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‘I should never have been born’: Woman with spina bifida sues doctor
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‘I should never have been born’: Woman with spina bifida sues doctor

A 20-year-old woman in England demanded a general practitioner - who gave advice to her mother when she was pregnant - because it did not provide information about how to signal the condition she was diagnosed with in the womb. Evie Beombes want millions of compensation from Dr. Philip Mitchell. According to the Daily Mail, he was born with lipomyelomenocele (LMM) right after his birth. Also known as Spina Bifida, rare conditions do not allow the spinal cord to not develop properly in the womb, which causes permanent disability. The ShowJumping Star claimed the doctor did not advise his mother Caroline Mombes to take folic acid to avoid children who were 'born in a damaged state', the Daily Mail reported. Mother Mother, now 50, pregnant in 2001 and was suggested by Dr. Mitchell to take fol...