Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 April 2022
During the claimant’s delivery, labour was obstructed and a caesarean section (CS) performed by the registrar. The claimant’s head was deeply impacted in the maternal pelvis and it was alleged that in the course of delivering and freeing the head, there was significant damage resulting in a depressed fracture of the skull and a subgaleal haemorrhage (bleeding between the scalp and the skull) as well as intracranial haemorrhage (bleeding into the cavern of the skull). These in turn caused permanent brain damage. It was claimed that this trauma was due to the use of undue force that was unnecessary for the purpose.
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