A successful birth injury compensation claim for neonatal hypoglycaemia
YouClaim have helped scores of people to claim birth injury compensation after either they or their baby have been harmed during the birthing process, through no fault of their own, just like the woman described below.
A 34-year-old woman from Stoke-on Trent called our claim advisors in March 2007 and told us how her baby was neglected by doctors and suffered minor brain damage as a result.
She told us how her daughter was diagnosed with neonatal hypoglycaemia a few days after she was born. This is essentially low blood sugar and, although rare in newborns, can have serious consequences, such as brain damage, if left undiagnosed for too long.
In order for normal brain function, a certain blood sugar level is essential and when blood sugar becomes low symptoms can be difficult to determine in newborns. However, seeing as the 34-year-old mother is a borderline diabetic and her baby was small for her weight, the newborn should have been considered high-risk and the signs should have been spotted by doctors earlier.
It was two days before doctors checked the baby's blood sugar levels and by this time it was too late, the hypoglycaemia had already started to take its toll. They informed her that they would continue to monitor her blood sugar levels from then on but that her baby had suffered minor brain damage and she may suffer some trouble with speech development and learning difficulties in later life.
Devastated by this news, the woman's family rallied around and, after a bit of research online, her father told her of YouClaim's special birth injury compensation claim service. Still distraught, she gave us a call and, with sensitivity and compassion, we explained the claims process to her, told her of our expert panel of personal injury solicitors and assured her that she would not have to pay a penny to anyone at any time.
Learning that she would not have to do anything further and that she would not be handed a hefty bill when her compensation claim was settled, the new mother decided to go ahead and make a claim.
We assigned her a personal injury solicitor who had been successful in many other birth injury claims and after the hospital admitted negligence she was awarded compensation including the distress that both her and her daughter had experienced, the cost of her daughter's ongoing care and her lost earnings. After receiving the cheque in the post she called our claims advisors back and thanked them for helping her through the claims process.
Make a no win, no fee claim for birth injury compensation
Are you suffering the affects of a birth injury? You could be in a position to make a no win, no fee birth injury compensation claim through us today.
Making a claim through YouClaim won't cost you a penny at any time, regardless of whether your claim is a success or not.
So, why not get in contact with us today and get yourself one step closer to birth injury compensation that you rightly deserve? Fill out an online claim form or give us a call on 0800 10 757 95.
