Mother of baby Kaden Rasmussen awarded $366k over death of baby THE mother of a four-day-old child who died as a result of hospital negligence has been awarded more than $366,000 in damages. Vanessa Rasmussen's mental state was so compromised by the death of her son, Kaden, in Liverpool Hospital in 2007, that she has been unable to work full-time since then, the Supreme Court has heard. She claimed damages for nervous shock arising from the death of Kaden, including loss of earning capacity. The court was told the South Western Sydney Area Health Service had admitted liability for Kaden's death and accepted Ms Rasmussen had suffered psychiatric injury as a result. Kaden was brain-damaged from complications during his birth and Ms Rasmussen and her husband eventually made the "terrible and heartwrenching" decision to take him off life support. In a judgment handed down on Wednesday, Justice Christine Adamson noted Kaden's death had substantially changed Ms Rasmussen, a part-time bank worker who has since had two more children. "She was transformed from being optimistic, ambitious and willing to take on further responsibilities to someone who confines her social activities to the family circle and close friends and who, to a large extent, avoids random social contact," Justice Adamson said.