Medical negligence compensation has been awarded to a Staffordshire couple, after their baby nearly choked on a six inch tube, which the hospital staff was negligent to remove.
Now a healthy four year old, Owen Thomas, the couple’s child was fitted with an endotracheal tube after his birth at the Stafford Hospital, in order to ease the breathing after complications during his delivery.
Owen’s mother, Clare Thomas was alarmed when ten days after the birth her baby began turning blue and appeared to be choking. A six inch long PVC tube popped out of his mouth after she slapped him on the back.
Mrs Thomas and her husband Kevin, of New Hall Street, in Cannock, launched a claim for medical negligence compensation against the Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, claiming that Owen’s life was periled by the negligence of the hospital.
The family won thecase and has been awarded a five figure sum in damages, although the exact amount has not been revealed.