【读新闻学英语】5岁女孩因迟到被医生拒绝治疗,当晚去世……
2017年2月27日 15:22Five-year-old girl dies after GP refuses to see her 家庭医生拒绝看诊,5岁女孩去世
新西兰先驱报中文网 Sara 编译 5岁的女孩因为和家庭医生的预约迟到了被拒绝治疗,当天晚上就因为哮喘去世了。怎么会这样?要理解这条新闻,首先我们要理解西方国家的医疗系统。
西方国家的医疗系统和中国很不一样。每个居民都要注册GP(家庭医生),小病和不紧急的慢性病都要去看家庭医生。看家庭医生需要提前预约,按照预约的时间到达。一般的病等上2-8天,都是正常的。
家庭医生觉得自己看不了的病,会转到医院去找专家看。但是医院分公立和私立:公立医院是免费的,但是要排队时间比较长;私立医院较贵,但是能比较及时的看病。所以常常有人吐槽说,终于轮到自己时,病都好了……
当然,如果是急病,可以直接叫救护车,送到公立医院,人命关天的病例都是优先治疗的。哮喘是比较特别的病,控制的好的话就是慢性病,只有紧急发作了才能直接去看急诊。
Five-year-old girl dies after GP refuses to see her
家庭医生拒绝看诊,5岁女孩去世
GP:全科医生、普通医师、家庭医生(全写为 general practitioner)
A young girl suffering from asthma died hours after a GP refused to see her because she turned up "a few minutes late" for an emergency appointment.
一名患有哮喘的小女孩因为看家庭医生时迟到,被拒绝看诊,几小时后去世。
Asthma:哮喘
Appointment:预约
Ellie-May Clark, 5, died of an asthma attack after Dr Joanne Rowe allegedly refused to see her, the Mail on Sunday reported, despite having previously been warned the girl was at risk of having a life-threatening seizure.
英国《每日邮报》报道,这个5岁女孩名为Ellie-May Clark。据说,在明知女孩可能发作威胁生命的病症的情况下,医生Dr Joanne Rowe仍拒绝为她看病。
Allegedly:涉嫌;据称
at risk:处于……风险中
seizure:发作;发病
According to the child's mother, Shanice, they were just four minutes late for the appointment.
女孩的妈妈Shanice说,她们只迟到了4分钟。
An official report stated they were eight minutes late, but she insists this was incorrect, claiming she checked the time on her mobile phone when she arrived.
官方报告写道她们迟到了8分钟,不过女孩母亲坚称她在到达诊所时在手机上查看过时间。
They were sent home and told to return in the morning, but the girl had an asthma attack later than night, following which she died.
医生拒绝接待她们,让她们第二天上午再来。但女孩当天晚上哮喘发作,随即去世。
asthma attack:哮喘发作。Attack本意是攻击,这里是指急病发作。比如心脏病发作叫做Heart attack。
The report concluded that the "root cause" of the girl's death was Rowe's refusal to see her. It said the GP turned Ellie-May away without asking a single question about the girl's condition.
报告做出结论,女孩死亡的根本原因是医生拒绝看诊。Rowe甚至没有问过女孩情况如何,就直接拒绝看诊。
Conclude:做出结论
root cause:根本原因
Just months earlier, a paediatrician had written to Rowe warning that Ellie-May was "at risk of another life-threatening asthma attack".
几个月前,一名儿科医生给Rowe写信,警告Ellie-May“很可能再次发作威胁生命的哮喘”。
Paediatrician:儿科医生
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