Sophia’s family has spent years arguing that those providing her medical care bear some liability for her injury. An Investigative Journalism Bureau analysis has found Ontario health-care providers are often failing to learn from the childbirth deaths and injuries of mothers and babies. So clinicians need to know when to transfer care to another medical centre or another medical practitioner. Lawyers for the anesthesiologist argued there is no evidence that Sophia would have avoided injury if their clients had acted differently. Sophia Hemmings, left, who suffered brain damage during childbirth, laughs with her sister Samantha Hemmings at home in Delhi, Ont.

Source: National Post April 03, 2026 10:41 UTC