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A birth injury might not only cause parents great stress at a time of their lives which is meant to be one of the happiest, but continue to cause emotional and financial stress throughout the injured infant's life.
Giving birth to a baby who would have otherwise been healthy had it not been for medical negligence on the part of hospital staff can be devastating for a mother and have repercussions on a whole family.
The stress caused by such an event can lead to parents suffering from lack of sleep, loss of appetite and depression, and mean that they must take time off work due to poor health.
Although it may not seem appropriate to talk about money problems after an infant has sustained life-changing injuries at birth, it is in fact a very real problem which must be faced by families who will need to take care of a disabled child for the rest of their lives.
Although the infant may be able to undertake many different tasks unaided when they are older, they might also have sustained such serious injuries that they need constant care and attention.
The amount of care needed, and its cost, will depend on what sort of birth injury was sustained and how quickly hospital staff noticed the injury and took action to prevent it from doing more harm to the baby.
For example, if an infant is turning blue due to a breathing problem and hospital staff fail to notice, this could result in brain injury to the baby because of oxygen starvation. A fast response to the same problem might mean that no damage is sustained by the newborn at all.
To relieve some of the stress of the situation, parents of a baby who has suffered injury due to clinical negligence may want to make a compensation claim.
Making a successful claim against the hospital at which the infant was harmed may mean that parents will be able to afford the best quality care and in-home medical equipment for their child as they get older.
If you believe that you might be eligible to make a claim on behalf of your child, contact YouClaim's expert personal injury lawyers by speaking with our legal advisers on 0800 10 757 95 or over the internet using live help.
