{"id":22255,"date":"2026-05-24T16:01:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T14:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/medische-aansprakelijkheid-belgie-medische-fout-rechten\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T21:09:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T19:09:20","slug":"medical-liability-belgium-medical-malpractice-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/medical-liability-belgium-medical-malpractice-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical liability in Belgium: your rights in the event of a medical error"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Medical liability in Belgium: your rights in the event of a medical error<\/h2>\n<p>A medical error or medical incident can have serious consequences for your health and your life. In Belgium, as a patient, you have the right to claim compensation when a health care provider made a mistake that caused your harm.<\/p>\n<h3>When is there medical liability?<\/h3>\n<p>A health care provider is liable when he has committed an error that a normally careful professional would not have made under the same circumstances. This may include a diagnostic error, an operative error, incorrect treatment or failure to inform the patient of risks.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to fault, there must be a causal relationship between that fault and the harm suffered. This connection is often the most contested element in a medical liability claim.<\/p>\n<h3>The Medical Accident Fund<\/h3>\n<p>In Belgium, the Medical Accident Fund (FMO) exists to intervene in serious medical incidents where liability is difficult to prove. The FMO can award compensation when a medical incident has resulted in serious harm to the patient, even without fault on the part of the health care provider.<\/p>\n<h3>How do you proceed?<\/h3>\n<p>A complaint for medical liability starts with collecting your medical records. Then you have a medical expert analyze your file. Novex Lawyers guides you through these steps and acts in civil court or the FMO.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you suspect medical malpractice? Contact Novex Lawyers for legal advice.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medische aansprakelijkheid in Belgi\u00eb: uw rechten bij een medische fout Een medische fout of een medisch incident kan ernstige gevolgen hebben voor uw gezondheid en uw leven. In Belgi\u00eb heeft u als pati\u00ebnt het recht om een schadevergoeding te vorderen wanneer een zorgverlener een fout heeft gemaakt die uw schade heeft veroorzaakt. Wanneer is er [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22255"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22282,"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22255\/revisions\/22282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}