Baby brain damaged by lack of oxygen at birth

A mother yesterday gave an emotional testimony to a Medical Council inquiry after her son was left brain damaged following a lack of oxygen to his brain during birth.

Baby brain damaged by lack of oxygen at birth

Dr Mohammad Ilyas Khan, from Tipperary, faces allegations of poor professional performance, specifically in relation to a two-year-old boy, BT, who was born on June 15, 2012.

BT’s mother, Noelle Tobin, made the complaint against Dr Khan, who was practising as a locum consultant paediatrician in South Tipperary General Hospital in Clonmel at the time of the birth.

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