Articles by ‘Kerstin Scheel’

Kerstin Kubiak, Partner and birth injury specialist, acted for a 9 year old girl who suffered oxygen deprivation during her birth as a result of the hospital trust staff failing to react to signs of fetal distress and failing to undertake an emergency caesarean section.

Kerstin Kubiak represented a 24 year old female client in her claim for compensation for the severe brain injuries she suffered as a result of negligence around the time of her delivery. The allegations were that the hospital was negligent in its use of Prostin during her mother’s labour which caused excessive contractions and in turn caused our client to suffer lack of oxygen. There was then a delay in identifying that our client was in distress during labour as a result of the excessive contractions and therefore a delay in delivering her by emergency caesarean section. Had she been delivered about 20 minutes earlier than she was then she would have avoided all injury.

When it comes to the health and wellbeing of unborn children, NHS staff should be commended for their diligence and hard work. However, in the era of austerity, we are told that difficult choices must be made. It follows that the benefits of certain tests, medicines and therapies must be weighed against their cost to the tax payer.

RWK Goodman has joined national charity Group B Strep Support’s legal panel.

Partner Kerstin Kubiak successfully sued a hospital trust who had failed to ensure adequate hand hygiene procedures of hospital staff and who had failed to undertake a deep clean of a room previously occupied by an infected patient.

Kerstin Kubiak and Tracey Furminger acted on behalf of a teenage girl who suffered a significant delay in the diagnosis of her medulloblastoma, a form of brain tumour. Due to the delay in diagnosis the child’s tumour was much more advanced and invasive, requiring extensive surgery and oncology treatment. The severe consequences of this would have been avoided with an earlier diagnosis.

Kerstin Kubiak recovered damages for a young boy after he suffered an Erb’s Palsy injury, he was left with a significant injury to his right dominant arm which was permanent. It involved axonotmesis and neurotmesis. The Claimant suffered winging of the scapula and an absence of useful rotation of the shoulder. The grip of his right hand was also significantly reduced.

Kerstin Kubiak and Tracey Furminger acted on behalf of a young boy who suffered from cerebral palsy, due to meningitis he developed from untreated GBS infection contracted during the birth.

A baby born in Gloucestershire has recently hit the headlines as he was almost twice the national average in birth weight, delivered naturally at 15lbs 7oz! The baby’s size went undiagnosed during pregnancy and caused significant problems with the delivery, as his shoulders became stuck; a life threatening situation called ‘shoulder dystocia’.

In our series of RWK Goodman Insights videos, Kerstin Kubiak, a Partner in our medical negligence team, discusses the devastating effects of Group B Strep (GBS) in infants Kerstin also discusses a recent client case…

February 2014 is International Prenatal Infection Awareness Month. Although many infections can affect the unborn child Withy King have supported the charity Group B Strep Support in their efforts to raise awareness of the consequences of GBS infection.

A recent report has noted a poor standard of supervision and reviews of care by midwives at Furness General Hospital, raising the question of how peer management should be properly undertaken?