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…
After an eight-year-old girl was left severely brain damaged at birth because of maternity staff blunders, she was awarded £8.75m by London’s High Court. The child was born at St Mary’s Hospital, Portsmouth, on March 16, 2003. Having been starved of oxygen in the womb because the clinical staff missed…
Just as chiropractic care can be a benefit to dealing with the effects of Vertebral Subluxation Complex, it can also help with more common ailments and health issues that children face, reports a New York Birth Injury Lawyer. These common health problems that can be helped with chiropractic care include…
Cerebral Palsy is a group of disorders that affect a person’s mobility and ability to maintain posture and balance. Cerebral Palsy is caused by a non-progressive brain abnormality, meaning that the injury will not get worse over time, although the symptoms can change. Cerebral Palsy is caused by damage to…
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…
Hospitals in New York City and Long Island must be aware of the following situations. As a NYC Birth Injury Lawyer mentioned earlier, Vertebral Subluxation Complex, which is a birth trauma-related spinal misalignment and nervous system issue, happens when the nerve signals from the brain to the rest of the…
A family in Blacksburg, SC, is trying to take care of their 5-year old grandson as best they can, sources told a New York City Birth Injury Attorney. While it is currently unclear as to how the grandparents came to be the primary caretakers of this young man, they do…
A small child has been awarded $1.35 million in a settlement due to permanent and severe brain injuries sustained during birth. Four years ago a family’s dreams of having a normal child were crushed. They went to their local hospital in labor and began what they thought was a routine…
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that about one-third of U.S. women giving birth in 2008 delivered via a cesarean section. That number crossed all races and ages. Cesareans are becoming more popular as mothers today are less likely to have a negative preconception about surgical delivery.…
Designated pediatric hospitals have a distinct duty of care to their patients, mother and child alike. If they don’t have a dedicated anesthesiologist on staff, that may cause serious problems when an emergency arises, as often happens during live births, explained a New York Birth Injury Lawyer. That’s just how…