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Common Types of Birth Injuries

While almost all childbirth injuries are irreversible, most of them are preventable. If your baby was born with a birth injury, you must consider filing a medical malpractice lawsuit against the hospital, obstetrician, and other medical professionals who were involved in the labor and delivery. Contact a Philadelphia birth injury attorney from The Weitz Firm, LLC, to evaluate your situation and determine whether your childu2019s birth injury was a result of medical malpractice.<br><br>For more details visit at https://www.theweitzfirm.com/Medical-Malpractice/Birth-Injury-Attorney.shtml<br>

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Common Types of Birth Injuries

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  1. Common Types of Birth Injuries

  2. While almost all childbirth injuries are irreversible, most of them are preventable. Unfortunately, as much as they would like to believe that they entrust the care of their children in very competent hands, childbirth injuries do happen, and they are more common than you think. In the vast majority of these cases, childbirth injuries are caused due to medical negligence and careless mistakes made by obstetricians, gynecologist, doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals responsible for monitoring pregnancy, labor and delivery.

  3. “What many people in Pennsylvania do not realize is that they might be able to sue a negligent healthcare provider to recover damages,” says their Philadelphia childbirth injury attorney at The Weitz Firm, LLC. Sure, in most medical malpractice cases involving childbirth injury, no money in the world can fix the negligent and unforgivable mistakes made by obstetricians, gynecologists, and other doctors. But by using the negligent medical professional, you can relieve the financial burden that has been put on your family, and recover damages for past, present, and future medical expenses, not to mention seeking compensation for pain and suffering, emotional distress, and mental anguish.

  4. When Is A Childbirth Injury Caused By Medical Malpractice? Many childbirth injuries are attributed to such types of medical malpractice as: Failure to thoroughly monitor maternal and fetal health throughout the pregnancy Failure to adequately check and assess appropriate weight gain, blood pressure, the presence of gestational diabetes, and other diagnostic test indicators obtained throughout the pregnancy Failure to notice signs indicating that the fetus is not developing normally Failure to diagnose complications that may arise throughout the pregnancy Failure to properly use fetal heart monitoring and other diagnostic tools to monitor maternal and fetal health ● ● ● ● ●

  5. Types Of Birth Injuries You may be able to file a medical malpractice lawsuit and sue the negligent healthcare provider for causing any of the following childbirth injuries: Birth injuries caused by a lack of oxygen ● Brain damage caused by reduced blood flow ● Eclampsia And Pre-eclampsia ● Erb’s palsy, also known as brachial plexus or shoulder dystocia ● Pitocin overdose ●

  6. This is a non-exhaustive list of preventable yet life-threatening and devastating childbirth injuries that should never go ignored and unpunished when caused by negligent, reckless or careless obstetricians, gynecologist, doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals. As you can imagine, suing a doctor for a childbirth injury may feel like an uphill battle, as this type of medical malpractice cases is usually extremely difficult and complex.

  7. Faqs For Birth Injury Attorney Philadelphia If your baby was born with a birth injury, you must consider filing a medical malpractice lawsuit against the hospital, obstetrician, and other medical professionals who were involved in the labor and delivery. Contact a Philadelphia birth injury attorney from The Weitz Firm, LLC, to evaluate your situation and determine whether your child’s birth injury was a result of medical malpractice.

  8. Contact Address: 1528 Walnut Street 4th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19102 Phone No: 267-587-6240 https://www.theweitzfirm.com/contact.shtml

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