The following actions shall be commenced within one (1) year after the cause of action accrued:
An action against a physician, surgeon, dentist or hospital licensed pursuant to K.R.S. chapter 216, for negligence or malpractice.
The cause of action shall be deemed to accrue at the time the injury is first discovered or in the exercise of reasonable care should have been discovered; provided that such action shall be commenced within five (5) years from the date on which the alleged negligent act or omission is said to have occurred.
Notwithstanding any other prescribed limitation of actions which might otherwise appear applicable, except those provided in K.R.S. 413.140, a civil action, whether brought in tort or contract, arising out of any act or omission in rendering, or failing to render, professional services for others shall be brought within one (1) year from the date of the occurrence or from the date when the cause of action was, or reasonably should have been, discovered by the party injured. Time shall not commence against a party under legal disability until removal of the disability.
Hall v. Musgrave, 517 F.2d 1163 (6th Cir. 1975) , applying Kentucky law. (The one-year statute starts to run on the date of discovery of the injury or the date it should have been discovered. The action accrued when the plaintiff learned she had a hole in the urethra requiring surgical repair and that it resulted from childbirth.)
Turner v. Rust, 385 S.W.2d 175 (Ky. 1964). (An affirmative act on the part of the physician must be proved, rather than mere silence and failure to disclose, in order to amount to fraudulent concealment and toll the statute.)