Upstate New York Medical Malpractice Attorneys: Birth Injuries

Brain Damage • Cerebral Palsy • Shoulder Dystocia • Infant Death

Over the past thirty years, there have been tremendous advances in technology and techniques used in the field of obstetrics and gynecology, and yet it is unclear if there has been a similar jump in quality of care.

Health care providers routinely fail to give parents the information they need to make crucial decisions that may affect their baby. During labor, patients are reassured that "everything is fine" and that "the baby is OK," even there are obvious signs of fetal compromise.

All too often when parents are in our office learning from our medical malpractice lawyers when and why the clinical signs of fetal distress began, they say to us: "Why wasn't I told? Why wasn't I given the choice to have a c-section?" Sometimes that's a question that has to get answered in court.

Not all birth injuries can be prevented even with the best of care, but some birth injuries link to birth injuries are simply indefensible, the result of poor judgment and systems problems in the hospital.

If you suspect that medical malpractice hurt your child or resulted in the death of your infant during childbirth, contact Powers & Santola, LLP, or call 866.689.9692 to schedule a free consultation in our Albany or Syracuse office.

The medical malpractice attorneys at Powers & Santola, LLP, handle medical negligence cases against doctors and midwives, hospitals and clinics in New York State. Our results speak for themselves: we have achieved millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements for people who suffered serious injury and families who lost a child.

We handle obstetrical malpractice cases such as:

• Failing to monitor the condition of the mother or infant, improper reading of fetal monitor strip, failure to identify fetal distress and to act promptly
• Improper use of vacuum device or forceps resulting in serious birth injuries such as cerebral palsy link to cerebral palsy
• Improper extraction causing shoulder dystocia or Erb's palsy
• Failure to do a timely c-section, especially in a VBAC (vaginal birth after c-section) situation
• Medication errors, including too much pitocin leading to excessive bleeding or uterine rupture
• Failure of a physician to properly supervise the work of a midwife
• Failure to prevent, identify and treat infection link to Perinatal Group B ("Beta") Strep

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Talk to an experienced upstate New York medical malpractice and birth injury lawyer. Contact Powers & Santola online or call us toll-free at 866-689-9692 to schedule a free initial consultation at our Albany or Syracuse law office in upstate New York.