T-307 de 1997
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Reporting justice José Gregorio Hernández Galindo
✓Claimant Samira Felfle Zallaquett
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- Procedencia excepcional de tutela
- Se comprometen derechos constitucionales fundamentales
- Inaplicabilidad cláusula que sustrae enfermedad no detectada a su celebración
- Improcedencia general sobre controversias contractuales
- Prestación de servicios médicos integrales
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- Primero. REVOCAR el fallo proferido por el Consejo de Estado el 20 de febrero de 1997, que denegó el amparo. En su lugar, CONCEDER la protección del derecho a la vida de ELVIRA ALEXANDRE FELFLE. "Medisalud, Compañía Colombiana de Medicina Prepagada S. A." deberá prestar y suministrar de manera inmediata, todos los servicios a que se refiere el contrato de asistencia médica integral suscrito, con cargo al mismo, incluyendo atención médica, hospitalaria, quirúrgica y suministro los medicamentos que requiera la paciente.
- Segundo. Por Secretaría líbrense las comunicaciones de que trata el artículo 36 del Decreto 2591 de 1991.
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