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What is Birth Injury?
Referring to any type of harm occurring to a baby or a mother during delivery, a birth injury can occur in a wide range of conditions, such as oxygen deprivation (birth asphyxia), excessive pressure on a baby’s head or body (birth trauma), contracting an infection, and other complications. Some injuries can be common, minor, and/or inevitable complications, arising out of a reasonable factor(s) of which a mother or parents are already informed while some other injuries could be preventable, severe damages arising out of negligence or incompetency of medical professionals and/or flawed hospital policies. Regardless of specific causes, parents may attempt to bring a claim of birth injury against a hospital or a medical professional(s) if they are convinced that such injury occurs out of negligence or malpractice.
Parents suffering from birth injuries of their children are entitled to legal compensation. Pursuing a birth injury claim is not a matter of merely collecting money as a result of an unfortunate circumstance: it is a form of personal recovery, whether to be in terms of an emotional or financial one, and a proper approach to help maintain a standard of care given that more could face similar circumstances if such incompetence or negligence is not properly addressed.
Building a strong birth injury case, however, is not an easy task. It is almost impossible for non-professional individuals to know whether a certain birth injury occurs out of natural complication or malpractice. To build a birth injury claim requires concrete evidence that can clearly point out how an injury results from a certain medical error(s). It requires a prior careful investigation by a qualified and experienced legal professional. Lawyers specializing in birth injury lawsuits can assist, advise, and represent a victim suffering from a birth injury. Financial compensation can include medical treatment, unexpected expenses, emotional damages, and etc.
