty with post-abortion acute endometriosis and pelvic peritonitis. The applicant came to the hospital at 10 a.m. She re-examined G.M., whose medical condition had deteri …