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Posted: 12 June 2006 at 6:13pm \| IP Logged

Julie Rowling lost her baby daughter Olivia after a disastrous delivery in 2003. Olivia was found to have brain and head injuries after the delivery went terribly wrong and dead less than 8 hours later. In court the hospital admitted liability and Dr Mohie El-Khadem actions were found to be "grossly inappropriate" . Julie hopes by talking about her experience it will encourage other women to challenge the standard of their medical care.

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Posted: 12 June 2006 at 6:14pm \| IP Logged

If you do a search in the BBC News archives you will turn up a lot of cases of this:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/4216467.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/4192107.stm

Just a couple of examples by another doctor, who seems to have done it twice.

Incidentally it is worth noting that no doctor can carry out any procedure on you without your consent. It's hard in the throws of labour that is why a good birth plan and a fully informed birthing partner are essential.

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Posted: 12 June 2006 at 6:55pm \| IP Logged

Oh I thought this was a one off case for this dr, thats the impression they made on the show, however they also said this dr no longer works in this field of medicine, he was cleared of all manslaughter charges, its a disgreace how dr ignore the advice of their patient. my heart went out to this woman this morning xxx

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