{"id":744,"date":"2016-04-23T08:11:20","date_gmt":"2016-04-23T07:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/?p=744"},"modified":"2021-05-12T15:45:25","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T14:45:25","slug":"baby-dies-as-doctors-ignore-mothers-pleas-for-c-section","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/baby-dies-as-doctors-ignore-mothers-pleas-for-c-section\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Dies As Doctors Ignore Mother\u2019s Pleas for C-section"},"content":{"rendered":"

An inquest has heard how a newborn baby died after a \u201cprolonged and extended instrumental delivery\u201d, despite his mother repeatedly asking for a C-section.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now a senior coroner has said the hospital\u2019s actions could have been motivated by financial considerations. <\/span><\/p>\n

Kristian Jaworski died just five days after he was born at North Middlesex University Hospital in June 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n

The birth did not progress well and after a long labour doctors tried to deliver Kristian in theatre, firstly with a suction cup and secondly with forceps. When this failed an emergency caesarean section was performed under general anaesthetic. <\/span><\/p>\n

Sadly by this stage he had been deprived of oxygen for too long. He suffered severe brain damage, from which he died five days later.<\/span><\/p>\n

An inquest into his death has heard how his mother, Tracey Taylor, repeatedly told medical staff that she needed a C-section because she had experienced complications during the birth of her first son in 2011. <\/span><\/p>\n

At the time, doctors had told her that she had a narrow birth canal and should avoid a vaginal birth in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI was treated like an over-anxious woman\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

However, this information was not recorded. Despite relaying the information to doctors and midwives, her pleas were continually ignored. Speaking on BBC Radio 4, she said:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like I was treated like an over-anxious woman who was too frightened to give birth. I went in there with a reason which is something that a woman wouldn\u2019t just make up. I was told I had a narrow birth canal.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Andrew Walker, the senior coroner who oversaw the inquest, has sent a report to the Department of Health saying the hospital appeared to favour a vaginal delivery for financial reasons.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the Department of Health, the average cost of a vaginal delivery is \u00a31,985, whereas the average cost of a caesarean section is \u00a33,781. <\/span><\/p>\n

Mr Walker has warned that more babies will die if the NHS continues to ration caesarean sections due to the cost. He described it as a problem that \u201cneeded to be rebutted\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

The hospital has denied that cost was a factor, but has accepted liability. <\/span><\/p>\n

Speak to a solicitor<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

If you would like to speak to a solicitor about a clinical negligence claim, please contact us at Glynns Solicitors. <\/span><\/p>\n

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An inquest has heard how a newborn baby died after a \u201cprolonged and extended instrumental delivery\u201d, despite his mother repeatedly asking for a C-section. Now a senior coroner has said the hospital\u2019s actions could have been motivated by financial considerations. Kristian Jaworski died just five days after he was born at North Middlesex University Hospital […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,90],"tags":[816,814,819,817,818,815],"class_list":["post-744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birth-injury","category-neo-natal-deaths","tag-baby-death","tag-denied-c-section","tag-kristian-jaworski","tag-newborn-dies","tag-north-middlesex-university-hospital","tag-not-allowed-caesarean-section"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=744"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":745,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744\/revisions\/745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}