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Medic accused of causing baby to be decapitated during birth says infant would have died anyway

By: Keerthi Mohan

Dr Vaishnavy Laxman, 43, who is accused of accidentally decapitating baby during a botched surgery said during a tribunal hearing that the baby would have died even if she had opted for a caesarian. Weeping at the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service in Manchester, consultant Laxman said: “I was trying to deliver a live baby, I was trying really hard, possibly too hard. I did not intend to harm mum or the baby. I am distraught at the outcome and I am very sorry it did not come out the way I meant it.” The incident occurred in while Laxman, who…

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