November 6th, 2009
A 14-year-old girl has been awarded millions in compensation after winning a medical negligence claim against the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital.
Tahlia Downes was deprived of oxygen during her birth, leaving her with severe mental and physical disabilities.
Her mother brought the medical negligence claim against the hospital on the grounds that she should have been given a Caesarean section during the birth, reports the BBC.
Norfolk and Norwich Hospital will pay the family compensation after the judge in the case ruled that it should pay 70 per cent of the full valuation of the claim.
The payout is expected to run into millions once a final figure is reached, money that will be used to provide care for Tahlia for the rest of her life.
Last month, ten-year-old Harry Snowdon of Oxfordshire was awarded £7.1 million in compensation in a similar medical negligence case against Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust, in which he was left with brain damage following difficulties with his birth.
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March 13th, 2009
A man who may be unable to have children after a delay in the treatment of a fertility problem is to receive compensation.
Leon Whitworth had an accident in December 1999 which ruptured his urethra. A subsequent investigation found that he had a particularly low sperm count and may be unable to have children.
"Most men have 20 million sperm cells but I have only three, not three million, just three," he commented.
Although Mr Whitworth thought his fertility problem occurred when doctors did not adequately treat his urethra, his solicitors found that a delay in treatment of an undescended testicle when he was eight is likely to have reduced his ability to father children.
He launched a negligence claim against the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital and has now received £25,000 in compensation in an out-of-court settlement, which is to be used to pay for IVF for him and his partner.
A spokesperson for the NHS Litigation Authority – which was established in 1995 and is responsible for handling negligence claims made against NHS bodies in England – declined to comment on the specifics of the case.
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