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HEALTH AND MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE LAW AUSTRALIA
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Pregnancy, Babies and Children- NEWS
26.01.08
VIC: Mother dies giving birth- coroner rules her death was preventable Piyanat Siriwan began hemorrhaging uncontrollably after labour at the South Eastern Private Hospital, but her transfer to another hospital for life-saving surgery was delayed. The coroner found obstetrician and gynaecologist Maurice Lichter and anaesthetist Emlyn Williams contributed to Ms Siriwan's death. She recommended the Medical Practitioners Board take whatever action it deemed appropriate against the doctors. Source: news.com.au 26.01.08 22.11.07 NSW: Parents successfully settle drug case: Misoprostol / Cytotec RELIEF gave way to emotion as the parents of a six-year-old boy born with cerebral palsy as the result of a controversial drug trial, settled their cases against Wagga Wagga Base Hospital. Source: SMH 22.11.07 UP TO 12 mothers who had disabled children after a drug trial could sue a hospital for millions of dollars after it agreed to pay more than $750,000 to a woman whose child was born with cerebral palsy. Source: The Age 19.11.07. More than 1,000 women may have taken part in the trial at hospitals across Australia, including 250 women at Wagga Wagga Base Hospital. Source: ABC news 21.11.07.
23.12.07
NSW: Bankstown Hospital and Westmead Childrens' Hospital... Boy dies of meningitis. 8 year old Isaraelu Pele died on Tuesday after medical staff allegedly failed to diagnose him correctly or even administer a test for meningitis during two hospital visits. Source: SMH 23.12.07.
28.11.07
Horror of hospital morphine overdose A BRAIN-damaged baby needed oxygen and a breathing pump after a Melbourne hospital gave him a morphine dose 10 times stronger than prescribed. His distraught parents, Avril Hart, 18, and Beau Doherty, 17, are demanding answers from Monash Medical Centre about son Noah's care, but say they are being ignored because of their age. The four-month-old stopped breathing after being given 2 milligrams of morphine instead of the prescribed 0.2 milligrams on November 18. The Southern Health hospital has admitted the error but said staff administered treatment immediately and there was no deterioration in Noah's condition. Source: Herald Sun 28.11.07.
22.11.07
NSW: Parents successfully settle drug case: Misoprostol RELIEF gave way to emotion as the parents of a six-year-old boy born with cerebral palsy as the result of a controversial drug trial, settled their cases against Wagga Wagga Base Hospital. Source: SMH 22.11.07 UP TO 12 mothers who had disabled children after a drug trial could sue a hospital for millions of dollars after it agreed to pay more than $750,000 to a woman whose child was born with cerebral palsy. Source: The Age 19.11.07. More than 1,000 women may have taken part in the trial at hospitals across Australia, including 250 women at Wagga Wagga Base Hospital. Source: ABC news 21.11.07.
NSW: Royal North Shore Hospital - Birth in toilet in hospital without care A WOMAN'S miscarriage in a Sydney hospital toilet after waiting for two hours for emergency treatment led to a wave of complaints from the public yesterday insisting it was not an isolated case. Source: SMH 27.09.07. The Age 26.09.07.
09.02.07
Alert over birth injury NEWBORNS leaving hospital with undiagnosed bone and muscle injuries are a big problem for parents, a pediatric chiropractor says. RMIT pediatrics lecturer Braden Keil said up to 70 per cent of babies were injured during birth, and while most injuries were minor they could be a problem for parents. A Northern Territory mother flew to Melbourne this week to see a chiropractor and learned her three-month-old daughter had a fractured collarbone and a dislocated shoulder, allegedly sustained during birth. Dr Keil said of about 20 babies he saw each week, about half had undiagnosed shoulder problems.
07.02.07 One-third of doctors would hasten death of ill newborn Doctors ready to defy law to speed death of ill newborns
18.10.06 Call to probe all maternal deaths A report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare shows there were 95 maternal deaths between 2000 and 2002 — a rate of 11.1 women in every 100,000 who gave birth. This was up from 8.4 per 100,000 women in the previous three years. The increase is due to more stringent reporting and changes to how the deaths are classified, the report says. The report said that of the 95 maternal deaths, 84 were related directly or indirectly to the pregnancy's management. (The Age 18 October 2006)
26.08.06 Obstetric cash-in with net
16.08.06
Fears rise of a drop in heel-prick testing in babies National guidelines on newborn screening are also being developed to improve consistency around consent, and the collection and storage of information between the states. A committee has been working on the issue for the past two years and aims to report back to the Australian Health Ministers Advisory Council next year.
08.07.06 Too many caesars? IN doctors' rooms around the country pregnant women are walking in and asking for their babies to be surgically removed. They're not the majority, but evidence shows their numbers are increasing. Some of them are paralysed by the fear of giving birth, others want to remain in control of where and when they have their baby, and still others think caesarean section is a less risky option than leaving delivery up to Mother Nature. Add to these the women advised by their obstetricians to have a caesarean section before, or during, labour and you get a national caesarean rate of nearly 29 per cent. Experts are calling for a rethink on the readiness of Australian women to have caesareans. Kellie Bisset reports in The Australian.
09.06.06 Baby Angelina morgue mix-up Angelina was stillborn at 28 weeks in the back of an ambulance on May 13. Her mother, aged 33, was admitted to Blacktown Hospital and asked for her daughter's body to be removed once she fell asleep. Nine days later the family was informed Angelina's body had "gone missing." http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story/0,20281,19407850-5001021,00.html
08.06.06
Dead baby born at roadside after hospital turns parents away A FARMHAND was forced to deliver his dead baby in a car beside the road after his wife - having her first child - was turned away from their local hospital and told to drive to another facility three hours away. An investigation has been ordered into why 34-week pregnant Sharon Walker, 35, was not provided with an ambulance for the 270km journey from Emerald to Rockhampton, in central Queensland. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19400801-601,00.html
05.06.06
Doctors accused over brain damage 3 young doctors are facing allegations of unprofessional conduct after a baby was allegedly given 10 times the standard concentration of glucose in a drip at the Royal Children's Hospital, resulting in severe brain damage. The boy's mother made the claim yesterday in evidence to the Medical Practitioners Board, where three young doctors are facing allegations of unprofessional conduct after the baby was given 10 times the standard concentration of glucose in a drip at the Royal Children's Hospital. The incident resulted in a multimillion-dollar out-of-court settlement, one of the largest medical payouts in Victoria. "This case concerns a simple but very serious mistake made by a conscientious junior doctor during a demanding night shift which had devastating consequences for everybody concerned," counsel assisting the board, Melanie Young, said.
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