An unborn baby was decapitated in his mother’s womb as a result of a bungled delivery by an NHS consultant gynaecologist, a medical tribunal heard. Charles Garside QC, a lawyer for the General Medical Council, said: “The baby had a heartbeat, it was slow, but it was not dead. The choice was taken by Dr Laxman to try a vaginal delivery and this was the wrong choice. In Patient A’s evidence, given while clutching two teddy bears, she told the tribunal she had previously been told because her baby was in breech it would be delivered by caesarean section “if anything happened”. Gerard Boyle QC told her: “Dr Laxman has asked me to say she is so very sorry and deeply saddened for the outcome of your baby.

Source: The Guardian May 10, 2018 16:18 UTC