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英国护士杀8婴 想再杀6个 British Nurse murders 8 babies
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被逮捕的女护士露西·莱比（Lucy Letby）涉嫌在2015年到2016年期间，在其工作的切斯特伯爵夫人医院（Countess of Chester Hospital）谋杀了8名新生儿，并企图杀害另外6名。
报道称，该医院在2015至2016年期间，有多达17名婴儿离奇死亡。此前医院曾展开调查，但是没有发现确切原因。
28岁的莱比于2011年从切斯特大学取得儿童护理学位，她其后在切斯特伯爵夫人医院任职护士。
一名邻居接受媒体采访时称，自己从小看着露西长大，“她是个非常好的姑娘，虽然不和父母同住，但经常来看他们。难以置信。”
据英国《每日邮报》7月6日报道，涉案女护士名叫露西·莱比，2011年从位于柴郡的切斯特大学毕业，获得儿童护理学位。此后，她进入切斯特伯爵夫人医院，在新生儿病房工作，工作履历清白。
2015年3月至2016年7月期间，该医院有多达17名婴儿离奇死亡，另有15起婴儿出现非致命性昏迷症状。尽管病例存在颇多相似之处，但尸检却找不出具体原因。为此医院停止了对大多数早产儿的治疗，并将所有需要重症监护的婴儿都进行了转院。迫于压力，去年院方选择了报警。
警方很快立案并采取了代号“蜂鸟行动”的调查，在进行全面排查后，发现女护士露西身上疑点重重，怀疑她趁工作之便残忍杀害婴儿。上周二（3日）露西被逮捕，她的住宅遭多名警员搜查，用铲子泥耙等工具挖开花园，还对附近林地进行了搜查。露西上班开的银色铃木汽车被转移到附近车道上，以蓝色法医帐篷遮盖。与此同时，警方还搜查了她父母位于赫里福郡的家。
对于露西的被捕，熟悉她的人都感到震惊。邻居说她得到了梦寐以求的职业，除了专注工作，就没做别的事。同事和朋友们则形容她是“一个笨拙而善良的人”，但出去玩时热情奔放，就像换了一个人。最新曝光的照片显示，露西曾在夜店的钢管舞舞台上大摆撩人姿势，还爱扮鬼脸和喝酒。
警方暂未公布最新调查进展，但发表声明称，这是一起高度复杂敏感的调查，需要尽可能获取一切导致婴儿死亡和晕厥的细节。“我们认识到，这项调查对涉案家庭、医院工作人员和病人产生了巨大的影响，对公众亦是如此。”
周五（6日），露西在交付保释金后被允许回家，暂时获得自由，但不能上班。该案件正在扩大调查范围，警方尚未对露西提起任何诉讼。
Nurse Lucy Letby who was arrested on suspicion of murdering EIGHT babies at Chester hospital is released on bail
Lucy Letby, 28, was held as part of a year-long investigation into the high deaths of babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6709842/nurse-lucy-letby-chester-hospital-baby-deaths-released-bail/
A NURSE arrested on suspicion of murdering eight babies while working on the neonatal unit at a Chester hospital has been bailed.
Lucy Letby, 28, was held as part of a year-long investigation into the high deaths of babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital. She has also been suspended from her job.
She was quizzed by detectives for two days as forensic officers searched her home in Chester.
Pictures yesterday showed officers examining the gutters at her house and digging up the garden as they removed bags and boxes.
Letby's three-bedroom semi also had a blue tent erected outside while police officers were also seen at her parent's house in Hereford.
But cops confirmed today she has been bailed pending further enquiries.
A spokesman said: "We continue to recognise that this investigation has a huge impact on all of the families, staff, and patients at the hospital as well as members of the public.
"Parents of all the babies continue to be kept fully updated and are being supported throughout the process by specially trained officers.
"This is an extremely difficult time for all the families and it is important to remember that, at the heart of this, there are a number of bereaved families seeking answers as to what happened to their children. "We would like to remind the media to respect the privacy of the families involved.
"This investigation is very much ongoing and there are no set timescales at this stage but as soon as we are able to provide any further updates we will do."
Her arrest came three years after docs first raised concerns about a "higher than usual number of neonatal deaths" in June 2015.
After failing to identify the cause of the deaths, hospital bosses called in specialist investigators from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) in June 2016 - a full year after the first concerns were raised.
Within a month, the hospital's neonatal unit was banned from giving tots intensive care by being downgraded from a Local Neonatal Unit to a Special Care Unit - the lowest possible grade.
The damning inspectors' report - published in November 2016 - slammed the hospital's "arms-length" bosses and unsafe staffing levels.
Cheshire Police launched the investigation in May last year following the high number of baby deaths at the hospital.
The scope of the investigation has been widened to 17 baby deaths and 15 non-fatal collapses between March 2015 and July 2016.
Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust, where Letby worked previously, said it was also now aiding the investigation.
Key points from the damning inspection report in November 2016
- Staffing on the unit was 21 per cent than the recommended safe levels in 2014/15
- One infant needed resuscitation for several collapses over three nights - but information about this was not shared with the review team
- Pathologists at nearby Alder Hay Children's Hospital performed autopsies on "most" of the infants - but these did not include toxicology, blood electrolytes, or blood sugar tests
- The report slammed the hospital's "remote leadership" - with one medic describing them as "arm's length" from the neonatal unit
- The hospital's reporting policy for unexplained neonatal deaths was inadequate
- After resuscitation several of the infants had an unexplained sudden mottling on the arms and legs (and the chest on one occasion)
- Doctors noticed that many of the infants were surprisingly unresponsive to standard resuscitation procedures
- A panel on safety in the neonatal unit was poorly attended - with just seven of the 20 panel members turning up to a meeting in May 2016.
