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Massachusetts Midwife Settles Cerebral Palsy Lawsuit
Jeanne Browne, a midwife from Concord, Massachusetts, settled a $730,000 lawsuit with a family whose child suffered a severe brain injury during a birth that Browne supervised. According to the Concord Monitor, Sarah and Jonathan Sadowski’s daughter remained in the hospital for 21 days following her birth in January 2009, and she now has cerebral palsy. Browne surrendered her license after her investigation by the state Midwifery Council last June. Several hospitals in the area filed complaints about Browne’s failure to consult with obstetricians about high-risk pregnancies, though Browne stated that she stood by her decisions. The Sadowskis also stated that Browne did not manage their pregnancy appropriately, since Sarah Sadowski had several risk factors and the midwife did not refer her to an obstetrician. In addition, Browne did not send Sadowski to the hospital when she could not find the baby’s heartbeat during labor or after the baby’s birth….
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Half of Stillborn Deaths Could Be Prevented, Says Study
According to MSNBC, recent study has found that more than two million babies stillborn each year worldwide and about half could be saved if their mothers had better medical care. The rates of stillborn births have not dropped in countries including Britain, France and the U.S. Experts say providing better obstetric care, treating conditions like syphilis, blood pressure and diabetes, could save more than one million infants every year. The research paid by the Save the Children organization, as well as Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation found that in developing countries most stillbirths are caused by delivery complications, maternal infections during pregnancy, fetal growth problems and congenital abnormalities. Finland and Singapore had the lowest stillbirth rates worldwide, two per 1,000 births, while Nigeria and Pakistan had 42 and 47 stillbirths per 1,000, respectively. In the U.S., there were six per 1,000 birth, though the rate is nearly double for African-American…
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Family Sues Hospital For Son’s Multiple Disabilities and Cerebral Palsy
According to the Herald Sun, the family of a young boy born with cerebral palsy is suing Queensland Health alleging the hospital staff who managed the birth were responsible for his disability. The family of six-year-old Dylan Wallace filed a lawsuit against the hospital claiming the staff failed to respond quickly to signs of distress in the womb. For at least an hour preceding his birth, the infant was starved of oxygen to his brain and consequently it lead to his cerebral palsy. The birth injury left Dylan with profound physical and intellectual disabilities, including quadriplegia, severe developmental delay and visual impairment. Dylan cannot move or speak and is fed through a tube into his stomach. The family’s birth injury attorney said the parents seek to settle the matter out of court but there are significant differences of opinion about Dylan’s life expectancy and the damages payment that he is…
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