A doctor has been ordered to pay child support to a couple until their baby turns 18 after botching a vasectomy on the father.
The couple in Medellin, Colombia, were stunned to discover that the man had got the woman pregnant after he underwent a vasectomy at a health clinic.
The dad had decided to have the procedure in 2012 to avoid having more children with his wife because they did not have enough income.
He even underwent an examination at the clinic to ensure that the vasectomy had been effective, with the clinic confirming that it had.
But after discovering that his wife was pregnant, the couple, who already had two children, took the doctor and health clinic to court in 2017.
And now after a lengthy legal battle during which the parents argued that they had unwillingly become parents again on 1st October 2013 due to an incorrect medical procedure, the judge has ruled that the doctor and the health authority in charge of the clinic, named as EPS Saludcoop, must pay court fees and child support totalling COP 295 million (GBP 52,680) until the baby turns 18.
The Superior Court of Medellin ruled that the health clinic and the doctor must pay 80 instalments of the Colombian minimum wage totalling approximately COP 92 million (GBP 16,430) and COP 143 million (GBP 25,535) for maintenance, as well as COP 60 million (10,715) for the lawsuit costs.