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Is It Possible to Hold a Nurse Accountable for Medical Malpractice?
A Birth Trauma and Cerebral Palsy Lawyer Explains Nurses are an integral part of the birth process. They assist physicians in delivering newborns safely into the world and help care for the mother after the stressful process of birth. However, not all nurses perform their duties diligently, causing irreparable harm to a baby in the form of brain injury, organ damage and other wounds. Injuries to a baby’s brain and spine can result in cerebral palsy and a lifetime of difficulty for the newborn child and parents. If you or your child has suffered a birth injury, help is available. Speaking to an experienced cerebral palsy attorney is the best way to explore your legal rights and options for action against the responsible party. Birth Trauma Can Be Medical Malpractice Like a physician, nurses are obligated to provide the best care possible to patients under their watch. Whether a nurse…
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New Botox treatment helps boy with cerebral palsy walk for the first time
In an earlier post, we discussed a new treatment using Botox to help people with cerebral palsy. In an inspirational update on that treatment, 3-year-old Aiden Farrell took his first steps recently due to receiving Botox injections into the affected areas of his body. Botox uses tiny amounts of a toxin that attacks the nervous system, but in very small doses it relaxes the contraction of muscles in some people with cerebral palsy by blocking nerve impulses. Aiden has had health problems all his life after a traumatic birth in which he was born 29 weeks premature and had to be kept alive on a ventilator. When Aiden’s mother read about the treatment online, she placed Aiden on an 18-month waiting list and he was given 12 injections last December. Aiden was able to stand and walk for the first time with his legs straighter and even with his legs…
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Texan Twins with Cerebral Palsy See Staying Active as Key in Overcoming Their Disability
Josh and his twin sister Jade are freshmen at Hudson High School, and like many other teenagers their age they are involved in numerous extra-curricular activities. Recently, Jade has been spending most of her time after school practicing for upcoming cheerleading tryouts, and Josh helps manage the high school’s basketball team. In their free time, Jade likes to go horseback riding and Josh has started experimenting with music production. The Alexander twins have come a long way after being born 12 weeks prematurely, KTRE-TV reported. With Josh weighing only two pounds and seven ounces and his sister weighing in at a little over one pound at birth, doctors did not expect either of them to live past 16 weeks. Nevertheless, they are strong fighters, and seem to be able to push through anything with an energetic attitude to match. However, the premature birth was only the beginning of their medical…
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