You trusted them with the most precious moment of your life. But when complications arose during delivery, the medical team made critical errors—and then tried to hide them. What should have been a joyful celebration became a nightmare that changed your family forever.
Hospital delivery room mistakes aren’t accidents. They’re often the result of negligence that medical professionals knew about but chose to ignore. When these errors cause birth injuries, hospitals may engage in cover-ups to protect themselves from liability.
What Are Delivery Room Mistakes?
Delivery room mistakes are serious breaches of the standard of care during labor and delivery. Common errors include failure to monitor fetal distress, delayed cesarean sections, improper use of forceps or vacuum extractors, medication errors, and failure to diagnose complications like placental abruption or shoulder dystocia.
These mistakes can cause devastating injuries including cerebral palsy, Erb’s palsy, brain injuries, and maternal complications. The consequences affect families for decades, requiring lifelong medical care and creating overwhelming financial burdens.
How Hospitals Cover Up Their Mistakes
Hospitals have sophisticated systems to protect themselves when medical errors occur:
- Altering medical records by modifying charts or deleting entries after the fact
- Restricting access to records by providing only selective portions
- Silencing staff through internal policies and fear of retaliation
- Deflecting blame onto “natural” causes rather than acknowledging negligence
- Delaying investigations that are often incomplete or biased
Know Your Legal Rights and Take Action
To establish medical malpractice in birth injury cases, you need to prove the medical team breached their duty of care, directly causing your injuries. The cover-up itself can be evidence of negligence—when hospitals alter records or withhold information, it demonstrates their awareness that mistakes were made.
Time is critical if you suspect delivery room mistakes occurred:
- Request complete medical records—demand full documentation, not summaries
- Document everything you remember about the delivery
- Seek immediate medical evaluation from specialists outside the hospital
- Preserve evidence—don’t sign any hospital documents or settlements
- Act quickly—birth injury cases have strict time limits
Get the Justice Your Family Deserves
Hospitals count on families being overwhelmed and trusting. They rely on people not knowing how to challenge powerful institutions. But with experienced legal representation, these cover-up tactics fall apart.
Your family deserves answers. Your child deserves justice. The Law Offices of Tim Misny can help you uncover the truth about what happened during your child’s delivery. When hospitals try to hide their negligence, I’ll Make Them Pay!® Call my office at (877) 944-4373 so that I can evaluate your case right away.
