Medicine Shortage Causes Sick Baby
藥品短缺導致嬰兒患病
Introduction
A pregnant woman in Arizona needed a special medicine. She did not get it because there was not enough medicine in the country.
一名亞利桑那州的孕婦需要一種特殊藥物，但由於全國藥品短缺，導致她無法取得。
Main Body
The woman had a sickness called syphilis. She needed a medicine called Bicillin. This medicine stops the baby from getting sick. The doctors asked the company Pfizer for the medicine on March 27.
這名婦女患有一種稱為梅毒的疾病。她需要一種名為 Bicillin 的藥物，這種藥物可以防止胎兒患病。醫生於 3 月 27 日向 Pfizer 公司申請該藥物。
Pfizer did not send the medicine. The doctors and the company had a problem with the paperwork. The medicine did not arrive by April 7. The woman had her baby before the medicine arrived.
Pfizer 並未寄出藥物。醫生與公司在文書處理上出現問題。藥物在 4 月 7 日前仍未送達。該名婦女在藥物抵達之前就生產了。
Other health leaders asked Pfizer to keep extra medicine in different states. Pfizer did not do this. They kept all the medicine in one place. This made it hard for doctors to get the medicine fast.
其他衛生主管要求 Pfizer 在不同州存放額外藥物，但 Pfizer 並未照做。他們將所有藥物儲存在同一地點，導致醫生難以快速取得藥物。
Conclusion
The woman had her baby. The baby has syphilis because the mother did not get the medicine.
該名婦女生產了，但因為母親未能取得藥物，導致嬰兒患上了梅毒。
Vocabulary Learning
🕒 THE 'NOT' PATTERN
In this story, we see a lot of things that did not happen. This is how we talk about the past when something was missing or failed.
How it works:
Did not + Action Word (Base Form)
Examples from the text:
- Did not get She wanted the medicine, but she had nothing.
- Did not send Pfizer kept the medicine; they didn't move it.
- Did not arrive The delivery never came.
- Did not do They ignored the request.
⚠️ Important Rule:
When we use did not, the action word stays simple.
❌ Did not got
✅ Did not get
📦 'ONE' vs 'DIFFERENT'
Notice how the story describes locations:
- Different states Many places (Arizona, Texas, New York, etc.).
- One place Only a single location.
Why this matters: If you have things in different places, it is often easier to find one nearby. If everything is in one place, it takes longer to arrive.