Medical Negligence Cases

Children

Brain tumours including:
- Pituitary adenoma
- Glioma
- Acoustic neuroma
- Medulloblastoma
Bladder cancer
Breast cancer
Carcinoma of submandibular gland
Carcinoma of the thyroid
Cerebral haemorrhage
Testicular cancer
Prostate cancer
Uterine cancer
Cervical cancer
Chronic myeloid leukaemia
Glomerulonephritis
Heart attack
Lung cancer
Meningitis
Ovarian cancer
Pseudoaneurysm
Pyridoxine deficiency
Sarcoma
Stroke
Aneurysm
Testicular torsion
Cauda equina injuries

Acute peritonitis following ova retrieval procedure
Bladder damage during cholecystectomy (gall bladder removal)
Breach of infection control guidelines
Broken pacemaker lead
Damage to hepatic vein during abdominal surgery
Faecal incontinence due to haemorrhoid treatment (anal stretch)
Faecal incontinence due to lateral internal sphincterectomy
Failed vasectomy
Failure to sterilise surgical equipment (hepatic duct, septicaemia, ureteric damage)
Improperly performed stomach stapling surgery
Improperly performed varicose vein surgery
Inappropriate multiple surgery on temporo-mandibular jaw joint
Laparoscopic injuries (puncture of bowel, dissection of artery, perforations)
Mismanagement of hernia repair
Nerve damage following head and neck surgery
Post-operative infection
Severing of axillary artery during surgery for removal of axillary lipoma
Unnecessary anterior bowel resection

Endometrial ablation
Failed sterilisation
Failure to diagnose pregnancy
Failure to properly treat sexually transmitted diseases
Failure to properly implant contraceptive device
Failure to recommend termination of pregnancy
Hysterectomy secondary to misdiagnosis of abdominal pain
Improper delivery of placenta causing uterine inversion and need for hysterectomy
Improper episiotomy
Improper IVF management
Inappropriate vaginal hysterectomy
Incontinence secondary to vaginal hysterectomy
Incorrect management with Implanon
Infertility due to pelvic inflammatory disease
Placental abruption

Failure to monitor warfarin levels leading to stroke
Failure to properly investigate thyroid pain and swelling
Failure to diagnose and treat osteomyelitis
Misreported radiology
Misreported mammography
Failure to treat heart attack
Failure to monitor the effects of epidural leading to paraplegia
Failure to diagnose breast cancer
Incorrect diagnosis of HIV
Misdiagnosis of transient ischaemia and subsequent stroke
Misdiagnosis of metastatic meningitis leading to failure to treat ischaemia leading to stroke

Birth asphyxia causing cerebral palsy
Birth asphyxia causing neonatal death
Failure to advise of elective Caesarean delivery with anticipated obstructed labour
Failure to detect foetal abnormalities on ultrasound
Failure to induce delivery causing brain damage and death
Failure to diagnose, monitor and manage pre-eclampsia
Failure to properly test for genetic abnormalities
Failure to perform emergency Caesarean delivery
Failure to detect unstable foetal position
Failure to diagnose maternal Strep B infection causing death of baby
Forceps delivery causing skull fracture
Forceps delivery causing cervical cord damage and death of baby
Improper CTG monitoring
Improper ventouse vacuum extraction
Improper resuscitation
Improper ventilation at birth
Improper monitoring of foetal kicking behaviour
Improper management of trial of labour
Inappropriate administration of Mesoprostol
Inappropriate administration of Syntocinon
Inappropriately prolonged second stage of labour
Inappropriately prolonged pregnancy
Meconium aspiration syndrome
Mismanagement of obstructed labour
Mismanagement of pneumothorax
Mismanagement of breech presentation
Premature labour due to mismanagement of urinary tract infection
Rubella in utero leading to brain damage
Shoulder dystocia leading to Erb's palsy
Shoulder dystocia causing brain damage and death of baby