On January 16, 2013, a pregnant woman went to the Virgen de la Victoria University Hospital in Malaga with symptoms of childbirth. After admission, she was transferred to the delivery room where she was attended by the gynecologist and a midwife.
During delivery, the newborn fell to the ground from a great height suffering from traumatic brain injury and bruising. The parents decided to denounce him and the Andalusian Health Service (SAS) has estimated the claim and decided to indemnify the family with 46,942 euros.
As reported by the Association 'The Patient Advocate', which has represented the girl's parents, injuries have caused maturation and school delay, need for special care, in addition to recognition of disability, not ruling out possible future neurological damage.
"Lack of care of health personnel"
This was recognized by SAS when partially estimating the claim, which it considered "Surprising and inadmissible to let a baby fall to the floor at the time of birth in the hospital, hitting his head hard, due to a lack of care of the health personnel who attended the parturient".
The association explains the facts: while the midwife exerted pressure on the belly, the gynecologist introduced some forceps to help the girl be born and when she was half of her body, "He turned, disregarding the situation, so the newborn fell from a great height."
They add in the claim that the newborn "It hit the head with surgical metal, causing the tear and tear of the umbilical cord". Therefore, they consider that:
"There was an uncoordination in the health personnel who attended the delivery, which caused the baby to fall to the ground, an issue that can not be allowed in such situations."
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It is explained that the baby was immediately transferred to the Maternal and Child Hospital where she was diagnosed "Hemorrhage with possible cerebral edema".
In the following days they found "Small bilateral occipital subdural hemorrhagic foci and a contiguous parenchymal occipital parieto focus" which implied that the small farm entered 16 days.
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And now the SAS considers that there is a causality between the center's performance and the injuries of the child, as it establishes the birth protocol and that the mother's lawyer attached in the allegations "You have to hold the baby at birth, an issue that was not done in this case by dropping the girl directly to the ground."
Even so, the Patient Advocate Association has explained that parents do not rule out claiming greater amount before the courts, since they estimate that the compensation of 46,942 euros "It does not correspond to the severity of the damage."
The president of the association, Carmen Flores, adds:
"We request the opening of a sanctioning file to the gynecologist who attended the delivery and that some time is removed from her duties and that the necessary measures be taken to prevent such serious cases as this from happening again."
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