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AIDS Scare at NTU Hospital 艾滋病恐慌垄罩台大医院

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In a shocking medical disaster, doctors at Taiwan’s prestigious National Taiwan University (NTU) Hospital and National Cheng Kung University Hospital have likely infected five patients with the HIV virus because of a clerical error made by the hospital’s transplant department. The tragedy occurred when the department failed to identify that one of its organ donors had tested positive for HIV. As a result, five patients who received organs from this donor have a 90% chance of contracting the disease.

在一起骇人的医疗不幸事件中，台湾享有盛名的台大医院与成大医院里的医生，因为院方移植科办事员的疏失，可能造成5位病人感染艾滋病病毒。这场悲剧肇因于移植科没有确认好一名器官捐赠者的艾滋病病毒检验结果呈阳性。所以从此位捐赠者获得器官的5位病人，有百分之90的机率感染到艾滋病。

The organs used for these transplants were harvested from a 37-year-old donor named Chiu, who died in an accident. NTU Hospital has already admitted that its employees did not follow standard operating procedures, as they failed to double-check the test results with the hospital’s computer system. The department’s coordinator claims he confused the words “reactive” and “non-reactive” while listening to the results over the phone.

这些用来移植的器官是取自一位死于意外的37岁邱姓捐赠者。台大医院已经承认职员没有遵循标准作业程序，因为他们没有用医院的计算机系统复核检验结果。移植科的协调员表示他在电话中听结果时，弄错了「阳性」与「阴性」这两个字。

Taiwan’s Department of Health (DOH) has vowed to take swift action to prevent errors like this from occurring again. The DOH will examine specifically how and why NTU Hospital made such a grave mistake before taking disciplinary action against the institution. The two hospitals were each fined NT$150,000. In addition, the doctors who were involved may also face potential medical suspensions. However many people feel these penalties don’t go far enough. They believe those responsible should receive much greater punishment for potentially destroying the lives of five innocent people and their families.

台湾卫生署已经誓言要采取立即的行动来避免类似的错误再度发生。卫生署在惩处台大医院之前，将会特地检视台大医院是如何并且为什么会犯下如此重大的错误。这两间医院已各被罚款15万台币。此外，涉入其中的医生可能也要面临暂停医疗执业。但是有许多人仍认为这些处罚还不够重。他们认为那些该负责的人应该得到更严厉的惩处，因为他们可能摧毁了5个无辜的人及其家人的生活。

－by Jamie Blackler

Vocabulary

单词发音

prestigious [prɛsˋtɪdʒɪəs] adj. 有名望的

infect [ɪnˋfɛkt] v. 感染

identify [aɪˋdɛntə͵faɪ] v. 确认；识别

contract [kənˋtrækt] v.【正式】感染〔疾病〕

procedure [prəˋsidʒɚ] n. 程序

vow [vaʊ] v. 发誓

swift [swɪft] adj. 快速的; 立刻的

grave [grev] adj. 重大的; 严重的 serious and solemn

institution [͵ɪnstəˋtjuʃən] n. 机构﹐团体

penalty [ˋpɛn!tɪ] n. 处罚

innocent [ˋɪnəsnt] adj. 无辜的

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单词发音

AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) 艾滋病

HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) 人类免疫缺陷病毒

clerical [ˋklɛrɪk!] adj. 办事员的

transplant [trænsˋplænt] n. 移植

organ donor 器官捐献者

harvest [ˋhɑrvɪst] v. 获得，得到

coordinator [koˋɔrdn͵etɚ] n. 协调者

reactive [rɪˋæktɪv] adj. 阳性的

disciplinary [ˋdɪsəplɪn͵ɛrɪ] adj. 惩戒的 corrective

fine [faɪn] v. 处……以罚金

suspension [səˋspɛnʃən] n. 停职; 停业  a temporary debarment, as from position, privilege, etc

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