Successful claim for birth injury compensation made by a mother

In June 2003 our claim advisors received a call from a distressed mother who wanted to pursue a medical negligence claim against hospital staff who she thought responsible for causing a birth injury to her son.

She told us how she was thirteen days past her due date when her waters finally broke and that she underwent a long, difficult and painful birth. Doctors did not offer to perform an emergency caesarean section until it was too late. They opened her up and delivered her baby who subsequently stopped breathing and needed to be resuscitated. He was starved of oxygen for a short time, which his mother later realised was enough to cause significant brain damage.

It wasn't until she took her son to see a GP when he was two years old that he was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. The doctor informed her that this could have been caused before, during or shortly after birth as a result of failure for the brain to develop properly or neurological damage to the child's developing brain.

She told him that she had a difficult birth and that her baby had to be resuscitated on arrival. He said he could not be completely sure of the extent of the damage until further tests were carried out but suggested that the longer her unborn son went without oxygen the more severe the birth injury could be. The doctor provided her with leaflets for a support group for parents of children suffering from cerebral palsy.

After talking to a few of the other mothers she realised that her son's birth injury should have been picked up on by medical professionals sooner. She also realised that if he was starved of oxygen during delivery then it was likely that this could have been prevented, seeing as medical negligence of this kind is responsible for thousands of cases of cerebral palsy.

After making many friends and building a solid support network, she gained enough strength to pursue a compensation claim against the hospital and she gained our phone number from our website and made a call.

After listening to the details of the case with compassion and discussing it with our panel of experienced personal injury solicitors, we assured the woman that we would be able to take on her case. We explained the claims process in plain English, without confusing her with complicated legal jargon and told her that we would give her free legal advice as and when she needed it.

She asked us how much the birth injury claim was likely to cost her and we replied that we work on a no win, no fee basis, meaning that she wouldn't have to pay any fees in the event that her claim was unsuccessful. This encouraged her to go ahead and make a compensation claim against the hospital through us which was settled at 390,000, some of which went towards ongoing medical care and treatment and for her son.

Make a cost-free claim for birth injury compensation today
If you would like to make a compensation claim following a birth injury, then you have come to the right place. YouClaim have an excellent claim success rate and are totally dedicated to customer service.

We will appoint you a personal injury solicitor best suited to your case who will fight to get you the most compensation available for pain, suffering, distress, lost earnings, medical expenses and the cost of ongoing care.

Not only do we work on a strictly no win, no fee basis but we also guarantee that you will get to keep 100% of compensation awarded to you.

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