婴儿的不明原因死亡让父母和验尸官感到困惑，因为在他的食道中发现了10便士的硬币

海登·大卫·刘易斯·马修斯 (Hayden David Lewis Matthews) 于 2023 年在皇家康沃尔医院不幸去世。今天（1 月 20 日星期一）在康沃尔验尸法庭举行的一次调查旨在查明他不明原因死亡的情况。

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.

调查显示，一名死因不明的婴儿在死前吞下了一枚 10 便士硬币。海登·大卫·刘易斯·马修斯于 2023 年在皇家康沃尔医院去世。

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.

周一（1 月 20 日），康沃尔验尸法庭对他的死亡进行了调查。法庭获悉，海登出生于 2022 年 5 月，总体来说是一个健康的婴儿。

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.

他与分居的父母克里斯蒂·戴维斯和大卫·马修斯住在特鲁罗和雷德鲁斯之间。在他去世前，他由父亲照顾了大约六周，父亲在去世前几个小时形容他的儿子和他自己都很开心。

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.

康沃尔郡和锡利群岛的高级验尸官安德鲁·考克斯 (Andrew Cox) 主持了这次调查，得知在儿子去世的那天晚上，马修斯 (Matthews) 先生如何带着海登 (Hayden) 开车去接他的新伴侣和她的儿子，并将他们带到医院作为她的妻子。儿子的脚受伤了。

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.

他说海登在开车的前 20 分钟里很警惕并鼓掌，但很快就安静下来，让他以为自己睡着了。他接上伴侣和孩子，继续前往医院。

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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.

到达医院后不久，一名护士注意到当他们在候诊室时，海登坐在汽车座椅上看起来不太舒服。她把他带进一间侧屋，按响了紧急蜂鸣器。急救人员试图挽救他的生命，但他于当晚晚些时候死亡。

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.

马修斯先生解释了海登在过去几个月中如何遭受一些胸部问题，但正在接受治疗，情况正在改善。调查了解到海登的父母如何带他去看全科医生手术。

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.

他死后，德文郡和康沃尔郡警察公共保护部门接到验尸官的警报，前往位于特鲁托的皇家康沃尔医院进行全面彻底的调查。没有发现任何可疑之处。

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.

法医病理学家进行的尸检发现，海登没有任何身体或心理疾病的迹象，也没有任何可以解释他死亡的担忧。然而，它确实显示出他的食道内有异物。

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.

后来发现这是一枚 10 便士的硬币，据信由于变色已经放置了一段时间。人们认为它不太可能是最近被吞咽或吸入的。

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.

考克斯先生在对海登死亡结论的一部分中表示，他希望负责任的父母为海登做的一切都已经做了——包括去看医生和治疗。他补充说，如果婴儿因吞下一枚硬币而死亡，他预计会导致食道穿孔和感染，但这种情况并没有发生。

"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."

他说：“虽然怀疑的矛头指向 10 便士硬币，但实际上，如果死亡是由 10 便士硬币造成的，我们所期望的情况并不在那里。” “不存在会导致感染和败血症的穿孔。此外，我们完全不知道这枚硬币是何时、何地或如何到达它被发现的地方的。”

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

他说，这似乎是一起死因不明的死亡事件，并对死亡记录了一个公开的结论。