Home birth gone bad leads to deaf and disabled baby
If you’re going to have a home birth — which already sparks heated debate about the risks involved — make sure to fully vet that midwife!
Midwife Kusum Churcher-Wells is alleged to have failed to check the baby, known as JK, for jaundice during a home delivery in metropolitan Melbourne in April, 2005.
The baby’s father complained to the Nurses Board of Victoria (NBV), alleging the baby was rendered profoundly deaf and permanently disabled with brain damage as a result.
A formal hearing was conducted at the NBV in Melbourne this morning.
Ms Churcher-Wells faces one breach of failing to adequately assess and further treat JK’s jaundice and another of failing to refer JK to a medical practitioner to assess and treat the jaundice.
Information from: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0...
