November 10th, 2009
A teenage girl who was left severely disabled after complications during her birth has been awarded medical negligence compensation.
Charlotte Gillespie, of Ramsbottom, now suffers from cerebral palsy, epilepsy and obsessive compulsive disorder as a result of errors made during her delivery, reports the Bury Times.
Her mother Marilyn was made to walk to theatre during the birth and it was the contention of the Gillespie family that Charlotte should have been delivered by Caesarean section.
The family received an undisclosed amount in medical negligence compensation from Bury Health Care NHS Trust over the delivery at Fairfield Hospital in 1996.
Marilyn Gillespie said: "We can now provide her with all the medical care she needs for the rest of her life."
Earlier this month, 11-year-old Grant Hembry was awarded more than £270,000 in medical negligence compensation after blunders during his birth resulted in nerve damage that has left him unable to use his right shoulder, arm and hand.
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June 17th, 2009
A woman who claims that her daughter was incorrectly treated in hospital, leading to a string of medical problems, is continuing to seek compensation for clinical negligence.
Lynne Jones claims that her daughter Claire, now 27, had an operation for an eye infection that went wrong when she was 11, the Flintshire Evening Leader attests.
The mother alleges that as a result of the operation, Claire now suffers from depression, epilepsy and obsessive compulsive disorder.
"Even after all this time my daughter cannot live her life. It’s been taken away. To watch your daughter suffer is just heartbreaking," she commented.
Ms Jones is now organising an appeal against an earlier decision to dismiss the case and said she is determined to get compensation for her daughter.
A spokesperson for Glan Clwyd hospital declined to comment.
Patients may have grounds for compensation where an injury or death was caused by or contributed to by a breach of a duty of care by medical staff.
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