Mom who would have had an abortion if she had known that the baby had Down syndrome, continues the NHS

A mother sued the NHS for £ 200,000 after doctors reportedly failed to perform tests on her unborn baby that would have revealed that he was suffering from Down syndrome.

Edyta Mordel, 33, reportedly insisted that tests be done during her pregnancy, but was told only that her newborn son had the disease after birth.

Despite being devoted to her son Aleksander, who is now four years old, Edyta says she would have put her baby to rest if she had been diagnosed during her pregnancy.

Legally, the case is clbadified as an "illegal birth".

Edyta, of Reading, is suing the NHS to increase the financial costs of her son's care and its impact on his own ability to work.

NHS lawyers say the expectant mother has been offered a Down syndrome test during her pregnancy, but chose to decline.

At her 12-week scan, medical notes for Edyta said "Down's screening was denied" and she was given the go-ahead.

But she baderted in the High Court: "I was always sure of the decision and I still wanted it.

"I talked to the midwife about the projection of Down syndrome, I was informed, I had watched a lot of videos and read about the projection."

Edyta, a native of Poland, insisted that she "would not take any other decision" if it does not accept screening, the Mail reports.

His attorney, Coldagh Bradley QC, said that a test would have revealed a high risk of Down syndrome diagnosis.

He said: "We would have offered the abortion to Miss Mordel and her partner, Lukasz Cieciura, Aleksander's father, agreed that they would have terminated the pregnancy."

Edyta delivered by Caesarean section in 2015 at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, where he received medical notes stating that she was "very angry and angry" when Aleksander received her diagnosis of Down.

NHS attorney Michael de Navarro QC, on behalf of the NHS, said the mother had changed his mind about the possibility of being screened between his first appointment as a doctor. woman and her 12-week scan.

He added that it was relatively common for mothers to refuse the test after learning that the risk of miscarriage was one in 50.

Mr. de Navarro stated that it was "inconceivable" that the sonograph wrote that the projection was refused if that was not true.

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