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A 15-year-old girl who suffered a birth injury for which she now requires 24-hour care has won a medical negligence compensation settlement at the High Court.
The girl's personal injury lawyer detailed how the teenager suffered cerebral palsy as a result of being starved of oxygen at birth during her delivery at Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend. She had been born in the breach position and incurred brain damage after being asphyxiated during labour.
After accepting that it had failed to provide "a reasonable standard of care" Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Local Health Board consented to payout around £2 million birth injury compensation to provide for the girl's future care.
After overseeing details of the settlement, the judge commented, "She [the claimant] is a remarkable young lady and one cannot help but be moved by the positive attitude to life, the sheer zest for life, that shines out of the reports, despite the grievous misfortune she suffered at her birth.
"The settlement means that her financial future is secure."
Additionally, the liable health board, offered its "unreserved apologies" for the girl's birth injury.
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