A three-year-old child survives falling from a fourth-floor hotel window

Zl. 100,000 compensation for parents of boy who died after finger was stitched Compensation of zl. 100,000 has been granted by a court to the parents of a 5-year old boy who failed to wake up from a simple operation for a finger-wound. The boy was anaethestiszd while the wound was stitched. When he was recovering, a young doctor gave the boy nitrogen instead of oxygen. The doctor has pleaded guilty to negligence. The court sentenced him to a suspended one-year sentence and a zl. 600-fine. The compensation will be paid by provincial health authorities on behalf of the Treasury, which is responsible for maintaining hospital standards. Awarding such a high amount of compensation for a doctor's failure sets a precedent in Poland. (Zycie, page1) A.D. A three-year old boy has survived a fall from a 4th-floor hotel room in Wroclaw. The child was unhurt, apart from a few bruises. His mother, however, who had left the room only for a moment, had to be given tranquilizers for shock. (Rzeczpospolita, page A2) J.K.