Obstetrician found mostly responsible for baby's brain injuries during delivery at Lions Gate Hospital

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The baby survived and is now 8 years old but continues to suffer from the effects of brain damage

Activate your Online Access NowCourt heard that upon first examination, Sitter’s cervix was six centimetres dilated and the baby’s head was at zero station, the narrowest point of passage.

“Dr. Love performed the caesarean section just after 8 p.m., but it did not go smoothly,” Marzari wrote. The baby was later transferred to B.C. Women’s and Children’s Hospital where imaging showed that she had three fractures on the left side of her skull, and extensive brain damage. “In conclusion, I find that Dr. Love breached the requisite standard of care by placing her hand between the left side of head and the maternal pubic bone when it was not safe to do so, and before employing other, safer, manoeuvres to elevate her head.”“Love’s argument on the standard of care is that she applied only the force necessary to deliver . If she had failed to deliver the plaintiff, would have died.

 

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