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Hospitals under fire for rate of childbirth injuries and deaths
14 January 2008
Overwork and poor training of doctors and midwives causes up to a thousand infant deaths every year, according to a new report.

According to Professor Jason Gardosi, director of the Perinatal Institute in Birmingham, as many as a quarter of the 4,000 stillbirths which take place in the UK annually could be avoided if medical staff took swift action during pregnancy. Overwork and poor training of doctors and midwives causes up to a thousand infant deaths every year, according to a new report.

According to Professor Jason Gardosi, director of the Perinatal Institute in Birmingham, as many as a quarter of the 4,000 stillbirths which take place in the UK annually could be avoided if medical staff took swift action during pregnancy.

The report blames a combination of low staffing levels and poor training for the problem. Doctors and midwives sometimes overlook the crucial signs which can lead to a foetus being stillborn or suffering an interruption to the oxygen supply, leading to cerebral palsy. This injury alone accounts for
 

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