Göttingen: Dramatic Medical Error at Birth – Family Receives One Million Euros in Pain Money

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After a serious medical error at the birth of the daughter, the Landgericht Göttingen awarded the family a payment of one million euros in pain money – as high as never before at this court. The child suffers from the most severe impairments.

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An emergency caesarean cut would have been necessary, but midwife and doctor did not initiate him: a young patient is severely affected by maltreatment. A court decided in their favor.

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The Göttingen Regional Court has issued a record-breaking verdict: one million euros in damages for a girl who suffered severe health damage during her birth in 2016. The court's medical malpractice chamber found that hospital staff made several serious errors. Neither the midwife nor the doctor initiated an urgently needed emergency cesarean section, even though the baby's poor condition should have been recognized. After birth, the newborn was…

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Göttingen – A young patient has been awarded €1 million in damages by the Göttingen Regional Court. The court announced this. According to the court's ruling, the Medical Liability Chamber found that medical staff at a hospital company committed several serious medical errors during the plaintiff's birth. It...

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Wéinst massive Traitement-Feeler at the Gebuert huet d'Geriicht vu Göttingen close swollen Meedchen 1 Millioun Euro zougesprache.

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The Landgericht Göttingen awarded a compensation of one million euros to a girl who was severely disabled after massive medical errors at her birth.This was decided by a medical liability chamber in a case of the injured against a hospital society, as the court in the Lower Saxony city announced on Tuesday evening.The verdict is therefore not yet legally binding.According to the court, the medical personnel of the company were responsible for "s…