【读新闻学英语】由于医生误诊，这位母亲的四肢几乎都被截掉了
2018年3月12日 15:05说好的救死扶伤呢？
A British mother lost almost all of her limbs after a hospital failed to spot she was suffering from sepsis.
由于医院没能发现她患有败血症，一位英国母亲几乎失去了四肢。
spot：发现
sepsis：败血症
limbs：四肢
Magdalena Malec, 31, had to have both of her legs, her right arm and the fingers of her left hand amputated after contracting the disease in hospital. She also needed a kidney transplant to save her life after being admitted with an ectopic pregnancy.
Magdalena Malec，今年31岁，在医院感染疾病后，她不得不截掉自己的双腿，右臂和左手手指。由于患有异位妊娠，她还需要接受肾移植手术来保命。
amputated：截肢
contracting：感染
kidney transplant：肾移植
ectopic pregnancy：异位妊娠
Bosses at the Luton and Dunstable University Hospital have now apologised for the medical blunder, which they accept could have been completely avoided.
Luton and Dunstable 大学医院的老板对此医疗事故表示道歉，因为这起医疗事故是可以避免的。
apologized：道歉
avoided：避免
Malec said: " I was waiting for six months for the amputation of my limbs, with stinking and decaying legs and arms. I do not trust doctors and I am very sceptical about all medical appointments and diagnoses. "
Malec说到：“我等了6个月的结果却是截肢，腿和胳膊都在发臭腐烂。我不相信医生，我对所有的医疗预约和诊断都表示怀疑。”
decaying：腐烂的
sceptical：怀疑
diagnoses：诊断
Magdalena discovered she was pregnant with her third child in December 2014.But she and her partner Robert were told just weeks later that she had suffered a miscarriage. Magdalena continued suffering from heavy bleeding and stomach cramps, but was sent home with painkillers and anti-sickness tablets.
2014年12月，Magdalena发现自己怀上了第三个孩子。可是几周之后，她和伴侣Robert被告知孩子要流产了。Magdalena开始出现大出血和胃痉挛症状，可是医生只给她开出了止疼药和抗病药，就把她送回了家。
miscarriage：流产
stomach cramps：胃痉挛
She returned to the hospital on Christmas Day and was finally told she'd suffered an ectopic pregnancy. But while in recovery, Magdalena developed extensive limb ischaemia which became gangrenous and caused her body tissue to die.
在圣诞节当天，她回到医院，最终被诊断为宫外孕。但是在恢复过程中，Magdalena的四肢开始缺血，出现坏疽性的症状，并导致她的一些身体组织死亡。
ischaemia：缺血
gangrenous：坏疽性
tissue：人、动植物细胞组织
She later learned it was caused by a loss of blood supply due to medical staff not recognising the classical warning signs for sepsis and failing to follow their own sepsis protocol.
后来她知道这是由于医护人员没有认识到败血症的典型症状，也没有遵循败血症协议，才导致她没有得到血液供应。
due to：由于
recognising：认识
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