A birth injury lawsuit has been filed against medical professionals at Vanguard West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, Illinois, alleging that they committed medical malpractice in performing a Caesarean section, which led to an infant’s death.<\/p>\n
The Illinois mother who filed the lawsuit claims that the C-section was not performed in a timely manner, that medical personnel did not provide proper monitoring of the fetal heart rate, and that these mistakes led to the death of the child.<\/p>\n
The mother was admitted to West Suburban on December 6, 2011 with ruptured membranes. She was admitted to Labor and Delivery one day later, where medical personnel performed an emergency C-section. The mother was found to have a uterine rupture which resulted in the loss of a substantial amount of blood. No pulse was detected in the baby. The child was transferred to Children’s Memorial Hospital where he died nine days (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A birth injury lawsuit has been filed against medical professionals at Vanguard West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, Illinois, alleging that they committed medical malpractice in performing a Caesarean section, which led to an infant’s death. The Illinois mother…<\/span><\/p>\n