Maternal trauma included severe perineal tears, impaired sexual health, urinary or fecal incontinence, and other pelvic disorders while severe neonatal trauma could include long-term nerve damage and brain injury.
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Calgary physician Dr. Regan Taylor could have had his licence suspended had his misconduct occurred after
April 2019, when a new law brought in more significant and mandatary penalties for sexual abuse and sexual misconduct by healthcare professionals.
Kari-Lyn Davies, who stands four feet eight inches, says doctors and nurses at Kelowna General Hospital should have known she was too small to give birth safely by vaginal delivery.