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Tuesday, 28 June 2005 10:46 | BNN: British Nursing News Online · www.bnn-online.co.uk
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A woman who was left brain damaged after receiving IVF treatment, yesterday won a substantial damages.
The 34-year-old mother of one, who cannot be named for legal reasons, developed Ovarian Hyperstimulation – a known side affect of fertility treatment that, in rare cases, can cause fluids to leak from the ovaries and accumulate in the chest and abdomen.
The court heard that the woman’s surgeon, Paul Rainsbury, from the BUPA Roding hospital, Ilford, had known of her symptoms but told her they were mild and said that her severely distended stomach “probably meant she was pregnant”.
She later suffered a miscarriage and subsequently had a stroke after experiencing severe neurological symptoms.
Her barrister, James Badenoch, told the court that the surgeon had been guilty of negligence.
“The steps he took were limited entirely to telling her to get an ambulance and get herself to hospital,” Mr Badenoch said.
The court heard that the patient now had great difficulty with her speech, mobility, reasoning and decision-making and relied on her family for help as her marriage had ended.
A message from the woman was read out for the court.
"IVF. I was so happy," it said. "Looked forward to my newborn baby. Unfortunately miscarried. Baby die. Disaster happen. Then stroke. Disaster. Now my face fine, but my body will never be the same.
"My son is torn apart. One year hospital and now wheelchair. Why me? Still bubbly but inside my body and brain cry, cry, cry."
Mr Rainsbury’s representative told the court that there was evidence to suggest that the woman’s symptoms were in fact still mild when she was admitted to hospital. He added that Mr Rainsbury did not admit liability.
The judge approved an undisclosed settlement.
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