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Up to 70% of babies are injured in some way during birth. While most of those injuries are minor, they can still result in major problems for parents, an RMIT paediatric lecturer reveals.

A Northern Territory mother flew to Melbourne last week to see a chiropractor where she learned her three-month-old had a fractured collarbone and a dislocated shoulder, which was allegedly sustained during birth. The doctor said that for about 20 babies he sees each week, about half of them had undiagnosed shoulder problems.

“A collarbone fracture should not be missed in the hospital but quite commonly they are, and . . . parents go home with a baby that screams a lot and they don’t know why,” the doctor says.

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In Washington D.C., a neurosurgeon testified in an infant abuse case, stating that the bleeding on the brain of a 6-week-old infant was probably not the result of abuse at all, sources told New York Birth Injury Lawyers. In fact, it is his assertion that the problem may have occurred due to birth trauma.

The doctor showed that 2009 medical records from the child show signs the little boy had blood in a part of his brain that was too deep to be the result of abuse. The doctor also said the blood was likely a recurring injury that happened during a difficult birth process when the fibers of the brain were torn.

“It verified to me that this is a birth-related injury,” the neurosurgeon said. These lawyers such as those in The Bronx and Brooklyn must be aware of the damage which brain injuries can do to a newborn.

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Wagga Wagga Base Hospital doctors may not have obtained the official informed consent of all the mothers it tested a drug on. The doctors alleged went ahead without informing the watchdog company, Therapeutic Goods Administration.

A Birth Injury Lawyer based in Manhattan, NY, revealed that hundreds of women were given the stomach ulcer drug misoprostol to induce labor at full term, despite warnings by the drug’s manufacturer as early as 2000.

Recently, the family of a six-year-old boy born with cerebral palsy successfully sued the hospital, which has admitted negligence in the drug trial.

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A father who had been wrongly accused of second-degree murder nearly twenty years ago has now been exonerated of all charges.

The man, who had been charged in the death of his five-week-old son in 1992, was told that the conviction of his case was unreasonable. A well-known Canadian superstar of pediatric forensics, Dr. Charles Smith, concluded back in 1992 that the 5-week old had been shaken to death, reported a New York City Birth Injury Lawyer.

The local authorities, the Crown, offered the father a deal just six months into the case. They said that if he would plead guilty to criminal negligence that lead to his son’s death that he would only have to serve a 90-day jail sentence, to be served on the weekends. The father took the deal.

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Eighteen years is a long time to suffer. But one girl has endured injuries caused by her doctor during her birth. He has now been ordered to pay her $3 million for the trauma he caused. Cerebral Palsy is just one of many health conditions the young woman deals with, reports a New York Birth Injury Lawyer. The settlement money will be used to cover pain and suffering, medical expenses incurred, and rehabilitation.

When her mother had her labor induced, the hospital staff called the doctor to come perform a Caesarian Section. Three to four hours later, he finally responded to their call and surgery began. It is because of this delay that the girl has suffered for 18 years. The umbilical cord was compressed resulting in “fetal asphyxia”, which if corrected much earlier, could have preserved the girl’s health. The doctor and the midwife both were off the premises at the time of the call, which goes against hospital policy. Charges were also brought against the midwife, but a jury found her not to be responsible for the girl’s injuries.

The defendant claimed that genetics or the mother’s obesity was to blame for her daughter’s condition, but a jury disagreed. He also explained that the mother’s lack of prenatal care until her 20th week could have been at fault. The doctor stated in previous testimony that he found no indication of fetal distress or cord compression. The defendant and his lawyer denied comment regarding the verdict. His malpractice insurance is set to cover $2 million, however he may have to pay for the remainder from his own pocket. Hospitals in The Bronx and Brooklyn are used to dealing with cases like this.

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A distraught woman, who recently lost a child, claims it was her doctor’s negligence that lead to the infant’s untimely death, said a NY Birth Injury Lawyer.

The woman, who is seeking $2.5 million from her doctor, reportedly had been diagnosed with gestational diabetes early on in her pregnancy and was also considered high risk because she was 41 years old.

“The plaintiff had or developed known risk factors associated with her pregnancy including, but not limited to, being 41 years of age at the time of conception and gestational diabetes,” a NY City Birth Injury Lawyer explained.

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