Over UAH 9 million for a mother’s death and her son’s disability: Lviv-region hospital loses final appeal

The Supreme Court on September 30, 2026, dismissed the cassation appeal filed by the Boryslav Central City Hospital in the Lviv region. The hospital must pay the family more than UAH 9 million in material and moral damages following the death of a woman in childbirth and the disability of her son. The court’s ruling was reported by “Sudovo-Yurydychna Hazeta” (sud.ua).

The story began in 2018. The pregnant woman was under the care of the antenatal clinic at this hospital. Doctors recommended a planned caesarean section, and she was preparing for it.

During the operation, the medical team failed to intubate her trachea successfully. The tracheotomy was performed too late, and the caesarean section itself was delayed. Inadequate medical care led to the patient developing post-resuscitation syndrome. She was transferred to the anesthesiology and intensive care unit at the Lviv Regional Clinical Hospital, where she died.

Prolonged hypoxia and ischemia during the operation caused irreversible damage to the newborn boy’s central nervous system. He was assigned disability subgroup “A”. The child requires constant care from another person.

Criminal proceedings were opened over the improper performance of professional duties by four medical workers, which led to grave consequences. In 2024, the accused asked to be released from criminal liability because the statute of limitations had expired. On January 22, the Boryslav District Court of the Lviv Region granted their motions and closed the criminal proceedings.

Separately, the deceased woman’s husband filed a lawsuit against the hospital seeking compensation for material and moral damages. In September 2025, the Boryslav City Court partially upheld his claims and ordered the hospital to pay the stated compensation. In February 2026, the Lviv Court of Appeal upheld that decision.

After the hospital’s cassation appeal was dismissed, the rulings of the first-instance and appellate courts remained in force. The Supreme Court ruling is final and cannot be appealed.

We previously reported:

• Two children left orphaned: Kyiv doctor sentenced to 2 years over woman’s death in childbirth; UAH 15 million awarded in damages
• In Donetsk region, newborn becomes disabled due to doctor’s negligence
• An operation on paper, death in reality: what happened during childbirth at a Kyiv perinatal center
• “Millionaire bribe-taker” Nasirov to receive compensation from Ukraine for poor treatment in pre-trial detention
• Head of maternity ward in Mykolaiv where a woman died in childbirth notified of suspicion