The surveys were recorded after a presentation of the facts by the clinic. The investigations are headed towards grossly negligent homicide, a spokesman confirmed in a media report by APA.
According to the report, the parents saw the failure of the medical profession and the midwife. According to her account, the mother was in labor for about 20 hours. She had originally decided against a caesarean section, but she wanted to have the procedure carried out because of the severe pain. The senior physician would have suggested a suction cup birth, after unsuccessful attempts to bring the child into the world in this way, an emergency caesarean section would have been carried out in the end. According to the newspaper, the child’s brain received too little oxygen and the newborn was only kept alive with the help of machines. The child would have been taken to a special clinic in Salzburg. Life support was removed eight days after the birth.
“We did everything possible to save the lives of mother and child”
According to the newspaper, the parents have filed a lawsuit against the hospital. They demand damages and acknowledgment of liability for “all future, currently unforeseeable consequences of incorrect birth management”.
In a statement by the Upper Austrian health holding to the APA, it was emphasized that “everything possible for us to save the lives of mother and child” had been done in the hospital concerned. Due to the ongoing process, no details can be given at this time. “The team on duty was professionally and staffed above the legally required standards,” it said. In a long phone call with the mother, regret and sympathy were expressed. The offer for a personal interview has not yet been taken up. During the pandemic, all acutely necessary operations were always carried out immediately.
Source: Nachrichten
