Portugal – 28th July, 2017: Judges in Portugal were guilty of sexual discrimination in a medical compensation case when they decided that the importance of sex diminished with the age of a woman, Europe’s human rights court has ruled.

Maria Morais, a 50-year-old Portuguese woman with two children, claimed that medical negligence during botched gynaecological surgery at a Portuguese hospital in 1995 left her unable to have normal sex. She won her compensation case for physical and mental suffering, but the hospital then won a 2013 appeal that cut the pay-out by around one-third.
 

London – 28th July, 2017: A former NHS call handler told the Daily Mail how health bosses refuse to send ambulances to people if their conditions aren't considered life-threatening.

Karen Frederick also said patients with "lower priority" problems such as back pain, stomach pain, falls or heavy bleeding were being assessed using smartphone apps such as Skype and Facetime.

Australia – 14th July, 2017: A heartbroken family has accused their GP of misdiagnosing their loved one's heart attack symptoms as asthma. However, the doctor claims the tragedy is not his fault.

Father of six Anthony Parnell died of heart failure on 13 October 2014, aged 32. His widow Krystal told A Current Affair he was coughing and complaining of chest pains for several days – but after visiting the doctor, he died less than 24 hours later.