A grieving mother, whose newborn baby died following a string of hospital blunders, is joining other in the call to the NHS to learn from past mistakes and improve hospital delivery room operations. The 34-year-old mother is suing the Princess Royal University Hospital in Farnborough Common, Orpington, after she was…
One young boy dreams of kicking a football one day. Had it not been for a hospital blunder, however, at the then North Staffordshire Hospital during his birth in April 1998, his ambitions would have probably been set much higher. On the day his mother was brought to the hospital,…
Birth injuries happen for a variety of reasons, and one of those reasons is the improper use of forceps during the delivery process. Forceps are a metal tool routinely used during childbirth to ease the passage of the baby through the birth canal. Used correctly, forceps can assist in delivering…
London’s High Court responded to hearing how a grown woman has needed constant care since her delivery in 1972. They responded with a series of lifelong payments awarded to the victim. In this case, West Midlands Strategic Health Authority admitted to negligence and greatly regretted the incident. The adult woman…
A birth injury is an injury that takes place during the birthing process, and, due to the stress of labor, is not an uncommon complication. Many newborn babies have injuries at birth, although most injuries are mild. Sometimes there are more serious injuries, like damaged nerves or broken bones, but…
A link between taking the drug Topamax or Topiragen while pregnant with children suffering from cleft palate, cleft lip, spina bifida or limb and facial birth defects has been found and might make some of these families eligible for a lawsuit, revealed a NY Birth Injury Lawyer. She said many…
Medical malpractice is an area of the law that covers just about everything from misdiagnosis to birth injuries. Birth injuries may also include the improper use of forceps to assist in the birthing process. While they are supposed to help ease the child into the world and help in preventing…
The parents of a child born with Erb’s Palsy recently filed a medical malpractice suit claiming their doctor was negligent when delivering their baby. It is claimed that the obstetrician-gynecologist was negligent because she failed to use the proper protocol when delivering their daughter in 2004. During the child’s delivery,…
Birth injuries are often caused by doctor errors during the birthing process, but some parents in New York should make sure their newborn is not being put in danger by testing performed immediately after the birth. It’s possible that an excessive amount of testing is dangerous to babies. A New…
Researchers at the University of Michigan Medical School and Johns Hopkins University have successfully developed a treatment that helps animals with traumatic spinal cord injuries. The treatment actually allows new nerve fibers to grow in replacement of destroyed ones. Brachial plexus avulsion is an injury that occurs when an arm…