調查得知，健康的男嬰吞下一枚 10 便士硬幣後不幸身亡

小海登大衛劉易斯馬修斯 (Hayden David Lewis Matthews) 在被送往醫院僅 14 個月後突然去世

An inquest has heard that a “fit and healthy” baby boy tragically died after swallowing a 10p coin.

調查得知，一名「身體健康」的男嬰在吞下一枚 10 便士硬幣後不幸身亡。

Little Hayden David Lewis Matthews died suddenly at just 14 months after being rushed into hospital. The tot lived between Truro and Redruth with his separated parents, Kirsty Davies and David Matthews.

小海登大衛劉易斯馬修斯 (Hayden David Lewis Matthews) 在被送往醫院僅 14 個月後突然去世。這個小孩與他分居的父母科斯蒂·戴維斯和大衛·馬修斯住在特魯羅和雷德魯斯之間。

At the time of his death in 2023, Hayden was in the care of his father and had been with his dad for around six weeks prior.

海登於 2023 年去世時，由他的父親照顧，此前他已經和父親在一起大約六週了。

The inquest heard how Mr Matthews had taken Hayden to collect his new parter and her son and bring them to the hospital as her son had injured his foot. As the Mirror reports, Hayden was alert for the first 20 minutes of the journey before falling quiet, with his father thinking he had fallen asleep.

調查得知，馬修斯先生如何帶海登去接他的新伴侶和她的兒子，並將他們帶到醫院，因為她的兒子腳受傷了。據《鏡報》報道，海登在旅程的前 20 分鐘裡保持警惕，然後才安靜下來，他的父親認為他已經睡著了。

Shortly after arriving to the hospital, a nurse notice Hayden was looking unwell in his car seat while they were in the waiting room. The medic took him into a side room and rang the emergency buzzer. Emergency staff rushed in and despite their best efforts he died later that evening at Royal Cornwall Hospital.

到達醫院後不久，一名護理師注意到，當他們在候診室時，海登坐在汽車座椅上看起來不太舒服。醫護人員把他帶到側室並按了緊急蜂鳴器。急救人員趕到現場，儘管盡了最大努力，但當晚晚些時候，他還是在皇家康沃爾醫院去世。

A post-mortem carried out by a forensic pathologist following his death found that Hayden had no sings of physical or psychological illnesses or concerns to explain his death. However during the examination a foreign object was found inside his oesophagus. This was later found to be a 10p coin.

法醫病理學家在海登死後進行的屍檢發現，海登沒有任何身體或心理疾病的跡象，也沒有任何擔憂可以解釋他的死亡。然而，在檢查過程中，他的食道內發現了異物。後來發現這是一枚10便士的硬幣。

The coin was discoloured sparking fears it had been stuck there for some time. It was deemed unlikely it would have been swallowed or inhaled recently, Cornwall Live reported.

這枚硬幣變色，引發人們擔心它已經卡在那裡一段時間了。據康沃爾現場報道，最近認為它不太可能被吞下或吸入。

Police launched a probe into the tots death and officers concluded there was nothing suspicious

警方對兒童死亡事件展開調查，結論是沒有任何可疑之處

Senior coroner for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Andre 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 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.

康沃爾郡和錫利群島的高級驗屍官安德烈·考克斯在對海登的死亡結論中表示，他所期望的負責任的父母為海登所做的一切都已經完成了，包括去看醫生和接受治療。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。

He said: “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. There isn't the perforation to 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。沒有穿孔導致感染和敗血症。此外，我們完全不知道這枚硬幣是何時、何地或如何被發現的。

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。