Constitutional Court has not yet decided on the criminal complaint against Macut
The Constitutional Court has not yet made a decision on the criminal complaint against Prime Minister Đuro Macut, which was filed while he was head of the Endocrinology Clinic department in 2019. The complaint was filed by Dragan Stevanović, the husband of a deceased patient, because Macut and other doctors did not obtain her written consent for a risky intervention she underwent, which they were legally obliged to do.
TL;DR
- A criminal complaint against Prime Minister Đuro Macut and four other doctors was filed in 2019 by Dragan Stevanović regarding his deceased wife's medical treatment.
- The complaint alleges that the patient's written consent was not obtained for a risky intervention, a requirement of the Law on Patient Rights.
- After initial rejections by prosecutors, Stevanović appealed to the Constitutional Court, which has yet to issue a decision and has placed the case in its work plan for January-April 2026.
- Macut reportedly implemented a policy requiring written patient consent for interventions after becoming head of the department, though it was allegedly missing in this specific case.
- Medical professionals involved claimed they had verbally informed the patient of potential complications, but a colleague stated the patient's signature on her medical history did not pertain to treatment consent.