Chile court orders $380M payout over anesthesia death in Calama hospital

Chile's Antofagasta Court of Appeals ordered Hospital Dr. Carlos Cisternas and the regional health service to pay $380 million for moral damages after a patient died from anesthetic complications during labor, allegedly due to an inexperienced TENS. The ruling is unanimous but the specific details of the anesthetic error and the patient's identity remain unclear. This sets a significant legal precedent for medical malpractice liability in Chile's public health system.