A mother-of-three has been awarded over £500,000 compensation from the Royal Berkshire Hospital Foundation Trust after it was ruled that a heart seizure which caused her to fall into a coma could have been avoided if she had been administered a sufficient dose of blood thinner Heparin.

46-year-old Christian Cooper, who currently lives in a nursing home and is said to be in a 'minimally responsive state' following the birth of her third child Gene in July 2005, had her case heard in London's High Court last Friday.

The delivery of Christian's son, who was born with Cerebral Palsy and tragically died before his second birthday, began a chain of events which ultimately resulted in his mother's irreversible brain damage.

The court heard that Christian experienced a massive heart seizure brought about by a brain clot five days after her child's arrival via caesaraen section at the  Reading Hospital.

Commenting on Christian's condition, Mr. Justice Barker said: “I am satisfied on the balance of probabilities that on July 19, 2005, she suffered a central venous thrombosis, leading to the development of a focal and then general seizures."

Christian's family are said to have been desperate to know whether her current condition could have been avoided hence the case brought about my Gene's father, Julian Cooper.

Concluding the case, Mr. Justice Barker said: "I am satisfied that Mrs. Cooper has succeeded in establishing liability against the trust."

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