Doctors and midwives have a duty of care to you and your baby when giving birth. Sadly, mistakes can happen that result in birth injuries due to medical negligence. Birth injuries in retrospect from recent studies from the National Healthcare Quality Report (AHRQ) show that there is an estimated number of 6.68 of every 1,000 birth injuries in the year 2000 and occurred to male infants whereas 5.08 female infants out of 1,000 born are injured. Common procedures that result in injuries that comprised the numbers mentioned above are VACUUM EXTRACTION, VAGINAL BIRTH and C-SECTION. Contact a medical malpractice attorney now to help you with your case if your child got injured during your or your wife's labour.
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