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CIVJIG 80.37 Duty of Hospital

Hospital's duty to patients

A hospital must use reasonable care for the protection and well-being of its patients. In deciding whether the hospital used reasonable care, consider, among other things:

1. What facts the hospital knew or should have known about the physical and mental state of (plaintiff) (decedent) (person who injured (plaintiff) (decedent))

2. The training and experience of its employees in the type of treatment given to (plaintiff) (decedent)

3. Whether these employees were, or should have been, able to anticipate and take adequate precautions for the safety of (plaintiff) (decedent)

4. Whether the hospital claimed to the (public) (admitting doctors) that it was equipped to treat and care for a patient requiring the treatment and care used.

A hospital must use reasonable care in serving a patient. Failure to use reasonable care is negligence.