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【社会人文】医院“可能面临超药行动”
Hospital 'may face superbug action'
A hospital where a virulent stomach bug has been linked to the deaths of 17 elderly patients is facing legal action after the widow of one victim criticised doctors for not alerting the public to the infection earlier.
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Great-grandmother Mavis Burton-Pye, 67, said she would speak to a lawyer about the circumstances surrounding the death of her husband Leslie, 74, at the James Paget University Hospital in Gorleston, Norfolk.
Mrs Burton-Pye said her husband, a retired road worker from Acle, Norfolk, died a week ago after becoming infected with Clostridium difficile (C Diff) at the James Paget in February.
She said Mr Burton-Pye would not have gone into the hospital for a blood transfusion had they been aware that the deadly bug was present.
Hospital managers announced the problem at a media conference on Friday afternoon when they revealed that a vicious strain of C Diff had caused or been a factor in the deaths of 17 patients since December.
Another five patients had undergone major bowel surgery after being struck down by the bug and 11 more had been treated.
"I don't know why they didn't tell people before. It seems all wrong," said Mrs Burton-Pye.
"Leslie was a diabetic. He went in for a blood transfusion about five weeks ago and picked this bug up while he was there. He died on Monday. I knew it was no ordinary bug he'd picked up. It was terrible. You can't imagine. The doctor wrote this funny word on the death certificate last week which didn't mean anything to me.
"But I didn't know that people had been dying because of this bug since December until I saw it on the news on Friday. If we'd known when he went into hospital five weeks ago he wouldn't have gone in. He could have had more iron tablets or something."
She added: "I'm going to see my solicitor to see what I can do. There must be something we can do. I feel really bitter about it."
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医院“面临超级细菌引起的诉讼”
A hospital where a virulent stomach bug has been linked to the deaths of 17 elderly patients is facing legal action after the widow of one victim criticised doctors for not alerting the public to the infection earlier.
在发现一家医院的17名老年患者的死亡与一种恶性胃部细菌有关后，一位牺牲者的遗孀批评医生们没有更早地就这一感染提醒公众，该医院也正面临法律诉讼。
Great-grandmother Mavis Burton-Pye, 67, said she would speak to a lawyer about the circumstances surrounding the death of her husband Leslie, 74, at the James Paget University Hospital in Gorleston, Norfolk.
身为曾祖母的Mavis Burton-Pye，67岁，称其将围绕其丈夫在James Paget大学医院的死亡一事与律师进行交谈。她丈夫叫Leslie,74岁了。James Paget大学医院位于Norfolk郡Gorleston。
Mrs Burton-Pye said her husband, a retired road worker from Acle, Norfolk, died a week ago after becoming infected with Clostridium difficile (C Diff) at the James Paget in February.
Burton-Pye 太太称其丈夫，一位Norfolk郡Acle的退休修路工，在二月份于James Paget医院感染了艰难梭状芽胞杆菌后（Clostridium difficile, “难以存活的梭状芽胞杆菌”。这种病菌早在20世纪30年代就已经被发现，difficile 在法语中的意思为“困难的”，因为这种病菌很难在实验室存活，以此得名。），于一个星期前死亡。
She said Mr Burton-Pye would not have gone into the hospital for a blood transfusion had they been aware that the deadly bug was present.
她说，如果Burton—Pye知道那所医院有这种致命的病菌的话，他就不会上那去接受输血。
Hospital managers announced the problem at a media conference on Friday afternoon when they revealed that a vicious strain of C Diff had caused or been a factor in the deaths of 17 patients since December.
自从（去年）12月至今，艰难梭状芽胞杆菌的一种恶性菌株导致该医院17名患者死亡，或（至少）是造成死亡的原因之一。医院的管理者们在发现这个情况后于星期五在一个新闻发布会上公布了这个问题。
Another five patients had undergone major bowel surgery after being struck down by the bug and 11 more had been treated.
另有5名患者在受到这种病菌感染后病倒并按受了肠部的大手术，还有11人接受了治疗。
"I don't know why they didn't tell people before It seems all wrong," said Mrs Burton-Pye.
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