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Ipswich Hospital admits to medical negligence

Parents of a nine-year-old girl who suffers from cerebral palsy have been told that Ipswich Hospital has admitted medical negligence for their daughter's condition.

Holly Goodwyn was born in 1997 and despite signs of foetal distress, medical staff at the hospital failed to deliver her urgently.

Ipswich Hospital has concluded hat clinical negligence was a direct cause of Holly's cerebral palsy, which has left her seriously disabled and in need of an electronic aid for communication.

Holly's mother Lynne, said, "While we were reluctant to take legal action in this matter, we felt that the extent of the help Holly requires would not be available otherwise.

"We also hoped that lessons would be learned from Holly's birth and that the hospital would look at its practices so that the same errors would not be allowed to happen again."

Medical negligence solicitor, Sarah Coles, said, "Holly's parents live with the nightmare of her birth on a daily basis. The future they had hoped for her will never be realised. They have gladly made many sacrifices to give Holly as normal a life as possible, but have come to realise that without help this was never going to be enough."

Spokesperson for Ipswich Hospital, Jan Rowsell, said the hospital accepted medical negligence for Holly's birth accident in 1997, which led to her present condition.