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A girl starved of oxygen at birth has been awarded a \u00a35.6 million compensation payout.<\/p>\nA girl starved of oxygen at birth has been awarded a \u00a35.6 million compensation payout.<\/p>\n
According to the BBC, Buckinghamshire hospitals NHS trust admitted responsibility for Alice Joyce\u2019s disabilities.<\/p>\n
Alice suffered severe brain damage as a result of oxygen starvation during her mother\u2019s labour at Wycombe General Hospital in High Wycombe, in March 1996. As a result of the incident, Alice was diagnosed as suffering spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy and delayed mental development.<\/p>\n
The huge payout will allow for around the clock care for Alice, paying for vital equipment, therapy and also accommodation and any necessary modifications which need to be made therein.
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The NHS Trust admitted liability at the High Court and apologised for the standard of care provided to both Alice and her mother, Mrs Carolyn Joyce, during the birth.<\/p>\n
The circumstances of Alice\u2019s injury were that Mrs Joyce had undertaken a caesarean section delivery with her first child and was not warned of the risk of rupture to the womb should she have a normal delivery with her second child. As a result of her having a normal delivery, Mrs Joyce suffered a massive haemorrhage and had to be resuscitated, while Alice was born in very poor condition and not breathing. The court heard that, had she been appropriately advised of this risk, then Mrs Joyce would have had a further caesarean and avoided the risks associated with the labour.<\/p>\n