We had a case similar to this a few years ago. The case we were involved with here in the United States where the second twin was delayed in his delivery resulting in a lack of oxygen and some fetal distress.
This article out of the UK:
A judge sitting at the High Court in London has awarded a boy who suffered brain damage after he was born nearly an hour after his healthy twin brother 2.4m(pounds) agreed damages.
Source: HospitalHealthcare.com
Here is a story out of Chicago that shows how a delay in delivery can lead to a lack of oxygen to the brain. Now that is just the "legal medical" side of this story.
The real story here is how this young man and his family used a simple book to educate his classmates about his condition and about how he was "The Same on the inside".
There is also a video that goes with the story and you can access that through the story on the website.
This title is from an Abstract published in Pediatric Neurology in the September Issue. "Etiologic Profile of Spastic Diplegia in Children" is a fancy way of saying what causes Spastic Diplegia.
Here's what jumped out at me.
The top three diagnoses were hypoxic-ischemic perinatal asphyxia (33%), periventricular leukomalacia (15%), and central nervous system infections (11%).In premature children, the most common diagnoses were periventricular leukomalacia (33%), perinatal asphyxia (26%), and central nervous system infections (15%). In term-born children, the most frequent diagnoses were perinatal asphyxia (37%), metabolic disease (12%), and structural malformation or infection (9% each).
There is a higher risk of injury to a child if the child is born premature. This is why one of the questions we need answered when investigating a medical malpractice action is "Was the child born premature"
You can see from the above results that the "cause" with the highest percentage in full term children is perinatal asphyxia.
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