一名陪审团在调查中认定，疏忽导致一名五个月大的女婴死亡，该女婴因脑膜炎去世，而医院错失了挽救或延长其生命的机会。
Neglect contributed to the death of a five-month-old girl who died from meningitis after opportunities were missed in hospital to save or prolong her life, an inquest jury has found.
埃斯塔·海伊于2023年11月在利兹综合医院去世，此前几天她因高烧和呕吐被送入急诊科。
Esta High died at Leeds General Infirmary in November 2023, days after she was taken into the A&E with a high temperature and vomiting.
她的父母林赛·卡尔和莱昂·海伊声称，医生错失了关键机会，未能对细菌感染进行检测，也未能开始至关重要的抗生素治疗。
Her parents Lynsey Carr and Leon High claimed doctors missed crucial opportunities to test for a bacterial infection and begin vital antibiotic treatment.
卡尔女士在韦克菲尔德验尸官法庭的调查中讲述，他们的担忧被忽视，直到为时已晚。
Ms Carr told an inquest at Wakefield Coroner's Court how their concerns were ignored until it was too late.
周二，由五名女陪审员和六名男陪审员组成的陪审团得出结论称：“埃斯塔死于自然原因，且该死因受到疏忽的影响。”
An inquest jury of five women and six men concluded on Tuesday that: "Esta died of natural causes which was contributed to by neglect.
“根据可能性平衡原则，如果埃斯塔接受了所需的护理，这很可能会挽救或延长她的生命。”陪审团表示，由于医生在她新冠病毒检测呈阳性后仍坚持新冠诊断，因此错失了机会。法庭听称，对于该幼童的死因是肺炎链球菌脑膜炎，没有争议。
"Had Esta received required care, based on the balance of probabilities, it would have probably saved or prolonged her life." The jury said chances were missed as doctors stuck with a Covid diagnosis after she tested positive for coronavirus. There was no dispute that the young girl's cause of death was streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis, the court heard.
利兹教学医院国家医疗服务体系信托的律师在调查中承认，存在错失诊断引起脑膜炎的细菌感染并给埃斯塔使用抗生素的机会。
Lawyers for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust admitted during the inquest that there had been missed opportunities to diagnose the bacterial infection which causes meningitis and give Esta antibiotics.
卡尔女士向陪审团讲述，埃斯塔在2023年10月31日生病前是一个“快乐、健康、爱笑的女孩”。
Ms Carr told the jury how Esta was a "happy, healthy, smiling girl" before she became ill on 31 October 2023.
卡尔女士在调查中表示，这个来自利兹的家庭被安置在医院儿童评估与治疗（CAT）部门的一个侧室里。
The family, from Leeds, was put in a side room at the hospital's children's assessment and treatment (CAT) unit, Ms Carr told the inquest.
她认为，工作人员更关注将埃斯塔隔离以防范新冠风险，而不是倾听她和海伊先生。
She believed staff were more concerned with isolating Esta due to the risk of Covid than with listening to her and Mr High.
卡尔女士说，她和海伊先生拒绝了医生建议将埃斯塔带回家的意见，因为她体温超过40摄氏度，且呕吐不止。她说，女儿出现皮疹，手臂开始颤抖，她担心这是抽搐。
Ms Carr said she and Mr High refused doctors' advice to take Esta home as she had a temperature above 40C and would not stop vomiting. She said her daughter developed a rash and her arm started shaking, which she feared was a seizure.
海伊先生拍摄了埃斯塔手臂动作的视频，并在调查中向陪审团展示。BBC宣布削减细节，力求节省5亿英镑卡女士告诉陪审团，“我们非常担心”以及“我们不断寻求帮助”，但“工作人员态度粗鲁，不听取我们的担忧”。
Mr High filmed Esta's arm movements and this was shown to the jury. BBC announces details of cuts in bid to save £500m Ms Carr told the jury "we were extremely worried" and "we kept asking for help", but "staff were rude and don't listen to our concerns".
她说，埃斯塔在CAT病房的时间是“充满错失机会的15个小时”。
She said Esta's time on the CAT unit was "15 hours that were filled with missed opportunities".
到11月2日下午晚些时候，埃斯塔已无反应，陪审团听到，扫描和其他检查显示出脑膜脑炎和肺炎链球菌的证据。
By late afternoon on 2 November, Esta was not responding and the jury heard how scans and other tests showed evidence of meningoencephalitis and streptococcus pneumoniae.
埃斯塔被送往重症监护室，人们努力挽救她的生命，但卡女士说为时已晚。该孩子于11月6日去世。
Esta was taken to intensive care and efforts were made to save her life, but Ms Carr said it was too late. The child died on 6 November.
卡女士告诉陪审团：“仅仅五个月，埃斯塔就触动了每一个见过她的人的生活。”
Ms Carr told the jury: "In just five months, Esta touched the lives of everyone who met her."
她补充道：“不幸的是，由于我们的女儿未得到治疗长达55小时，为时已晚，无法挽救我们亲爱的女儿。”
She added: "Unfortunately, as our daughter had been left untreated for 55 hours, it was too late to save our darling girl."
利兹教学医院NHS信托基金首席医疗官伊丽莎白·加思韦特博士说：“我们深感抱歉，未能照顾好埃斯塔和她的家人，并向林西和莱昂致以诚挚而衷心的哀悼，悼念他们女儿的悲惨离世。”加思韦特博士补充道：“我们认识到，在为埃斯塔提供的护理中发生了严重失职，这些失职造成了毁灭性的后果。
Dr Elizabeth Garthwaite, chief medical officer at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, said: "We are deeply sorry that we failed Esta and her family, and offer our sincere and heartfelt condolences to Lynsey and Leon following the tragic death of their daughter." Dr Garthwaite added: "We recognise that serious failures occurred in the care provided to Esta and that these failures had devastating consequences.
“我们对验尸官提出的担忧极为重视，将仔细考虑报告的调查结果和建议。
"We take the concerns raised by the coroner extremely seriously and will carefully consider the report's findings and recommendations.
“我们承诺公开、充分地回应，并采取任何必要的进一步行动以改善患者安全。”
"We are committed to responding openly and fully, and to taking any further action necessary to improve patient safety."