Overview

• The medical-liability chamber found multiple gross treatment errors by hospital staff during a 2016 delivery.
• The midwife and attending physician failed to perform a necessary emergency caesarean despite signs of fetal distress.
• After birth, the newborn was inadequately monitored and oxygenated, and a specialized university emergency service was requested too late.
• The court said the plaintiff now suffers severe, permanent physical and cognitive impairments, cannot eat independently, and requires continuous care with no improvement expected.
• The defendant hospital’s gynecological birth unit has since been closed, and the judgment is not yet final and may be appealed.