Category Archives: Birth Trauma
Houston Couple Left Waiting For Months to Discover Birth Injury Killed Child
According to KPRC-TV, a Houston couple was left searching for answers after their newborn child died just four days after birth. The news outlet reported that Allen Coats and his fiancée Rachel Melancon had a child, Olivia, who was delivered at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Houston. However, during birth the baby suffered complications and was rushed by Life Flight to Memorial Hermann Hospital, where Olivia died. It was discovered by the couple that the doctor who delivered Olivia at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas was relieved of his duties about a month after her birth. Unsure as to how Olivia died, the couple sought an autopsy to determine why. However, the couple was forced to wait four months while Memorial Hermann completed the autopsy, according to KRPC. The hospital told the news outlet that a clerical issue caused the delay in the autopsy, which showed that…
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Is Your Hospital Safe? Three Families Suing Oregon Hospital Over Birth Injuries
According to KPTV-TV, three Oregon families are filing separate multi-million dollar lawsuits against a hospital after their children were born with brain damage and cerebral palsy. The families are reportedly suing the Silverton Hospital, located in Marion County. One of the families involved in the lawsuit claims that their child was born with permanent brain damage and cerebral palsy because of mistakes made in the delivery room at the hospital. The family claims that doctors failed to recognize and respond to the labor process, and failed to deliver the baby via a C-Section in a reasonable period of time. Another family claims that their child was born “lifeless”, but the hospital did not take adequate steps in an attempt to bring the child back to life, depriving him of oxygen for 14 minutes, which resulted in him suffering a catastrophic brain injury, which will require lifelong care. The other family…
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Waco Facility to Offer Services to Kids with Developmental Disabilities
According to the Waco Tribune-Herald, Baylor University and McLane Children’s Scott & White are collaborating on a new facility that will attempt to mix diagnostic, therapeutic and clinical services for kids with developmental disabilities. The paper reported that the facility, the Baylor University Center for Developmental Disabilities, would offer services to children with autism spectrum disorder and Down syndrome, as well as other intellectual disabilities. The facility will be located at the Hillcrest MacArthur Clinic, located at 2201 MacArthur Drive in Waco. The unveiling of the facility was made as Autism Awareness Month kicked off earlier this month. The center will offer individual therapy rooms, a playroom area, small rooms for social skills work groups and a group therapy room. “[The facility] will include the Baylor Autism Resource Clinic, which provides assessments, consultations, social skills-building exercises and other support services for children with autism spectrum disorders,” the Tribune-Herald reported. “It…
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