Disgraced Qld medical services refuse to compensate most mothers

No suggestions from Brisbane Times Wrong or inappropriate evaluation by the expert review team. But Mietzel and her supporters find the conclusion difficult to accept.

Her caesarean section caused a dangerous accumulation of blood in her body called a hematoma, which was detected for several days after she was sent home, so weak and ill that she could neither stand up nor breastfeed. No, Miesel claimed.

She said this took away “the newborn bubble that everyone talks about” and put a lot of pressure on her partner and parents.

But the most troublesome question for Miesel was whether a caesarean section was really necessary. Her patient notes were inconsistent and at times incorrect, she claimed.To date, she said she has not received a credible account of her surgery.

It was all the more confusing as a midwife assured her that it was almost time for a push just before she was taken to the operating room.

“Then one of the doctors came in and I’ll never forget the exact words she said to me: ‘You’re fine, baby’s fine, but you’re just tired,'” Miesel said. Told.

“I was hysterical at this point because I knew what she was going to say.

Miezel, in the haze under the influence of painkillers, signs the form, but does not remember signing it. She claimed that her consent was not made known.

“I said, ‘No, no, please,’ and they were happy, so somehow in the commotion I scribbled on a piece of paper.”

On the operating table, Miesel said she was afraid to speak in case she missed Harrison’s delivery because of general anesthesia.

“Me [had] When asked, “Why did you have a caesarean section?” I answered, “I don’t know.” Apparently I was too tired.”

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Investigators said Miezel wasn’t the only one receiving poor justification, saying they were “concerned” that the Cesarean section rate had risen from 31% to 43% in 2021. .

World Health Organization guidelines specify a rate of 10 to 15 percent of normal.

A letter from the judging team denying her compensation. Brisbane Timessaid that her delivery and postpartum care caused her “distress”.

However, it concluded that “poor communication” is not eligible for compensation.

“They told most of us it was a lack of communication,” Miesel said. She perceived this as a legal code for failing to obtain her informed consent or offer a choice.

Haley Wilson, a McKay-based childbirth support worker, or doula, knows many of the affected and rejected women. I didn’t consider trauma properly.

” [the mothers] Not money. The realization is that this is actually important,” Wilson said.

The report made 122 recommendations and prompted Health Secretary Yvette Das to call on the Mackay HHS board to “justify” why they should not be removed. The deadline was last Friday.

For reasons that were not explained, only the recommendations of the investigation and a “summary of findings” were made public. Mackay HHS also declined to answer repeated questions from the government. Brisbane Times About who ordered the redaction of most of the public findings and why.

“What really happened to transparency?” Wilson asked. “Where can I find information to see how the recommendations match up? Did the reviews find everything they needed? How will we know?

The 26 women approved will participate in a vaguely termed ‘compensation access pathway’. Shine Lawyers special counsel Sarah Vallance said her team had asked the medical service what this meant, but had yet to get a good answer.

“At the same time, women are calling us for advice on processes that we are not involved in, and we are trying to resolve that.

Vallance said it received “dozens” of calls from women who did not participate in the study, but they now question the standard of care they received at Mackay after the dismal findings. .

She recommended that rejected women who still believe their care was subpar and injured seek legal advice to obtain compensation through the normal pre-trial process.

Queensland Health Department said people injured through medical negligence can make a claim if it is proven that the treatment they received through a medical professional was below minimum acceptable standards.

Miesel said she still feels attached to the machine and wakes up in the middle of the night to lament the “blissful natural birth” she envisioned during her uneventful pregnancy.

She was relieved that her advocates supported her as she continued her physical and mental recovery.

“I’m in an interesting place now because all the letters are out,” she said. “I’m taking a step back from everything at this point for my own mental health.”