Posts Tagged 'Traumatic brain injury'

Treatment helps newborns with brain injuries

A story in the Irish Independent deals with a promising treatment for babies born with brain injuries.

The treatment, called therapeutic cooling, involves bringing a newborn’s body temperature down to 32 degrees centigrade – about 90 degrees Fahrenheit — for 72 hours as soon as possible after birth.

The story includes consultant pediatrician John Murphy’s testimony to Irish health regulators.

Murphy says therapeutic cooling has proven effective in ...

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Settlement of $11.4 million in brain injury case

BBC reports that the mother of a 14-year-old boy with cerebral palsy has won the equivalent of $11.4 million in a lawsuit against the hospital she says is responsible for his brain injury.

The lawsuit alleges that hospital staff went 20 minutes without noticing that the boy’s umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck, depriving his brain of oxygen.

The boy, Charlie Scott, was diagnosed with spastic quadriplegic hemiplegic atheloid cerebral palsy ...

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Woman injured at birth gets $6.8 million settlement

The U.K. newspaper Hastings Observer reports on a settlement of 4.2 million pounds, the equivalent of $6.8 million, for a woman left severely disabled after doctors botched her birth.

The settlement will take the form of annual payments and a lump sum for a specially-adapted home.

The story says that Susanne Turner, 45, suffered severe learning disabilities and needed a lifetime of care after doctors delayed a Caesarian section during her mother’s ...

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$100 million settlement for brain-injured girl

The New York Post reports that the family of a girl who suffered a brain injury at birth received a $100 million settlement against St. Vincent’s Medical Center on Staten Island.

A lawyer representing the family says Stephanie Debes, now 17, and her twin sister were born three months early.

The twin, Amanda, was born without injury. But Stephanie now needs a wheelchair to get around.

A jury determined that hospital staffers were ...

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Brain-injured girl awarded 8-figure settlement

A girl left severely disabled after a botched delivery has been awarded an “eight-figure” settlement, according to UK newspaper the Harrow Observer.

An article says Aastha Patel, now 6, has cerebral palsy that makes it difficult for her to walk or feed herself. She also has epilepsy, limited communication and reduced eyesight, which will necessitate round-the-clock care for the rest of her life.

The problems came about ...

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Brain-injured man gets multi-million settlement

A report in the British newspaper Gloucestershire Echo concerns a man awarded more than 3.5 million pounds, the equivalent of $5.7 million, for brain injuries he sustained during birth.

Jacob Dewis had filed the lawsuit against Nuneaton Maternity Hospital, where he was born 20 years ago. He alleged that doctors delayed an emergency delivery, which resulted in acute oxygen starvation during his delivery.

Dewis ended up with ...

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