Hospital ordered to pay more than €100,000 to family of young woman who died from an undiagnosed brain tumour
The hospital unit says it did everything to properly monitor the young woman and emphasises that the doctors involved in the case continue to work at the institution.
€6,000 fine for doctors convicted over newborn's death in Porto
The court found that during the labour the defendants displayed 'an attitude of disregard for the continuous and increasing signs of foetal distress'.
Death of a newborn: Two doctors fined €6,000 each
Two doctors were sentenced to pay a fine of €6,000 each for the death of a newborn at the Northern Maternal and Child Centre.
Baby's death: €6,000 fine for convicted doctors
The court, which found proven “an attitude of disregard for the continuous signs” of “fetal distress”, holds that an earlier caesarean would have prevented the newborn's death.
€6,000 fine for doctors convicted over newborn's death in Porto
The court found that, throughout the labour, the defendants displayed “an attitude of disregard for the continuous and increasing signs of foetal distress”.
€6,000 fine for doctors convicted over death of a newborn in Porto
The facts found to be proven state that the patient was admitted to the hospital unit on 20 March 2017 at 09:36 for induction of labour and was placed under monitoring.
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