Woman awarded £27,000 after being given Caesarean without enough pain relief

A woman has been awarded £27,000 after a hospital began a Caesarean without giving her adequate pain relief.
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust paid the sum after admitting the woman was not given enough anaesthetic when surgeons at Queen Elizabeth Hospital cut her open to deliver her first child.
The patient had been admitted to hospital in labour in January 2013 and had been given an epidural.
After nearly two hours of active pushing and two attempts at assisted delivery, a decision was taken to carry out a Caesarean. Continue Reading...