Shortly after a planned home birth in September 2023, a baby died in Vienna. The midwife who was supervised by home birth at the time is now being carried out in Vienna. The public prosecutor of Vienna accuses his gross negligent murder – among other things because the pregnant woman needed a caesarean section and a curettage at the birth of her first child.
Kleine Charlotte would be almost a year and a half old. But the girl from Vienna died in the hospital five days after the home birth on October 4, 2023.
In March 2023, the pregnant woman first reported in the consecration of midwife Margarete W. and spoke with her about a home birth for her second child, a girl. Earlier, the expectant mother had searched for an midwife who would support the birth in the hospital, but found none.
Caesarean section was required in the first child
“Did you know that the hospital of the pregnant woman has advised a home birth?” Asks Judge Martin Kampitsch at the start of Mrs. W.’s investigation: “But hospitals almost always advise home births. And according to obstetric law, it is not explicitly forbidden, not even after a section.” In this case. ” Was the reason for the urgent advice that the woman needed a caesarean section and a curettage when the first child was born. The doctors had therefore recommended a planned caesarean section in the second child.
The public prosecutor of Vienna accuses the midwife of coarse negligent murder, also because, according to the expert, she did not worn “lay artis” during the home birth. Especially because according to the indictment there would have been a birth arrest around noon. However, the midwife let the pregnant woman move to the Donaustadt clinic around 13:45. According to the expert, the time would have been 11.30 am.
Little Charlotte died of a lack of oxygen, apparently caused by a placenta-sub development. These had not recognized the treating gynecologists in the run -up to birth. Pregnancy Diabetes was also a problem. An oral glucose tolerance test was rejected by the expectant mother.
Many colleagues came to support
“I am also surprised that the amniotic fluid was clear and that the heart tones were normal for a long time,” says Mrs. W. in the process. Saal 303 in the Vienna Landl is filled to last – many colleagues came to support the midwife in the negotiation. However, you cannot hear much, because permanent construction sound disrupts the process en masse.
“Guidelines unanimously recommend that a maternity clinic must be chosen for births after caesarean section. Where interventions can take place quickly, “says the expert, who also saw CTG monitoring if necessary to recognize a lack of oxygen. “Guidelines are not laws,” justifies the midwife, who “is not guilty”.
Mother does not blame the accused
“I wanted to be able to experience a birth after my pace. Also because of the experience after the first birth, “says the mother of the dead child as a witness. It does not blame the midwife. However, the German answers the question “If Mrs. W. would have recommended to give birth to them in the hospital, would you have done that?”
Important moment in the process: According to the expert, it is “very likely” that the child would live if the birth had taken place in the hospital.
A judgment can be expected around noon.
Source: Krone
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