Hospital Staff Acted Negligently
A High Court has ruled that staff at a London hospital acted negligently in a case involving a claim made by a man suffering from cerebral palsy. The claim was made against the North East London Strategic Health Authority after the plaintiff, Daniel Hemmingway, was born with cerebral palsy in Whipps Cross Hospital in Londin in 1984.The plaintiff could now be set to receive million of pounds in compensation after the High Court ruling that stated staff at Whipps Cross Hospital acted negligently after Daniel’s mother complained of abdominal pains while she was still pregnant with him. She allegedly told doctors that the baby had stopped moving. This was just a few months before the due date.
Reports state that tests were carried out but Daniel’s mother was sent home. However, tests carried out at a later date showed that the unborn child was at risk of being born with defects. He was born in 1984 with cererbral palsy.
The judge dealing with the case stated that when Daniel’s mother complained of abdominal pains she should have been kept in at the hospital, even after the tests, rather than being sent home, and the birth of the baby should have been brought forward.
Topic Added January 15th, 2007
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