Birth Injuries and Medical Negligence: What NSW Parents Need to Know
The birth of a child should be one of the most significant moments in a family’s life. When something goes wrong during labour or delivery — when a baby is deprived of oxygen, when an injury occurs that should not have happened, when the signs of distress were there but the response came too late — the devastation for families is profound and lasting. For some, it is the beginning of a lifetime of care, therapy, and adaptation.
Some birth injuries are unavoidable. Childbirth carries inherent medical risk, and even with excellent care, complications can and do occur. But others are preventable — the result of decisions that fell below the standard expected of competent obstetric, midwifery, and neonatal care. When that is the case, NSW law provides a pathway to compensation that can fund a lifetime of the care, therapy, equipment, and support a child will need.