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Alice Sodjago was in labor when she was admitted to a hospital. The nurse who treated her performed a vaginal exam and noted the presence of heavy meconium<\/a>. The fetal monitor revealed fetal distress. The nurse contacted a midwife who did not call the on-call obstetrician. About 20 minutes later, the midwife arrived at the hospital and called the obstetrician. Sodjago\u2019s daughter was delivered by Caesarean section almost 40 minutes later.
\nAs a result of oxygen deprivation, the baby, now 8 years old, suffers from cognitive impairment and cortical blindness.<\/a><\/p>\n

Sodjago and her husband, individually and on behalf of their 8-year-old daughter, filed a lawsuit against the hospital and the midwife claiming that they chose not to perform a timely emergency Caesarean section delivery, which would have saved the baby and prevented the devastating brain damage caused by the delay in delivery.<\/p>\n

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