

A mother with known risk factors for uterine (womb) rupture presented to the labor and delivery unit with signs of a ruptured uterus. The medical team failed to act with skill and a sense of urgency; signs of fetal distress were missed, the baby was not delivered quickly by emergency C-section, and the baby suffered severe oxygen deprivation in his brain and now has severe cerebral palsy.
A little girl has permanent, severe brain damage because a nurse failed to call resuscitation experts when the girl wasn’t breathing at birth.