Failure to remove placental membranes following caesarean section
Our client received £80,000 compensation for the severe post natal infection and hysterectomy caused by the failure to remove placental membranes following caesarean section.
Our client, 23 years old at the time, underwent a caesarean section for the birth of her daughter on 18.02.06, her first child. All was well initially and mother and baby were discharged home.
On day five post caesarean section, our client was readmitted to the defendant hospital with abdominal pain, an offensive vaginal discharge and shortness of breath.
Following admission there were ongoing delays in providing proper obstetric assessment and review, leading to a failure to provide timely intravenous antibiotic therapy and surgical treatment. As a result, our client’s condition deteriorated with severe sepsis such that the decision was made to perform a hysterectomy.
Had adequate steps been taken to empty the uterus, the Claimant would not have suffered the infection; she would not have required the hysterectomy and there would have been no impairment of fertility.