A hospital trust has apologised to a family after mistakes left a baby with serious brain injuries.
Shanto suffered serious injuries in birth after doctors failed to act when his mother first reported problemsA hospital trust has acknowledged it made mistakes after a baby suffered catastrophic injuries during birth.
Due to his injuries, her son, Shanto Khaliquzaman, is severely disabled and the trust later admitted liability.Mrs Sultana, from Sutton Coldfield, said she had been due to have a Caesarean section on 8 July but on 20 June she started to feel pain in her abdomen and lower back. It was not until almost three hours later that Shanto was delivered by emergency C-Section, however Mrs Sultana said he was "not in a good condition - it was heartbreaking".Shanto's heart had stopped and he had to be resuscitated.
However she said she and her husband were asked about options for palliative care and whether they would prefer Shanto to die in hospital, a hospice, or at home. Her representatives said that if she been told to attend hospital when she first reported problems, Shanto would have suffered no harm. Fiona Reynolds, the chief medical officer at Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, said: "We'd like to offer our heartfelt apologies again to the family.
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