Inquest told of hospital error

    A HOSPITAL error left a dying man on the wrong ward for two days as deep vein thrombosis (DVT) ravaged his body, an inquest heard. Stephen Melvin Newbold suffered massive brain damage when a blood clot formed in his veins. Now his families are considering legal action against YorkHospital, saying that his death was “untimely and unnecessary”.

    Mr Newbold, a 52-year-old maintenance worker, went toYorkHospitalon November 3 complaining of a swollen right foot. He should have been sent to a surgical ward where he would have been treated with1 Fragmin, a drug which counters the effects of DVT.However, hospital staff wrongly admitted him to2 an orthopedic ward, where he stayed for two days, before finally being transferred to the care of a consultant vascular surgeon. Twenty-four hours later, on November 6, doctors decided they would have to operate to remove his leg below the knee.

The operation went ahead on November 10, but two days later Mr Newbold suffered a cardiac arrest. A scan revealed he had had a pulmonary embolism, a condition related to DVT. Mr Newbold suffered brain damage and died in the hospital on November 16.

    Giving evidence, the surgeon said he could not explain why Mr Newbold had been admitted to an orthopedic ward where it was not policy to administer Fragmin. He did not know why his medical team had not given Mr Newbold the drug later.

    York coroner Donald Coverdale said, “From November 3 until the day of the operation, no Fragmin was given to Mr Newbold. If he had been admitted to a consultant vascular surgeon’s care from day one, it is clear that Fragmin would have been prescribed. Fragmin reduces the risk of DVT, but does not eliminate it. It is impossible to say whether Mr Newbold would have suffered this DVT if he had received the Fragmin.” He recorded a verdict of death by misadventure.

    Kim Daniells, Mr Newbold’s family’s lawyer, said, “The family hope that the hospital will learn from the errors, and that no other families will have to suffer in the future.”

    A spokeswoman forYorkHospital’s NHS Trust said, “We would like to extend our sincere sympathies to the family of Stephen Newbold during this difficult time.”

词汇：

ward [wɔːd] n.病房

vein [veɪn] n.血管

thrombosis [θrɒm"bəʊsɪs] n.血栓

clot [klɒt] n.凝块

maintenance ["meɪnt(ə)nəns; -tɪn-] n.维修，维护

Fragmin n.法安明（又名片段化蛋白）

staff [stɑːf] n.员工；职工

consultant [kən"sʌlt(ə)nt] n.顾问，咨询，会诊医师

surgeon ["sɜːdʒ(ə)n] n.心血管外科顾问

knee [niː] n.膝盖

embolism ["embəlɪz(ə)m] n.栓塞；栓塞形成

verdict ["vɜːdɪkt] n.裁决

misadventure [mɪsəd"ventʃə] n.灾难，不幸遭遇，意外事故

sympathy ["sɪmpəθɪ] n.同情

注释：

1．be treated with...被用......药物进行治疗

Mr Newbold’s family’s lawyer was not qualified.

A:Right B:Wrong C:Not Mentioned

有关2，3－DPG的说法错误的是（）

A:全称为2，3－二磷酸甘油酸 B:其合成少于分解，不可在红细胞中贮存 C:是血红蛋白氧亲和力的重要调节因子 D:是红细胞糖酵解途径的中间代谢产物 E:2，3－DPG代谢是红细胞糖代谢的重要途径

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If you see a diamond ring on the fourth finger of a woman’s left hand, you probably know what it means: in America, this has long been the digit of choice for betrothal jewelry, and the lore of the trade traces the symbolism back to ancient times. But if you see a diamond ring on the fourth finger of a woman’s right hand, you may or may not know that it signifies an independent spirit, or even economic empowerment and changing gender mores. "A lot of women have disposable income," Katie Couric said recently on the "Today" show after showing viewers her Change right-hander. "Why wait for a man to give her a diamond ring"
This notion may be traced back, approximately, to September. That’s when the Diamond Information Center began a huge marketing campaign aimed at articulating the meaning of right-hand rings-and thus a rationale for buying them. "Your left hand says ’we’ ," the campaign declares. "Your right hand says ’me’ ." The positioning is brilliant: the wearer may be married or unmarried and may buy the ring herself or request it as a gift. And while it can take years for a new jewelry concept to work itself thoroughly into the mainstream, the tight-band ring already has momentum.
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Firms like Kwiat were given what Gould calls "direction" from the Diamond information Center about the new ring’s attributes-multiple diamonds in a north-south orientation that distinguishes it from the look of an engagement ring, and so on. But all this is secondary to the newly minted meaning. "The idea," Morrison says, "is that beyond a trend, this could become a sort of cultural imperative."
A tall order Well, bear in mind that "a diamond is forever" is not a saying handed down from imperial Rome. It was handed down from an earlier generation of De Beers marketers. Joyce Jonas, a jewelry appraiser and historian, notes that De Beers, in the 40’s and 50’s, took advantage of a changing American class structure to turn diamond rings into an (attainable) symbol for the masses. By now, Jonans observes, the stone alone "is just a commodity" . And this, of course, is what makes its invented significance more Crucial than ever.

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