A brain injury can occur during delivery in which the skull, brain or spine are injured as a result of the negligence of the doctors and nurses treating the patient. Traumatic injuries of skull, brain, or spine are injured can lead to death or lesions of the Central nervous system which result in disability and delay of mental development.
Forcepts and vacuum extraction during birth can result in brain injury to a child resulting in a brain hemorrhage if the doctors and nurses are negligent.
Although not all the doctors and nurses at a Children's Hospital are not bad doctors and nurses, but some could have been negligent if a child has suffered brain damage during birth.
Contact an experienced Medical Malpractice attorney if you believe a doctor or nurse was negligent during a child birth at a Children's Hospital by calling 714-987-2671.