What will happen if the defendant does not appear in court in the right to health dispute case?

Trial by default. There is a kind of trial called trial by default, which means that one of the litigants is not present. The defendant's failure to respond to the lawsuit does not mean that he can be irresponsible and can only accept the trial result.

Article 129 of China's Civil Procedure Law stipulates: "If the plaintiff refuses to appear in court without justifiable reasons after being summoned by summons, or withdraws from court without the permission of the court, it may be treated as withdrawing the lawsuit; If the defendant counterclaims, he may make a judgment by default. " Article 130 stipulates: "If the defendant refuses to appear in court without justifiable reasons after being summoned by summons, or withdraws from court without the permission of the court, he may make a judgment by default." Article 13 1 stipulates: "Before the verdict is pronounced, if the plaintiff applies to withdraw the lawsuit, whether it is allowed or not shall be decided by the people's court. If the people's court decides that it is not allowed to withdraw the lawsuit, if the plaintiff is summoned by summons and refuses to appear in court without justifiable reasons, he may make a judgment by default. "