Common Types of Birth Injuries

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Common Types
of Birth Injuries
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• 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.

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• 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.

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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

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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
• Erbs palsy, also known as brachial plexus or
  shoulder dystocia
• Pitocin overdose

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• 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.

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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 childs birth injury was a result of medical
  malpractice.

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Contact

• Address
• 1528 Walnut Street 4th Floor
• Philadelphia, PA 19102
• Phone No
• 267-587-6240
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