The hospital in Huși and a doctor must pay €400,000 in compensation to the family of a girl who died at the age of four, 12 years ago

On Wednesday, the Iași Court of Appeal upheld the decision ordering Dimitrie Castroian Municipal Hospital in Huși and pediatrician Floreta Bianu Paraschiv to jointly pay €400,000 in moral damages to the family of a girl who died at the age of four. The sum is being awarded to the family’s six members in connection with a case that occurred in October 2014.

The court rejected the appeals filed by the doctor and the medical facility against the Vaslui Tribunal’s ruling from March 2026. The tribunal had increased the damages initially set by the Huși District Court from €240,000 to €400,000. The money will be paid in lei, at the exchange rate applicable on the day of payment.

The family from the village of Plopi, in the Bunești-Averești commune, claimed that the girl had been given antibiotic treatment without a prior allergy test. The hospital management cited a fulminant progression of the illness but acknowledged that the test had not been performed.

The Ministry of Health found violations of medical protocols and internal regulations, while the on-call doctor was also sanctioned by the College of Physicians. The criminal investigation into suspected death did not lead to the identification of a person responsible. The family subsequently filed a civil lawsuit seeking moral damages.