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Hospital’s desire for ‘natural births’ causes loss of 300 babies

Posted on 28 March 2022 in Medical Negligence

Details of a five-year investigation have been released ahead of a report into the heart wrenching stories of 1,862 former patients affected by decisions made at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust between 2000 and 2019.

From what is known so far:

At least 12 mothers died whilst giving birth and some families lost more than one child in separate incidents.

Mothers were denied Caesarean sections following an unhealthy obsession with 'normal' deliveries for nearly two decades, where expectant mothers were routinely overmedicated to induce labour. Many endured traumatic labours with doctors using excessive force at delivery.

Many newborn babies were left with fractured skulls and broken bones. Others were starved of oxygen and left with life-changing disabilities. Hundreds were stillborn, died shortly after birth or were left permanently brain-damaged.

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