Contact Wilmington, NC, accident attorney Gary Shipman if you or a family member has been injured in a car, truck or SUV accident, as a result of medical or nursing home malpractice, or suffered any injury as a result of another person's or company's negligence. http://wilmington.injuryboard.com/head-and-brain-injuries/ <p> A <a href="http://www.provena.org/mercy/">hospital </a>in Illinois has agreed to pay <a href="http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/01/family-gets-65m-in-brain-injury-case.html">$6.5 million </a>to settle the case of a 7-year-old boy who allegedly suffered a brain injury at birth. The family had alleged that the obstetrician, as well as the labor and delivery nurse, failed to respond to the distress in the baby brought on by the drug <a href="http://www.rxlist.com/pitocin-drug.htm">Pitocin</a>. In the lawsuit, the family <a href="http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/news/1373758,mercy-aurora-provena-birth-injury-2001-Au011209.article">argued </a>that the baby experienced a low heart rate and reduced oxygen flow caused by Pitocin. As a result of the doctors and staff not responding to the baby's obvious distress, the child was born with <a href="http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/768268-overview">metabolic acidosis </a>and <a href="http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/973501-overview">hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy</a>. He has also been diagnosed with <a href="http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/cerebral_palsy/cerebral_palsy.htm">cerebral palsy </a>and has limited mobility. <a href="http://www.drugs.com/cdi/pitocin.html">Pitocin </a>is administered to induce labor. There has long been a <a href="http://www.drspock.com/article/0,1510,4925,00.html">debate </a>about the <a href="http://www.birthingnaturally.net/birthplan/intervention/induction/pitocin.html">benefits versus the risks</a> of Pitocin. No doubt the debate will continue. </p><a href="http://wilmington.injuryboard.com/head-and-brain-injuries/pitocin-cited-as-cause-of-brain-injury-in-child.aspx?googleid=255140">Originally posted</a> at <a href="http://www.InjuryBoard.com">InjuryBoard</a> by <a href="http://www.injuryboard.com/Jean-Martin/">Jean Martin</a> http://wilmington.injuryboard.com/head-and-brain-injuries/pitocin-cited-as-cause-of-brain-injury-in-child.aspx?googleid=255140 Wilmington Personal Injury Lawyer - Head & Brain Injuries Head & Brain Injuries FDA prescription drug drug injury Jean Martin Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:22:06 GMT