Whether there existed a respectable body of medical opinion which would have taken the same steps as the doctor, leaving in the circumstances, the baby with d irreversible damage to his brain in the 13 minutes immediately prior to his birth at because as he moved down the birth canal the umbilical cord was wrapped round his neck and had a knot in it.
Held: Appeal dismissed
Judges:
Brooke LJ
Citations:
[1998] EWCA Civ 596, [1998] PIQR P324, 1998] Lloyd’s Rep Med 223, [1998] PIQR 324
Links:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Bolitho v City and Hackney Health Authority HL 24-Jul-1997
The plaintiff suffered catastrophic brain damage as a result of cardiac arrest induced by respiratory failure as a child whilst at the defendant hospital. A doctor was summoned but failed to attend, and the child suffered cardiac arrest and brain . .
Cited – Hucks v Cole CA 1968
(Reported 1993) A doctor failed to treat with penicillin a patient, the plaintiff, in a maternity ward. She was suffering from septic spots on her skin though he knew them to contain organisms capable of leading to puerperal fever. Several . .
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Professional Negligence
Updated: 18 November 2022; Ref: scu.144074