Premature Delivery A Known Risk For Group B Strep
Posted on March 17th, 2010 by admin
In one published lawsuit, a physician delivered an expecting mother’s baby in the 36th week of the woman’s pregnancy. A full term delivery is considered roughly forty weeks. The child was therefore slightly premature. A premature birth is a known risk factor for the child getting an infection from the group b strep bacteria. Doctors normally recommend that antibiotics be administered while the mother is in in labor so as to minimize the chance of infection to the child. Regrettably, this doctor failed to adhere to this procedure. In addition, the physician failed to administer antibiotics to the infant after birth. The baby came down with a severe infection of the respiratory system. Consequently, the infant were required to remain in the hospital for a number of months. The baby was left with long term respiratory damage. The law firm that handled this lawsuit revealed that the matter settled for $1,600,000.