Doctor gets jail after newborn is disabled
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A … doctor who caused a newborn … to suffer serious permanent disabilities was yesterday jailed for a year and fined …
The doctor was convicted of practicing midwifery without a licence and conducting a delivery though she was not qualified to do so …
The … hospital where the doctor worked was fined … for appointing her and making her work as a midwife though it was known that she did not have a licence. The hospital … failed to provide first-class healthcare for newborn babies and this caused the girl’s complications to grow worse, resulting in the disabilities.
… The newborn suffered complications during the delivery as a result of medical malpractice … This led to the baby … suffering … brain paralysis and quadriplegia.
Melissa Maimann, Essential Birth Consulting 0400 418 448
