Whipps Cross Hospital

In March 1997, Irene Iqbal gave birth to her son Khazar at the Whipps Cross Hospital in east London. Khazar was starved of oxygen while being delivered and suffered catastrophic brain damage. Iqbal filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the hospital claiming a Caesarean section should have been performed and that medical staff failed to detect signs of fetal distress. Khazar has permanent physical and mental disabilities, is prone to epileptic fits, cannot speak, and will always have to be fed through a gastronomy tube. In November 2003, Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust admitted liability, but it was not until December 2006 that a High Court judge awarded Khazar compensation of £4,619,912. (Dec-18-06) [LOCAL LONDON: DELIVERY MALPRACTICE]

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