Midwife accused of fatal home birth - what happens now?
Midwife accused of fatal home birth - what happens now?
A dramatic pregnancy and birth history leads to legal consequences: a midwife is in court due to grossly negligent killing after a newborn died during a home birth. In the criminal complaint, the woman is accused of not adhering to the provisions of the midwife law when she carried out the birth under misfortune conditions. The claim is that it should have been foreseeing this home birth, since risks for the birth process were excluded in advance, such as Zeitung reported.
In the worst case, the midwife underestimated the dangers that occurred during the birth and alerted the emergency doctor too late. According to the prosecution, the decision for a hospital transport was "neither time nor properly" made. Tragically, the due child died during birth due to a lack of oxygen. In the event of a conviction, the midwife could face a prison sentence of up to three years, according to the public prosecutor's clear judgment. These incidents now throw a shadow on the practices in the area of midwives and the safety of home births, as well as ORF Vienna Notes.| Details | |
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