忍不住和大家分享这一消息，一个19岁来中国教书的美国男孩在医院遇难
摘自http://www.nbc-2.com/story/15237947/2011/08/09/cape-mom-working-to-bring-sons-body-home
看到这则故事，就联想到很多医疗事故，但是，却没有人能报导出来。
一个19岁来中国教书的美国男孩在深圳一家医院治病，治疗过程中死亡，其母欲出20000美元将其遗体运回美国。。。
CAPE CORAL -
A Cape Coral mother says she needs help raising tens of thousands of dollars to bring back her son's body from China to Southwest Florida.
Tylar Dobbins died of a sudden illness. Now his grieving and overwhelmed mother is looking to leaders in Washington for help.
It was just days before his 20th birthday that Dobbins lost his life.
"As much as he drove me crazy sometimes, I mean I would give anything for him to be back and be driving me crazy now," said his mother, Paula Kemp,
After Dobbins graduated from East Lee County High School last year, he went to China to teach conversational English.
But last Wednesday morning, his mother says Dobbins felt sick and his friend brought him to clinics and then to hospitals as he got progressively worse and waited to be treated.
Shortly thereafter, he was pronounced dead. His friend made the dreadful call home.
"I at that point, I could not comfort my children. And they were holding onto me, trying to comfort me," Kemp said.
The hospital says Dobbins died from a form of meningitis.
But aside from dealing with the sudden loss of her first child, Kemp is now burdened with getting her son's body back to the United States at a staggering cost of $20,000.
"I am angry that I am having to go through all of this. It shouldn't be this hard," she said.
Instead of planning a funeral, Kemp spent her day sending birth certificates abroad - confirming it is her son who passed.
She also has an attorney who is working to see if her son's diagnosis was correct and also if there is a less expensive way to bring her son home.
"I've had to put my grief on a back burner. Anger is in force, determination is in force, and I just have to keep a focus because if I let myself go now, I'll be useless. And I can't be useless. I have to do whatever it takes to bring him home," Kemp said.
Kemp says at the latest, she hopes to have her son home at the end of the month.
Senator Bill Nelson's office contacted the U.S. Consul General in China on the family's behalf and is waiting for a response.
In the meantime, there is a benefit set up for Tylar Dobbins and it will be at Ale Mary's off of US-41 in south Lee County from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Sunday, August 14 - what would have been Tylar's 20th birthday.
There will also be a Tylar dobbins Bowling Benefit at Friendship Lanes in Cape Coral. That event will be on Sunday, August 21. Registration will starts at 1 p.m.
Finally, the family has set up the Tylar Dobbins Memorial Fund and you can make a donation at any Wells Fargo Bank.
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[ 本帖最后由 merryau 于 17-9-2011 03:42 编辑 ] 不知道该说什么
天朝。。。 很理解这个母亲的心情:(
从这片文章看， 医院解释这个美国男孩是死于 脑膜炎， 但是什么类型的脑膜炎， 文章中没有详细提到。是否属于医疗事故，从文章陈述中无法判断
刚好一个朋友是医生， 帮大家普及下相关知识， 让大家也提高对自身健康的防护
脑膜炎是人体的脑脊膜受病毒或细菌感染发生炎症的疾病，是一种流行性疾病。脑膜炎分化脓性、结核性和病毒性等几种，病毒性脑膜炎不太容易出现死亡，患者如果治疗多数能在几周内康复。如果没有及时治疗，一直拖着不去管，加上个人体质有差异，后果就很难说了。还有如果得了病毒性感冒， 不及时治疗， 也有发展成急性脑膜炎的可能。
化脓性脑膜炎，发病急，比较容易出现死亡，化脓性脑膜炎是由不同的化脓菌侵袭脑脊髓膜，引起的急性中枢神经系统感染性疾病，为常见病。临床上具有起病急、高热、头痛、呕吐及脑膜刺激症等特点。如治疗不及时或不彻底，可因休克危及生命。
脑膜炎与个体间的身体状况有一定关系。如果平常不注意身体健康，经常上网熬夜，作息时间不正常，饮食不规律，一旦过度劳累，身体的抵抗力会下降，增加病原体感染的概率。所以，只要我们经常锻炼身体，增强抵抗力，正常作息、饮食，那么患脑炎的机会就会大大降低
4月初，普华女硕士因工作过劳引发急性脑膜炎病亡的新闻事件引起公众对急性脑膜炎的关注。
看来经常熬夜上网也是有害的:L
希望大家防患于未然， 保护自己和家人的健康 女儿回国四个月内发烧五次，环境卫生让人担忧。。。 妈妈很可怜。
俺英文不好，没看出什么别的。
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