It’s a time-honored tradition: a father captures his baby’s first moments on film as the mother gives birth to a precious new life. Birthing videos often become cherished keepsakes, passed down for generations. Years later, the adult who was once that baby can literally watch their very first breath being taken. Birth is an amazing, awe-inspiring event, perhaps the most important time in a couple’s entire life.
For all of these reasons and more, it is upsetting news that many hospitals are now banning video cameras in birthing suites. Why? Because they create evidence available to present to a court should that birth involve malpractice. Hospitals are so worried that people will record them making careless mistakes at the cost of you and your baby that they are banning birthing video recordings.
Should the threat of increasing video camera bans in birthing suites keep you from using your own birthing video as evidence in court if you have captured medical malpractice on film? Absolutely not. You can’t put a price on the safety of your life, or your baby’s. Focus on your specific hospital and location when selecting a lawyer. If you live in Los Angeles, see what injury attorneys in los angeles have to offer.
Whether to ban birthing videos and other recording devices in the birthing suite or not is currently the choice of each individual hospital. Rather than trying to hide any mistakes that might be made, hospitals should be focusing on not making any mistakes — and until they pay attention, those who have suffered due to negligence can and should demand compensation for their carelessness with patients’ safety.
