Monthly Archives: April 2014

Is Your Hospital Safe? Three Families Suing Oregon Hospital Over Birth Injuries

Posted on April 30, 2014 by

According to KPTV-TV, three Oregon families are filing separate multi-million dollar lawsuits against a hospital after their children were born with brain damage and cerebral palsy.  The families are reportedly suing the Silverton Hospital, located in Marion County. One of the families involved in the lawsuit claims that their child was born with permanent brain damage and cerebral palsy because of mistakes made in the delivery room at the hospital. The family claims that doctors failed to recognize and respond to the labor process, and failed to deliver the baby via a C-Section in a reasonable period of time. Another family claims that their child was born “lifeless”, but the hospital did not take adequate steps in an attempt to bring the child back to life, depriving him of oxygen for 14 minutes, which resulted in him suffering a catastrophic brain injury, which will require lifelong care. The other family…
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Waco Facility to Offer Services to Kids with Developmental Disabilities

Posted on April 23, 2014 by

According to the Waco Tribune-Herald, Baylor University and McLane Children’s Scott & White are collaborating on a new facility that will attempt to mix diagnostic, therapeutic and clinical services for kids with developmental disabilities.  The paper reported that the facility, the Baylor University Center for Developmental Disabilities, would offer services to children with autism spectrum disorder and Down syndrome, as well as other intellectual disabilities. The facility will be located at the Hillcrest MacArthur Clinic, located at 2201 MacArthur Drive in Waco. The unveiling of the facility was made as Autism Awareness Month kicked off earlier this month. The center will offer individual therapy rooms, a playroom area, small rooms for social skills work groups and a group therapy room. “[The facility] will include the Baylor Autism Resource Clinic, which provides assessments, consultations, social skills-building exercises and other support services for children with autism spectrum disorders,” the Tribune-Herald reported. “It…
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Can Delays in Medical Screenings Hurt My Baby?

Posted on April 22, 2014 by

Birth Trauma Lawyers that Handle Medical Malpractice During Labor and Delivery Medical professionals collect blood samples shortly after birth to test for different disorders from nearly every newborn in the United States. The idea is to detect any type of medical condition quickly, enabling doctors to treat and prevent serious birth injuries in a timely manner. However, according to recent studies, these efforts may be undermined by the inefficiency and, in some cases, negligence of healthcare providers as well as those conducting the screenings for dangerous conditions. This could be yet another reason why birth injury is so prevalent in the United States. The consequences for these mistakes in testing cannot be understated; the lives of children are at stake, which is why newborn screening must improve. What is Wrong with How Newborn Screening Works? In some cases, newborns stop breathing days after birth. With others, children may bleed profusely,…
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