The Clayton County Medical Examiner’s Workplace has dominated a child’s demise as a murder after the minor was decapitated throughout supply at an Atlanta-area hospital in July final 12 months. Per WSBTV.com, the medical expert’s report said that the newborn died on account of “fracture-dislocation” of his higher cervical backbone and spinal twine.
As beforehand reported by Face2Face Africa, Jessica Ross filed a lawsuit in opposition to the Southern Regional Medical Middle and others alleging {that a} doctor decapitated her child after making use of an excessive amount of power throughout supply.
The lawsuit, which was filed in August 2023, alleges that the hospital tried to cover the circumstances surrounding the newborn’s demise from his household, CNN reported. A household lawyer additionally mentioned Ross delivered the newborn at full-term.
The lawsuit states that the July 9 incident occurred after Ross went into labor, including that her physician, Tracey St. Julian, “tried to ship the newborn vaginally utilizing totally different strategies together with making use of traction to the newborn’s head.”
The grievance alleges that “the newborn didn’t correctly descend as a consequence of shoulder dystocia.” This situation, per Cleveland Clinic, occurs “when one or each of your child’s shoulders get caught throughout vaginal supply.”
The lawsuit alleges that the physician “didn’t observe in accordance with medical requirements” and in addition “grossly” and “negligently utilized extreme traction” on the newborn’s neck and head, CNN reported. The grievance additionally states that the doctor, who can also be named as a defendant within the lawsuit, “didn’t do a Cesarean part in a well timed and correct method, leading to Treveon Isaiah Taylor Jr.’s decapitation and demise.”
The household’s lawyer, Roderick Edmond, mentioned the newborn’s decrease physique was eliminated through the Cesarean part whereas his head got here out through the vagina, The Related Press reported. The lawyer additionally mentioned the newborn’s demise might have been prevented if the couple’s preliminary request for a Cesarean part wasn’t turned down.
A household spokesperson in an announcement mentioned that hospital employees subsequently advised Ross and Taylor that they have been “not allowed to the touch or maintain their baby” when the couple “demanded to see and maintain their child.”
“Hospital employees allowed the younger couple to solely view their useless baby,” the assertion added. “Throughout this viewing, their child was wrapped tightly in a blanket along with his head propped on high of his physique in a fashion such that these viewing him couldn’t determine that he had been decapitated.”
The lawsuit additionally states that the hospital employees initially tried to speak the couple out of getting an post-mortem and in addition urged them to cremate their deceased son, per The Related Press.
The Clayton County Police Division has since knowledgeable WSBTV.com that they’ve concluded investigations and handed their findings to the District Legal professional’s workplace. It hasn’t been established if authorities will file expenses.
