'We need answers': Family of baby struck 負かす／撃墜する by E.coli 需要・要求する to know why she died

  • 事例／患者s centre on Singleton Hospital in Swansea, むちの跡s
  • Maternity 部隊 remains open for babies that have passed the 36-week gestation period
  • Five-day-old premature baby died on specialist 区, while another passed away in the community after mother 明らかに caught bug at the hospital
  • NHS 長，指導者s aware of five 出来事/事件s of 感染 in past month

By LUKE SALKELD FOR THE DAILY MAIL and REBECCA EVANS FOR THE DAILY MAIL
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A family whose five-day-old baby was killed by a deadly E.coli 感染 has 需要・要求するd answers from the hospital where the 突発／発生 occurred.

Hope Evans was one of two babies who died in Swansea from a 緊張する of the chronic stomach bug.

She was born 'very premature' and 契約d the 感染 while 存在 cared for on a specialist 区.

The second baby died in the community, but doctors 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑う the child’s mother had caught the 感染 at the hospital and passed it on at home.

Outbreak: Two babies have died after contracting E.Coli and three other people are ill. Health chiefs are investigating how the cross-infection occurred

突発／発生: Two babies have died after 契約ing E.Coli and three other people are ill. Health 長，指導者s are 調査／捜査するing how the cross-感染 occurred (とじ込み／提出する pic)

Both 事例／患者s are centred on Singleton Hospital in Swansea.

Hope died after 契約ing the ESBL E.coli 緊張する, which is 抵抗力のある to 抗生物質s and can 原因（となる） serious problems for the ‘攻撃を受けやすい’.

Her parents Jeanette and Neil are too upset to speak about their loss, but grandmother Valerie Evans, 66, said: 'They are very distraught - they don't know what is going on.

'We 港／避難所't been given any （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） as to the 原因（となる） of Hope's death. We've only been told an 調査 is o ngoing and they are 調査／捜査するing.

'We need to know the answers of what took Hope away from us.'

Mrs Evans said the family was 'unaware' of any link with the other baby and three adults who are also 存在 扱う／治療するd for E.coli at the hospital.

Paul Roberts, 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある of Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board said: 'The 目的 of the review will be to 確実にする we have taken all reasonable 対策 to identify the 原因（となる） of the cross 感染.

Deaths: Singleton Hospital in Swansea, South Wales, where baby Hope Evans died. A second baby died 'in the community' but health chiefs believe the cases are linked

Deaths: Singleton Hospital in Swansea, South むちの跡s, where baby Hope Evans died. A second baby died 'in the community' but health 長，指導者s believe the 事例／患者s are linked

'It will also 確実にする that the 管理／経営 of the 感染s in 合同 with Public Health むちの跡s has been 効果的な, and that the 手はず／準備 put in place for the 現在進行中の care of mothers and babies are 安全な and appropriate.

'This review is 推定する／予想するd to 開始する after we have 結論するd our own 調査 into the two 事例／患者s of ESBL E.coli cross 感染.'

Dr Bruce Ferguson 医療の Director of 弾道弾迎撃用ミサイル University Health Board: 'We can 確認する there is no 証拠 of the 感染 spreading その上の, and 繰り返し言う that these appear to be 孤立するd 出来事/事件s which have been 含む／封じ込めるd.

'Singleton's maternity un it is open as normal for 十分な-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 births.

'The 一時的な 予防の neonatal 部隊 制限 限界ing 決まりきった仕事 admissions to babies over 36 weeks gestation is continuing, but this is under constant review and we 心配する 解除するing this 制限 すぐに.

NHS 長，指導者s at the Abertawe Bro Morgannwg Health Board said they were aware of five 事例／患者s of the 感染 over the past month.

A map showing the location of Swansea

It said two of the 事例／患者s of ESBL E.coli ? 普通は いっそう少なく serious than the food 毒（薬）ing 緊張する of E.coli - are 存在 調査／捜査するd in the maternity and neonatal 部隊 at Singleton.

Hope was born in the hospital on October 31 but never went home after 契約ing the illness. She died on November 4.

Health 公式の／役人s yesterday said a new mother on a maternity 区 had 契約d the 感染 but is not 本気で ill.?

A hospital 広報担当者 said: ‘ESBL E.coli is most often 設立する in the gastrointestinal tract but may 原因（となる） urinary tract 感染s.

‘It is 抵抗力のある to 一般的に used 抗生物質s such as penicillin, but can be 扱う／治療するd.’

Dr Bruce Ferguson, 医療の director, said: ‘実験（する）s have 確認するd that in one of these 事例／患者s the ESBL E.coli 感染 was 契約d in the hospital.

'Sadly, this was a very premature baby who, にもかかわらず the best 成果／努力s of staff, later died.

Although normally harmless, some strains of E. coli can cause sickness and diarrhoea

‘The 原因（となる） of death of this baby is 現在／一般に 存在 調査／捜査するd by the 検死官. Everyone 伴う／関わるd with the 部隊 and in the care of this baby 深く，強烈に 悔いる this 悲劇の loss.’

Dr Ferguson 追加するd: ‘These appear to be 孤立するd 出来事/事件s which have been 含む／封じ込めるd, and there is no 証拠 of the 感染 spreading その上の.

‘Checks have been taken of 患者s, 器具／備品 and areas in the maternity-neonatal 部隊 and no 証拠 of ESBL E.coli has been 設立する. The 部隊 has an excellent 記録，記録的な／記録する for 手渡す hygiene and general 感染 支配（する）／統制する 固守.’

Extra 警戒s have been taken at the hospital which 含む carrying out a ‘深い clean’ at the obstetric theatres and 増加するing きれいにする in the neonatal and 労働 区s.

The doctor said: ‘As a 警戒, we have 一時的に 制限するd the neonatal 部隊 to admissions for babies of 36 weeks and over gestation.

'We would like to 安心させる expectant mothers 予定 to give birth in Singleton Hospital that the maternity 部隊 is open as usual for 十分な-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 births.’

によれば the Health 保護 機関, there are between 2,000 and 2,500 事例／患者s of ESBL E.coli every year in England, most of which 影響する／感情 the 年輩の.

Any 関心d mothers-to-be are advised to speak to their midwife first but a helpline has also been 始める，決める up on 0774 761 5627.

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THE BACTERIA THAT TARGETS THE VULNERABLE

What is E. coli?
Escherichia coli is a type of bacterium 設立する in the intestines of humans and other animals and forms part of the normal gut flora. However, some 緊張するs can 原因（となる） serious food 毒（薬）ing and 感染. While most people are 影響する／感情d with short-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 diarrhoea, E. coli bacteria can 原因（となる） the bladder 感染 cystitis and more serious 複雑化s, such as haemolytic-uraemic syndrome (HUS). This is a serious disorder of the digestive system, which produces 有毒な 実体s that can get into the 血 stream and 原因（となる） 腎臓 病気.

Where do the E.coli bacteria come from?
Most people carry 害のない 緊張するs of E. coli in their intestine. Both these and the 緊張するs that 原因（となる） diarrhoea come from 汚染するd food or water. It can also be passed from animals to people and person-to-person through 手渡す to mouth.

What about ESBL?
The 最新の E.coli 突発／発生 伴う／関わるs the ESBL 緊張する - a milder 緊張する than E. coli 0157 which 原因（となる）s food 毒（薬）ing. ESBL 感染させるs around 30,000 people in England and むちの跡s each year and 原因（となる）s no 害（を与える） in most.
However, it can 原因（となる） 感染s in 攻撃を受けやすい people such as babies and the 年輩の and is difficult to 扱う／治療する as it is 抵抗力のある to 抗生物質s. 患者s with the 緊張する can develop urinary tract 感染s that in turn can develop into deadly septicaemia (血 毒（薬）ing).

How do you sto p E.coli it spreading?
Good hygiene is very important in 妨げるing person-to person spread and small children should be 監督するd with 手渡す washing after using the 洗面所 and before eating.
It is always advisable to wash fruits and vegetables before you eat them. Peeling or cooking fruit and vegetables can also 除去する germs. Also be careful not to swallow water while swimming in lakes or ponds.

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