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Originally Posted by northwind
I walked into A&E on a broken hip 
The doctor in question maintains that the baby sat unsupported, showed no signs of discomfort, and moved his feet- which may or may not be true, but in fact we don't know if his spine was broken at the time of the exam. The prosecution says it "probably" was. |
I bet it hurt though!. Actually I walked on a broken leg (2 breaks, 5 fractures, 2 pulled ligaments) but that was adrenalin and a fresh break, didn't feel so good the following day! As soon as someone touched it though, now that did hurt!
I do get what you are saying Northy, but what I don't want to see is people getting off on technicalities when they could have and should have under reasonable behaviour of a qualified doctor, to have spotted the injuries, if indeed they were there. I think it is easy to excuse negligence as we can emphasis that if that was us could we have missed it, but abused children do give signs that specialist should recognise.
The only 'facts' are that there is a dead baby that was absued over a long period of time and was in sight of care services for a number of months. There must be some calpability.