Brain Damage Compensation
11-year-old Joseph O'Reggio has been awarded a £6 million compensation package after complications at birth left him severely brain damaged.
Family of brain damaged boy award £6 million in compensation, full report
A hospital trust is to pay £6 million pounds to the parents of an 11-year-old boy who was severely disabled after he was starved of oxygen during his birth.
Joseph O-Reggio's heart rate dropped but medical staff didn't intervene for almost ten hours. The hospital trust admitted staff should have reacted sooner.
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