A resident of the United States sued the Ministry of Health for a mistake and forced to pay four surrogate children
'28.01.2019'
Source: Mirror
The National Health Service of England will have to pay the surrogate motherhood services of an 35-year-old woman who lives in the US and is going to get married after 10 years ago the mistake of British doctors deprived her of her physiological ability to bear and give birth to a child.
A few years ago, doctors at the Whittington Hospital in North London were unable to promptly detect a cervical cancer in a woman who wished to preserve anonymity. As a result of this medical error and subsequent interventions, her bladder and intestines are seriously damaged, and her uterus and ovaries suffered irreparable damage. Mirror.
According to the court decision, the Service will have to pay for the services of a surrogate mother necessary for carrying and giving birth to four babies in America. But hospital officials are trying to challenge the decision - the case will be referred to the Supreme Court.
An 35-year-old woman says that she “deserves the right to start a family” after a belated diagnosis left her fruitless.
The victim has already received compensation in excess of 1,1 million pounds sterling (almost 1,5 million dollars), including 558 945 pounds sterling (736 097 dollars) for surrogate motherhood in America. But lawyers say she was “left in limbo” because of the appeal that was filed on January 15.
In 2017, the Supreme Court initially rejected a woman’s claim for four attempts at surrogate motherhood in the United States, since paid services from surrogate mothers are prohibited by law in the UK.
She was awarded £ 560 ($ 618) for keeping her eggs and giving birth to surrogate children in the UK - however, the decision was overturned in the Court of Appeal last year and she was given the money to pay for surrogacy in the United States.
Paid surrogacy is allowed in California, so the woman will be guaranteed parental rights.
In Britain, the surrogate mother is classified as the legal mother of the child, so she is not obliged to transfer it to biological parents.
Earlier, the hospital acknowledged that it did not diagnose cancer well enough, and apologized to the victim.
