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A Birth Injury Can Affect A Child Throughout Her Life

A Birth Injury Can Affect A Child Throughout Her Life
Any parent’s greatest fear is undoubtedly the permanent injury and disability of their child. It’s a scenario that doubtless keeps many a parent up at night. So it’s difficult to imagine the mental anguish and suffering that a parent goes through when a newborn child is irreparably harmed at birth due to substandard or negligent medical care. But tragically, this is an all too common occurrence in our hospitals and maternity wards, and it happens with frightening regularity. The damage is lasting and can result in overwhelming physical, emotional and financial costs for the rest of the child’s natural life.
Medical errors and malfeasance cause an alarming number of deaths in the United States every year. It’s one of the most under reported epidemics in living memory, and is the cause of an incalculable amount of injury, diminished capacity and even death. …

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Severe Birth Injuries May Entitle You to Compensation

Severe Birth Injuries May Entitle You to Compensation
Having a baby is a joyous occasion. With the advances in medicine in the last century, it is more and more likely that both mother and child will survive childbirth and be completely healthy through the process. However, there are times when things don’t go quite right during delivery. When this happens it can leave the baby hurt or disabled.
Delivering a baby can be a complicated enterprise. It involves a certain amount of compression and traction. As a result, there are numerous potential complications and injuries that can occur during the delivery. These injuries can result from many factors, including a lack of adequate oxygen or blood flow.
Sometimes labor that lasts for an excessive amount of time can damage the health of the baby. This is simply because more things can go wrong when the infant is in this precarious position. Many birth …

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Birth Injuries – Medical Malpractice Attorneys In Queens, Ny

Birth Injuries – Medical Malpractice Attorneys In Queens, Ny
A birth injury occurs when a baby is harmed in some way during labor and/or delivery. This injury may be minor, resulting in temporary damage such as bruising or swelling, or it may be more serious, resulting in lifelong disability.
A birth injury may be the result of several unavoidable factors, including premature labor, breech delivery (legs first), size of the baby or size/shape of the mother’s pelvis, protracted (drawn-out) labor and other unpreventable events. However, many birth injuries are the result of negligence or errors made by doctors, nurses and other medical professionals who failed to take the proper precautions and measures at the time of the birth.
Serious birth injures can result in lifelong developmental disabilities or neurological disorders for these children.  Conditions such as cerebral palsy, Erb’s palsy (which is also called brachial plexus palsy), autism, epilepsy, learning disabilities, mental retardation …

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