A young Torquay family has launched legal action against a Geelong Hospital, claiming medical negligence led to their son's disability.
"I was absolutely shocked. I was devastated. I felt like the wool had been pulled over my eyes," Otsen told 9News.Surgeons performed an emergency caesarean on Otsen in 2019 after monitoring showed Landon had an abnormal heart rate. "An expert had a look at it and said no there's actually brain damage and this is what it can look like and they handed me some pamphlets on cerebral palsy."Surgeons performed an emergency caesarean on Lisa Otsen in 2019 after monitoring showed Landon had an abnormal heart rate.
An independent medical expert found an emergency caesarean should have been performed hours earlier, to avoid potential brain damage caused by a lack of oxygen.