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关于St George医疗事故的英文报道
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今天在网上搜索到关于这次医疗事故的英文报道:
http://www.theleader.com.au/news/local/news/general/mum-too-ill-to-care-for-son-after-hospital-error/1921542.aspx
ALEXANDER Zheng's cot is still unassembled in a Hurstville apartment.
For now, his home is a bassinet wedged in the corner of the high-dependency unit of St George Hospital, where the two-month-old's mother lies catastrophically injured.
Grace Wang's spinal canal was injected with powerful antiseptic, instead of anaesthetic, during what should have been a routine epidural to ease the pain of her first child's birth.
It is thought the two substances were transferred to separate metal dishes on the sterile table, contravening the standard practice of drawing them directly from their packaging into a syringe to avoid confusion.
The devastating medical mistake poisoned her nervous system, leaving her distressed, confused, in shocking pain and unable to walk or even sit.
She has lost the strength to hold Alex and rarely asks about her baby, as she did constantly after his birth.
And the future may not bring relief, as Ms Wang's physical and psychological condition has deteriorated since the June 26 incident, with new symptoms continuing to emerge.
In the first three, relatively hopeful weeks, her husband, Jason Zheng, cooked for Ms Wang, 32, and fed and changed Alex, who apparently escaped unscathed from the drug error.
Ms Wang has undergone surgery to relieve fluid pressure on her brain, while Mr Zheng maintains a vigil beside his increasingly frightened and disoriented wife, leaving little time for his son.
The longed-for baby who followed three miscarriages is cared for by a nurse provided by the hospital.
The couple has no family in Sydney, having migrated from China. "It's like we are ignoring that we have a son,'' the distraught father, who will begin legal action, said.
"If my son has a memory, I don't think he remembers he has a father. But I think he can still remember his mum's smell.''
Alex snuggles close when placed alongside his mother, but breastfeeding is no possible, for fear the many medicines she is taking may affect her milk. ``Every day she's suffering and she says she wants to give up,'' Mr Zheng said.
He wants to make contact with anyone who has suffered similarly, in the hope their doctors may advise on the best treatment.
Epidural administration of chlorhexidine used to clean skin before injections and strong enough to neutralise hospital-resistant bacteria is so rare that Ms Wang's doctors have identified only one other case. Angelique Sutcliffe, of Britain, was left paralysed after the chemical was administered during an epidural in 2001. But her case involved a droplet a fraction of the eight millilitres Ms Wang received.
Managers at St George Hospital admitted error and pledged to support the family, but would not explain the possible source of such a fundamental mistake in a commonplace procedure.
NSW Minister for Health, Carmel Tebbutt, said: "This is an extremely distressing case and I offer my sincere apologies''. She said internal and external investigations had been ordered.
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