Can I Get Compensation for a Third Degree Tear?
If a third degree tear has not received acceptable medical care, leaving you to suffer permanent bowel difficulties, it may be appropriate to make a claim for compensation.
Third degree tears and negligence
A third degree tear is a risk of vaginal childbirth and around 5% of women experience a tear of this nature.
However, due to the nature of the injury and the associated symptoms, the way in which it is treated by medical professionals is absolutely key to the new mother's future.
Third and fourth degree tears cause damage to the anal sphincter, the muscles which control and prevent the passing of wind and faeces. If a woman suffers one of these appalling injuries, it is essential that it is diagnosed and repaired as promptly as possible after the birth of her baby.
Negligent care may condemn the new mother to a lifetime of incontinence, infection and distress.
Medical care of a severe birth tear which might be regarded as negligent would include the following:
- A failure to carry out a thorough examination of a new mother after vaginal childbirth
- A failure to diagnose any anal damage
- A misdiagnosis of anal damage
- A failure to repair the injury fully and effectively
Claiming compensation for negligent care
If you have suffered a poor outcome due to negligent medical care, you are entitled by law to claim compensation for the effects of that negligence.
The long-term impact of an unrepaired severe birth tear can be life-changing and a new mother may wish to consider claiming compensation for that impact.
For example, she may find that she is now restricted in the type of work she can undertake. Areas of employment such as hospitality, retail, healthcare, education and policing may not be possible for a woman who is suffering from incontinence.
If this means that the new mother suffers a loss of income, a successful compensation claim would take account of that financial loss.
It may be that she requires help around the home in order to cope with the demands of bringing up a baby when she is struggling to come to terms with the impact of her incontinence. Where such an outcome has been caused by negligent care, the associated costs can be addressed within a claim.
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Glynns Solicitors is a dedicated medical negligence legal practice with extensive expertise in birth tear compensation claims.
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