Halina Jane Gillett, an Australian women who will be celebrating her 26th birthday this coming October, is suing Dr. Jeffrey Robinson for her current affliction of Erb’s palsy. Dr. Robinson was the obstetrician who delivered Halina over 25 years ago. Halina’s mother, Marilyn Benson-Inglis, states that she asked Dr. Robinson about a caesarean delivery because she was concerned that her child might be too large to deliver naturally. When Halina’s mother went into labor, the two choices available to deliver the child were a caesarean or use of forceps; Dr. Robinson chose to pull the baby out with forceps. Halina now suffers Erb’s palsy, which is a paralysis of the arm caused by an injury to the upper group of the arm’s nerves. Most commonly, excessive pulling on the shoulders, especially with forceps, causes this injury. Halina requires the use of physical therapy and assistance in the home due to…
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Australian Woman Sues Obstetrician over Her Own Birth Injury
August 23, 2011Half of Stillborn Deaths Could Be Prevented, Says Study
August 18, 2011According to MSNBC, recent study has found that more than two million babies stillborn each year worldwide and about half could be saved if their mothers had better medical care. The rates of stillborn births have not dropped in countries including Britain, France and the U.S. Experts say providing better obstetric care, treating conditions like syphilis, blood pressure and diabetes, could save more than one million infants every year. The research paid by the Save the Children organization, as well as Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation found that in developing countries most stillbirths are caused by delivery complications, maternal infections during pregnancy, fetal growth problems and congenital abnormalities. Finland and Singapore had the lowest stillbirth rates worldwide, two per 1,000 births, while Nigeria and Pakistan had 42 and 47 stillbirths per 1,000, respectively. In the U.S., there were six per 1,000 birth, though the rate is nearly double for African-American…
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Family Sues Hospital For Son’s Multiple Disabilities and Cerebral Palsy
August 16, 2011According to the Herald Sun, the family of a young boy born with cerebral palsy is suing Queensland Health alleging the hospital staff who managed the birth were responsible for his disability. The family of six-year-old Dylan Wallace filed a lawsuit against the hospital claiming the staff failed to respond quickly to signs of distress in the womb. For at least an hour preceding his birth, the infant was starved of oxygen to his brain and consequently it lead to his cerebral palsy. The birth injury left Dylan with profound physical and intellectual disabilities, including quadriplegia, severe developmental delay and visual impairment. Dylan cannot move or speak and is fed through a tube into his stomach. The family’s birth injury attorney said the parents seek to settle the matter out of court but there are significant differences of opinion about Dylan’s life expectancy and the damages payment that he is…
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