贺律师:您好!我是一个医师,2002年4月1日起实行的《最高人民法院关于民事诉讼证据的若干规定》,将医疗事故的举证责任归给了医院。那么在医疗事故的民事诉讼中,医院与患者是否处于平等地位,这是否违反了我国公民在法律面前人人平等的原则?医院怎样才能保护好自己合法权益呢?广东:王鹏 He lawyer: Hello! I am a physician, April 1, 2002 from the “Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on the evidence of civil litigation,” the medical malpractice evidence of the attribution to the hospital. So in the civil lawsuit of medical malpractice, whether the hospital and the patient are on an equal footing, does this violate the principle that all citizens of our country are equal before the law? How can the hospital protect its legal rights? Guangdong: Wang Peng