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No test for maternal diabetes

A health authority is being sued for £2.75mn in compensation by a girl who suffered severe brain damage at birth. The girl, now 14, requires 24-hour care. The mother claims that she showed signs of maternal diabetes and the hospital should have tested her for it.

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