Traumatic Birth Injury and Claiming Compensation
A severe perineal injury during vaginal childbirth can cause traumatic physical and psychological damage. If the maternity professionals attendant at the birth fail to provide adequate and competent care, ensuring that the injury is both diagnosed and repair, it may be possible to make a claim for compensation.
Severe perineal birth injuries
Third and fourth degree tears, also referred to as OASI or anal sphincter injuries, are a significant and potentially life-changing injury. Spreading from the vagina under the pressure of labour, these severe tears damage the muscles that provide control of the passing of wind and faeces.
For a young woman who has just given birth to her baby, suffering such a severe injury can be extremely challenging. Competent medical care is absolutely crucial to ensure that such an appalling injury is repaired as promptly as possible.
Any delay may reduce the likely long-term integrity of a repair and leave the new mother to suffer symptoms. If there is no diagnosis and repair, the long-term future for the woman affected can be extremely difficult, trying to come to terms with debilitating and embarrassing bowel symptoms whilst trying to support and nurture her new-born child.
The disability and distress
Incontinence of wind and faeces can affect almost every aspect of a woman's life with many women struggling to leave the home due to the inconvenience and anxiety caused by their injuries.
A woman who is struggling with such shocking symptoms as bowel incontinence may find that it is very difficult to continue in her former career and may be restricted ion the type of work she can do and the hours which she can manage.
If this distressing outcome is due to negligent maternity care, it may be possible to claim compensation which would take account of any loss of income or costs of treatment and equipment.
Speak to a legal specialist
Speak to a legal specialist if you suspect that you have been the victim of negligent maternity care. A failure to carry out a thorough examination or a failure to diagnose and repair a 3rd or 4th degree tear maybe regarded as negligent.
Glynns Solicitors is a dedicated medical negligence legal practice with extensive expertise in severe birth tear claims.
Contact us today to talk to a solicitor, free of charge, about the possibility of making a claim for compensation.
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