Membre's group :
Charlotte Jean, Johanne Thuia, Natacha Marly and Joseph Bourgine.
American Members :
Makenzie Norwill, Lacey Howell
And the title of our article is : Toddler died in consultation room after hour-long wait to see nurse
Here's the link to the article : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10318177/Toddler-died-in-consultation-room-after-hour-long-wait-to-see-nurse.html
Corrected text :
Introduction :
In this topic, we will talk about an article written by Hayley Dixon, a general news report for the Daily Telegraph. The subject of this article is the death of a two-year-old child. The drama happened in a consultation room of Marston Surgery, in Marston Moretan, a small town near Bedford in England. The reporter followed the inquest.
Bourgine Joseph.
First part :
On 5 October 2012, Lucie Linforth, a child barely two years was driven by his father to the GP's surgery because she was having difficulty breathing. Last year, she had already gone to the hospital following a severe cough and fever overnight. But this time, things didn’t go well. What is surpising is that the family lives thirty seconds away from the hospital and the father believed there was “nothing out of the ordinary” about his daughter’s condition on the morning of her death. He knew she would bounce back, but the child was already dead when the minor illnesses nurse took her by their shoulders. After seeing Ms Clegg, an experienced nurse, she was driven to the Bedford Hospital by ambulance. There, they pronounced her dead.
Thuia Johanne.
Second part :
An inquest was opened. According to the father, they waited too long before seeing the nurse. The other patients had commented that she was having difficulty breathing. The doctor Roger Malcolmson said that if she had been seen by somebody qualified, they would have been sent directly to hospital. Who is right ? Is it the nurse who is wrong or could have the child could been saved ? Maybe the hospital is lacking staff. Elsewhere, one of the receptionists, Kyra Wheeler, said there had been between fifteen and twenty patients in the waiting room that day.
Jean Charlotte.
Conclusion :
In conclusion, we can say that if Mr Linforth had seen someone who was qualified faster, and above all, if he had gone to the hospital closest to his house (there is barely thirty seconds from their house to the hospital, according to the words of Mr Linforth), Lucie might still be alive today: even if he says that he didn’t know that his daughter would die, several witnesses who were in the waiting room could see how sick Lucie was. But, he was not the only person in the wrong: if the receptionists had put Lucie first in line, she could have been saved.
Marly Natacha.
Original text :
Introduction :
In this topic, we will talk about an article wrote by Hayley Dixon, a general news report for the Daily Telegraph. The subject of this article is the death of a two years old child. The drama happened in a consultation room of Marston Surger, in Marston Moretan, a small town near Bedford in England. The reporter follow the inquest.
Bourgine Joseph.
Development :
The 5th October 2012, Lucie Linforth, a child barely two years was driven by his father to the GP surgery because she was having difficulty breathing. Last year, she was already gone to the hospital following a severe cough and fever overnight. But this time, things didn’t well happen. Yet, the family lived at thirty seconds from the hospital and the father believed there was “nothing out of the ordinary” about his daughter’s condition on the morning of her death. He knew she would bounce back, but the child was already dead when the minor illnesses nurse took her by their shoulders. After seeing Ms Clegg, an experienced nurse, she was driven to the Bedford Hospital by ambulance. There, they have pronounced his death.
Thuia Johanne.
An inquest was opened. According to the father, they have waiting too long before see the nurse. The others patients had commented that she was having difficulty breathing. The doctor Roger Malcolmson said that if she had been seen by somebody qualified, they would have led directly to the hospital. Who is right ? It is the nurse who is wrong or the child could have been saved ? Maybe the hospital lacks of staff. Elsewhere, one of the receptionists, Kyra Wheeler, said there had been between fifteen and twenty patients in the waiting room that day.
Jean Charlotte.
Conclusion :
By way of conclusion, we can say that if Mr Linforth would have been faster to see someone who is qualified, and above all, if he would have gone to the hospital closest from his house (there is barely thirty seconds path to go to the hospital, according to the words of Mr Linforth), Lucie might still be alive today: even if he say that he don’t know that his daughter will die, several witnesses who were in the waiting room could see how Lucie was seek… But, there is not that him who is in the wrong way: if the receptionists would have been passed Lucie at the first place, she could have been saved.
Marly Natacha.
I personally don’t understand how the parents of Lucie couldn’t tell that she was extremely sick. If people who hadn’t ever seen the child before were commenting that she looked very ill, I don’t know how the parents couldn’t tell that something was really out of the ordinary. I know the father probably didn’t want to over react and have the sickness be nothing, but if other people passing by commented on how poorly Lucie seemed looked, it should have raised some alarm and urgency for the father to press to be seen by the GP or nurse sooner.
-Makenzie Norwill
Hello Makenzie,
I either don't understand why the parents of Lucie noticed nothing of his condition, he would have reacted, but maybe he was not worried unlike other patients..
Charlotte
I just can't conceive how this type of things is still possible in 2012 in England…
It's unimaginable that a child can die amid fifteen or twenty persons without other reactions that "Oh.. she looks very sick.." !
Even if the father was absolutely careless, why nobody else did anything for her ??
It's a so sad and scary story…
Joseph
Hello Makenzine!
I can't belive that parents, today, don't have responsability! Even others persons can saw how Lucy was seek, but the parents just told that it is the fault of the nurce and other medical people… They must take the respnsability to their act!
However, there is one think, in addition of the problem whose I was talking about: that's why any person didn't react before the death of Lucy, Why?! She could live today, if she was healed more before than the moment where the nurce carried Lucy in her arms…
It's very sad and this story revolt me! It's not possible that today, children like Lucie died like that!
Natcha
The Dad wasn’t completely wrong, he didn’t understand what was going on with his daughter and he did what he could to get her into the hospital. He didn’t think it was as urgent obviously because he agreed to see the nurse instead of seeing the doctor. There were a lot of people in the waiting room that day and if they would have got the little girl in sooner she would have possibly lived but instead she had to wait and by her having to wait a long time she didn’t make it. It would have been hard on the dad to know that happened and I’m sure he feels like it’s his fault although it wasn’t really because he did what he could and he tried to help his little girl. It’s not fair to put it all on the dad because he didn’t understand because he is just a human and all humans make mistakes it’s just a fact of life. This is a very sad event.
Hello Lacey!
You're right, it's a very sad story… It's right too, that Lucy's dad didn't know what is going on this day! As any human can know his future! Mr Linforth, today, must be sad, very sad for his daughter, and I think that it's the same for Lucy's mom and the medical persons… Unfortunately, any person on Earth can change the past, it's a fact of life. But, I think that this event would not have arrive: if there were more medical persons than this day, Lucy would be still alive now… It's a shame that there were not enough doctor in this hospital, this horrible day…
Natacha
Hello Natacha,
You are right as well, humans are only human, no one is perfect and no one can see the future. We as humans can only do so much which is the best we can. i also agree that there was possibly a shortage in the hospital staff and they should maybe have more doctors available or on call for times specifically like this.. and im sure they family of this poor little girl are still to this day probably devastated and i'm sure the hospital personal felt bad as well for not being able to save her, they definitely have a tough job dealing with cases like this.
Lacey
Hello Lacey,
I think this event came in because of a lack of staff in the hospital. If there had been a considerable number of doctors, someone could take care of Lucy. I think that put the blame entirely on the father is unfair, he really did everything he could for his daughter. In today's time, he must be in very bad shape. The hospital should also question on this event.. We don't know if with a larger effective Lucy would have been saved, but the chances would have been greater. I agree with you, it's really a sad story for this child and her family..
Charlotte
Hello Charlotte,
yes i agree the hospital should look in to this event and maybe take some responsibility on their behalf, i mean i understand the hospital is very busy but like you said maybe they are lacking in staff. possibly if they had more people working at a time they might be able to attend to people faster and get more done… and possibly save more lives. but there is always tragedies that happen that they sometimes couldn't do anything about no matter if they tried..
Lacey
I agree with you Lacey, the father wasn't completely wrong. It isn't the first time that Lucie goes to the hospital following breathing problems. It is possible that even if she has seen the nurse earlier, she could not be saved. This tragedy which shocked many people will probably change thinks, it will not happen again, it's a lesson for parents and medical staff.
Johanne
Hello Johanne, you are absolutely right even if she would have seen the nurse earlier she might not have made it that is something no one can be sure of, and yes it it a lesson for all and parents and medical staff, i agree.
Lacey
If a two year old is sick and has had a hard time breathing I would make sure that the child got medical attention as soon as possible. You might see that as over reacting but at least you would know that in the morning when you went in to check on her she would be alive at least, besides better safe than sorry.
-Hannah Coggins