嬰兒的不明原因死亡讓父母和驗屍官感到困惑，因為在他的食道中發現了10便士的硬幣

海登·大衛·劉易斯·馬修斯(Hayden David Lewis Matthews) 於2023 年在皇家康沃爾醫院不幸去世。查明他不明原因死亡的情況。

An inquest has heard that a baby whose death remains unexplained had swallowed a 10p coin before he died. Hayden David Lewis Matthews passed away at Royal Cornwall Hospital in 2023.

調查顯示，一名死因不明的嬰兒在死前吞下了一枚 10 便士硬幣。海登大衛劉易斯馬修斯於 2023 年在皇家康沃爾醫院去世。

An inquest into his death was held at Cornwall Coroner's Court on Monday (January 20). The court heard that Hayden was born in May 2022 and was generally a fit and healthy baby.

週一（1 月 20 日），康沃爾驗屍法庭對他的死亡進行了調查。法庭獲悉，海登出生於 2022 年 5 月，總體來說是一個健康的嬰兒。

He lived between Truro and Redruth with his separated parents, Kristy Davies and David Matthews. He was in the care of his father for around six weeks before his death, who described his son as happy and himself hours before passing.

他與分居的父母克里斯蒂·戴維斯和大衛·馬修斯住在特魯羅和雷德魯斯之間。在他去世前，他由父親照顧了大約六週，父親在去世前幾個小時稱他的兒子很快樂，他自己也很開心。

The inquest, held by senior coroner for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Andrew Cox, heard how on the evening of his son's death Mr Matthews had taken Hayden and driven to collect his new partner and her son and bring them to the hospital as her son had injured his foot.

康沃爾郡和錫利群島高級驗屍官安德魯·考克斯(Andrew Cox) 主持了這次調查，得知在兒子去世當晚，馬修斯(Matthews) 先生如何帶著海登(Hayden) 開車去接他的新伴侶和她的兒子，並將他們帶到醫院作為她的妻子。

He said Hayden was alert and clapping for the first 20 minutes of the car journey but soon went quiet leading him to think he had fallen asleep. He collected his partner and child and continued to the hospital.

他說海登在開車的前 20 分鐘很警惕並鼓掌，但很快就安靜下來，讓他以為自己睡著了。他接上伴侶和孩子，繼續前往醫院。

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Shortly after arrival at the hospital, a nurse noticed Hayden was looking unwell in his car seat while they were in the waiting room. She took him into a side room and signalled the emergency buzzer. Emergency staff made attempts to save his life but he died later that evening.

到達醫院後不久，一名護士注意到當他們在候診室時，海登坐在汽車座椅上看起來不太舒服。她把他帶進一間側屋，按了緊急蜂鳴器。急救人員試圖挽救他的生命，但他當晚晚些時候死亡。

Mr Matthews had explained how Hayden had been suffering from some chest concerns in the past couple of months but was taking treatment and things were improving. The inquest heard how both Hayden's mother and father had taken him to the GP surgery concerning this.

馬修斯先生解釋了海登在過去幾個月裡一直患有一些胸部問題，但正在接受治療，情況正在改善。調查了解到海登的父母如何帶他去看全科醫生手術。

After his death, the Devon and Cornwall Police public protection unit was alerted by the coroner and attended Royal Cornwall Hospital, in Truto carry out a full and thorough investigation. Nothing suspicious was found.

他死後，德文郡和康沃爾郡警察公共保護部門接到驗屍官的警報，前往位於特魯託的皇家康沃爾醫院進行全面徹底的調查。沒有發現任何可疑之處。

A post-mortem carried out by a forensic pathologist found Hayden had no signs of physical or psychological illnesses or concerns that would explain his death. It did, however, reveal a foreign object inside his oesophagus.

法醫病理學家進行的屍檢發現，海登沒有任何身體或心理疾病的跡象，也沒有任何可以解釋他死亡的擔憂。然而，它確實顯示出他的食道內有異物。

This was later found to be a 10p coin believed to have been there for some time due to discolouration. It was deemed unlikely it would have been swallowed or inhaled recently.

後來發現這是一枚 10 便士的硬幣，據信由於變色已經放置了一段時間。人們認為它不太可能是最近被吞嚥或吸入的。

Mr Cox, as part of his conclusion into the death, said everything he would expect a responsible parent to do had been done for Hayden - including visits to the doctor and treatment. He added that if the baby died as a result of swallowing a coin he would expect perforation of the oesophagus and an infection, which did not occur.

考克斯先生在海登死亡結論的一部分中表示，他希望負責任的父母為海登所做的一切都已經做了——包括去看醫生和治療。他補充說，如果嬰兒因吞下一枚硬幣而死亡，他預計會導致食道穿孔和感染，但這種情況並沒有發生。

"While the finger of suspicion points at the 10p coin, actually what we would expect to be there if the death had resulted from the 10p coin is not there," he said. "There isn't the perforation that would lead to the infection and sepsis. Also, we have absolutely no idea when or where or how the coin has got where it was found."

他說：“雖然懷疑的矛頭指向 10 便士硬幣，但實際上，如果死亡是由 10 便士硬幣造成的，我們所期望的情況並不在那裡。” “不存在會導致感染和敗血症的穿孔。此外，我們完全不知道這枚硬幣是何時、何地或如何到達它被發現的地方的。”

He said it appeared to be a death from an unascertained cause and recorded an open conclusion into the death.

他說，這似乎是一起死因不明的死亡事件，並對死亡記錄了一個公開的結論。