Birth Injury Claims

Regardless of the labour pain and the morning sickness, no mother will regret the experience of having a child or having to give birth. The birth of a child, indeed, is a joyous time for the new parents and medical technology today makes all the effort to preserve it so. Yet unfortunately  things do go wrong with this happy occasion, precisely because of how sensitive both the mother and the baby are in this situation. When things go wrong and the mother or the baby is injured in the process, the parents could make a birth injury claim.

Birth injuries could happen due to many reasons, and often it will become very difficult to pinpoint who is at fault. Sometimes, complications in the pregnancy or labour itself will cause injuries. At this time, doctors and the hospital staff cannot be held responsible directly. At other times, it will be the fault of parents who didn’t know the right things to do; or who delayed admission to a hospital.

However, many birth injuries are also caused because of medical negligence on the part of doctors, midwives or the hospital staff. If you think that the injury to your wife or infant could have been avoided, had the hospital been more careful, you should look at filing birth injury claims.

Making a birth injury claim

It is understood that being new parents is quite a trying time for most couples. This is further exaggerated if you have to deal with birth injuries. Filing a birth injury claim is probably the last thing on your mind – but think of how much use you could put the compensation amount too. Also, because of the no win no fee agreement, you will get to pursue the case for free.

However, for a successful case you will need to prove that the doctor or staff were at fault. This requires you to have some preparation. It is best to bring the injury to the notice of the doctor as soon as possible so that the personal injury can be diagnosed correctly and the appropriate treatment can be administered asap. Keeping detailed reports of the injury make a lot of difference to birth injury claims.

If you think that the hospital did not offer the service that it should have, make a complaint with their grievance department asap – this is a mandatory requirement before you file a birth injury compensation claim. Also, ensure that your medical reports throughout the pregnancy are preserved so that any possibility of complication can be ruled out. To make all of this easier, you can contact us and we will put you in contact with specialist personal injury lawyers with years of knowledge and experience in dealing with birth injury claims.