[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by lostalex

They had no way of knowing that the baby was being strangled by the umbelical chord. you are playing monday morning quarterback.

By the same token, they didn't know all was going to well with the birth either, so more stringent checks should have been done to ensure all was well.

Taking your point, yes, they didn't know there was a problem with the umbilical cord, however they 'do' have ways of assessing how well the Baby is doing as the birth nears,so they at the very least should have made sure that was the case.
Which is actually one the main reasons for having a Baby in a hospital in the UK in the first place, to deal with these possible problems during the birth.