TWO midwives who chatted about their holidays as they bungled a baby's birth have been struck off.
Lyn Foy and Donna Jack failed to carry out numerous checks during the delivery and did not notice the unborn baby's heart rate dropping.
Jessica Penny was starved of oxygen and left severely disabled. She is now unable to stand unaided and has a vocabulary of just six words.
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