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Having a child is mostly a magical experience, however, preventable complications can arise. Medical professionals hold a duty of care to all patients, and pregnant people are no different. Injuries during childbirth can occur to the mother and baby where doctors and nurses act negligently. It can have seriously damaging consequences for the life of the child, such oxygen starvation leading to cerebral palsy. Such conditions can render a child essentially helpless, needing constant care. This not only removes the livelihood of the child, but the parents also. If you’ve suffered a birth injury, and feel medical negligence is to blame, you may be entitled to claim compensation.
Woman’s hospital death could have been prevented
Posted: 21 March 2014
Posted in: Birth Injury, Medical Negligence, Wrongful & Accidental Death
A Fatal Accident Inquiry has ruled that the life of a pregnant woman might have been saved if she had seen a consultant after being admitted to the Princess Royal Maternity in Glasgow in 2008, reports the BBC. Caroline McCall was eight months pregnant when she experienced severe chest pains that she suspected might be a heart attack. She was taken to the hospital where she saw a number of medical professionals but not a consultant, and died 41 hours after being admitted. Her daughter, who is now five, was…
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