Judgment Dubska and Krejzova v. Czech Republic - prohibition on midwives assisting home births

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tried to help the baby and had called an ambulance immediately after establishing that the baby had hypoxia. To foresee every possible complication during delivery and be able to react to it immediately, as was required of Ms K., would ulti

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a letter of 13 April 2011 the Regional Office added that the midwives listed in its register of health professionals were, in any event, only allowed by law to attend births at premises possessing the technical equipment required by Decree

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regarding home births. B. Relevant domestic law 1. Act on Medical Care (no. 160/1992) This act was valid until 1 April 2012 when it was superseded by the Act on Medical Services (no. 372/2011). Under section 5 a person could have provided m

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the City of Prague, which registered and issued authorisations to health professionals. On 29 November 2011 the applicant’s health insurance company informed her that the assistance of a health professional at birth at home was not covered

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regulating safe out-of-hospital birth (see paragraphs 11 to 14 above). She also reiterated that, unlike the situation in the case of Dubská and Krejzová v. the Czech Republic ([GC], nos. 28859/11 and 28473/12, 15 November 2016), where the p