How does an old man experience his teeth passing down his throat whilst under the care of medical professionals? And him dying therefrom? A family in Changzhou of our very own Jiangsu are grappling with this as they mourn, while a hospital dodges the issue.
一位老人在医疗专业人员的护理下如何体验牙齿从喉咙里滑过的感觉？他因此而死吗？我们江苏常州的一个家庭在哀悼时正在努力解决这个问题，而一家医院却回避了这个问题。
On the morning of 5 October, the man, surnamed Sun, in excess of 80 years old, passed away. But at that point, he still had one tooth left in his lungs. Prior to his death, Changzhou Jiuzhou Golden Oriental Hospital had extracted five teeth from his body.
10月5日上午，80多岁的孙姓男子去世。但那时，他的肺部还剩下一颗牙齿。他去世前，常州九洲金东方医院已从他身上拔掉了五颗牙齿。
How those teeth entered his body has become a question for the family which they are determined to pursue. Sun’s son spoke with media outlet, The Paper, and said that his father had been intubated after being admitted to the Hospital. He suspected that the Hospital had improperly operated and that his father had involuntarily ingested his own teeth during intubation.
这些牙齿是如何进入他体内的，成为了家人决心追查的一个问题。孙的儿子接受澎湃新闻采访时表示，他的父亲入院后已接受插管。他怀疑医院操作不当，父亲在插管时不自觉吞下了自己的牙齿。
Sun had lived in the Golden Oriental Nursing Centre of Wujin District in Changzhou. Official information shows that facility to be equipped with more than 1,600 senior care apartments and is a care centre integrating senior care, medical care, nursing and well being.
孙某曾住在常州市武进区金东方养老中心。官方资料显示，该设施将配备1600余套养老公寓，是集养老、医疗、护理、康养于一体的养老中心。
In March this year, when Sun visited his father, he found that he was weak and had a poor appetite. That’s when he was sent to Changzhou Jiuzhou Golden Oriental Hospital for treatment.
今年3月，孙某去看望父亲时，发现父亲身体虚弱，食欲不佳。随后，他被送往常州九洲金东方医院救治。
According to the Hospital’s diagnosis and treatment records, the patient was considered to have gastrointestinal perforation and other diseases after examination. On 22 March, the hospital performed an exploratory laparotomy on the elderly man under general anesthesia.
根据医院的诊疗记录，患者经检查考虑患有胃肠道穿孔等疾病。 3月22日，医院在全身麻醉下对老人进行了剖腹探查手术。
Sent to the ICU for treatment, on 24 March and after developing difficulty breathing, the hospital performed tracheal intubation and put him on a ventilator.
送入ICU治疗，3月24日出现呼吸困难后，院方为他进行气管插管并使用呼吸机。
Sun’s son said, “During this time, the doctor gave us a tooth from my dad, saying it was found during intubation. Fortunately, it was discovered early, otherwise it would be troublesome if it entered the trachea”.
孙某的儿子说：“这段时间，医生给了我们一颗我爸爸的牙齿，说是插管时发现的，幸亏发现得早，不然万一进气管就麻烦了”。
In actual fact, the Hospital had discovered there were a total of six teeth and dentures inside the senior’s body. On 17 April, the facility was successful in extracting five, including the braces, from the lower oesophagus and stomach. The remaining tooth was in the lung, but could not be removed.
事实上，医院发现老人体内共有六颗牙齿和假牙。 4 月 17 日，该设施成功从食道下部和胃中取出了 5 个支架，其中包括支架。剩下的牙齿在肺部，但无法取出。
After the operation, Sun’s father’s condition did not improve. He became pale, confused and in constant need of resuscitation, leading to the hospital issuing a notice of critical illness.
手术后，孙父亲的病情并没有好转。他脸色苍白、神智不清，需要不断复苏，导致医院发出病危通知。
With the deteriorating of his father’s health, Sun transferred him to another hospital for expert consultation. Although the symptoms of gastric bleeding improved, the teeth in his lungs could not be removed through surgery, which posed hidden multiple dangers.
随着父亲病情的恶化，孙将他转到另一家医院接受专家会诊。虽然胃出血症状有所好转，但肺部的牙齿无法通过手术拔除，隐藏着多重危险。
The family was repeatedly informed that the infection will worsen in the later period and there will be more complications. They needed also be careful as to the possibilities for suffocation.
家人多次被告知，后期感染会加重，出现更多并发症。他们还需要小心窒息的可能性。
Back in the Jiuzhou Golden Oriental Hospital where he died, that facility has never given a clear explanation of how the teeth entered the body.
在他去世的九州金东方医院，该医院从未对牙齿如何进入体内给出明确的解释。
The Chairman of the Golden Oriental Nursing Centre said that the hospital involved and the Nursing Centre were not part of the same group and was therefore unclear as to the matter.
金东方护理中心董事长表示，涉事医院与护理中心并非同一集团，因此不清楚此事。
The family now pursuing appraisal by a third-party agency.
目前，该家人正在寻求第三方机构的评估。
