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In Poland, patients’ rights are protected by the instruments included in the Act on Patient Rights and the Patient Ombudsman. This law provides for a procedure for dealing with medical negligence claims, which are referred to as medical event. Other types of proceedings related to a claim arising from a medical error include civil proceedings, proceedings relating to the professional liability of a person performing a medical profession and criminal proceedings in a criminal case. As a rule, it can be concluded that the initiation of one of the proceedings excludes the possibility of using another form of applying for a claim.