September 29th, 2009
A family has been awarded £410,000 in compensation after a woman died due to errors during a caesarean section.
Joanne Lockham, 45, had been admitted to Stoke Mandeville Hospital at Aylesbury in October 2007 and staff made the decision to give her a caesarean when her baby’s heartbeat dropped.
The patient was put under a general anaesthetic, but doctors mistakenly inserted the oxygen tube into her oesophagus and not her windpipe. She was deprived of oxygen for half an hour and her heart stopped a minute after the baby was born.
Ms Lockham’s life support was turned off two days later.
Her husband Peter decided to sue Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust after it admitted liability for the death and for "serious failings" in Ms Lockham’s care.
Mr Justice Burnett has now approved a compensation settlement of £410,000 for the loss and to cover the long-term care needs of the baby.
According to Babycentre.co.uk, approximately one in four pregnant women gives birth by caesarean every year.
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March 12th, 2009
The parents of a baby who died less than half an hour after his birth are taking legal action against the hospital they hold responsible.
Adam Djebili died after he was delivered with the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck, the Evening Standard reports.
His parents Noura and Brahim Djebili claim that staff at Kingston Hospital failed to notice that the child was in difficulties and that they ignored requests for an emergency Caesarean, relying instead on forceps.
Mr Djebili, 43, said that if it had not been for the hospital’s negligence, the baby would not have died.
"I don’t care about compensation, but I want the nation to know my baby was delivered carelessly and they killed him," he added.
A spokesperson for Kingston Hospital NHS Trust expressed sympathy to the family, but said it was unable to comment on the allegations.
In December, Clare and Tim Russell were awarded compensation from the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust in an out-of-court settlement after their baby died shortly after birth.
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