Cerebral Palsy
April 17, 2006If your child has cerebral palsy (CP) you it could have been caused by a lack of oxygen and/or other trauma to your baby during your baby's birth.
Although doctors and nurses are trained to monitor the fetal heart rate during labor and delivery to identify when the fetus is being stressed and suffering oxygen loss, unfortunately in all too many instances they fail to identify the problem and act to avoid brain injury to the baby. This failure to appreciate the baby's condition and act to save the baby can be malpractice