The possibility of medical malpractice causing serious, irreversible
injuries of a newborn child is every new parent's worst nightmare.
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If your
newborn child was injured during birth, first make sure the
child is okay and then seek the legal counsel
of an experienced
child birth
injury lawyer.
It's a sad fact that a
newborn child may experience birth
injuries as the result
of a medical error by the doctor, hospital, or some other provider
of health care.
Identifying an
injury in your
child is no easy task and as such, many
injuries to
newborns go unnoticed for months or years; however, there are many signs and symptoms one should be aware
of.
The most reasonable cause
of concern for parents
of a
newborn with a birth
injury is if they were told that their
child suffered a loss
of oxygen.
Tragically, a
newborn child may suffer birth
injuries due to medical negligence
of a hospital, doctor, or other health care provider.
If you believe your
newborn was injured because
of medical negligence during or prior to delivery, then legal action may be a way to help your
child while also preventing
injuries to other
children.
We fight to hold medical facilities accountable when their lack
of care causes permanent
injury to a
newborn — and to get the compensation you need to care for your
child if those
injuries were caused by avoidable mistakes.
There is no amount
of money that can truly compensate a family when it comes to
injuries a
newborn has received, but when healthcare professionals fail to act in a timely way to prevent
injury, it is important that your
child's rights and future are protected.
Birth
injuries to a
newborn child may be the result
of a mistake by the hospital, doctor, or other health care provider.
As aggressive Chicago personal
injury trial lawyers, we advocate for injured adults,
children and
newborns, as well as the family members
of deceased victims, throughout Illinois.
Birth
injuries to a
newborn child can sometimes be caused by the medical negligence
of a hospital, doctor, or other health care provider.
Birth
Injuries A birth
injury or death to a
newborn child causes immense heartbreak for a family and a lifetime
of emotional and financial hardship for the
child and parents.
Since birth
injuries affect
newborn children and may not be noticeable until the
child has grown up a bit, California applies a special statute
of limitations.
Medical malpractice lawyers can help protect your family against obstetric errors, and in the unfortunate case
of a birthing
injury, will allow you to focus your attention on the mother and
newborn child.
If your
newborn child suffers an avoidable
injury at birth, it is important that you know the legal rights
of both you and the baby.
The multiplicity
of settings in which participants obtained health care in Denver and low rates
of state - verified cases
of child abuse and neglect in the target population made it impossible to use medical and
child - protective - service records to assess obstetric,
newborn, childhood -
injury, and
child maltreatment outcomes in the current trial.
The stated goals
of MIECHV are to improve maternal and
newborn health; prevent
child injuries, abuse, neglect, or maltreatment; reduce emergency department visits; improve school readiness and achievement; reduce crime or domestic violence; improve family economic self - sufficiency; and improve coordination and referrals for other community resources and supports.64
This research demonstrates that a coordinated, hospital - based, caregiver education program, targeting parents
of all
newborn infants, can significantly reduce the incidence
of abusive head
injuries in infants and young
children.