A caesarean section was carried out during which surgeons were required to remove a significant section of her bowel, her uterus and one of her ovaries. She wore a colostomy bag for five years.
£114,000 for a 32-year-old-woman for the Failure to Diagnose Her Ectopic Pregnancy During a Lengthy 9-month Period
Prior to her pregnancy the Claimant (“C”) had had a history of tubal disease, chlamydia infection and a negative laparotomy. During her pregnancy P was admitted to hospital on numerous occasions complaining of bleeding, pain, abdominal swelling and tenderness, constipation and piles. Three ultrasound scans diagnosed an intra-uterine pregnancy and found no abnormalities. It was only when C had a caesarean section, following three days' labour, that it was discovered that in fact the pregnancy was no in the womb.
If this condition had been diagnosed early on, C would have been advised to terminate the pregnancy. The placenta had become extensively fused to C's bowel. During the caesarean section, a bowel resection and colostomy were performed. The surgeons were also required to carry out a full hysterectomy and to remove one of C's ovaries. Following the surgery C had to put up with a colostomy bag for five years, and she would never be able to conceive.
P underwent further surgery for internal bleeding. She also suffered psychiatric injury including depression and an adjustment disorder, which continued until after the stoma was reversed.