Police in the US state of Arizona have launched a sexual assault investigation amid reports a patient in a vegetative state for a decade gave birth.

据报道，美国亚利桑那州一名进入植物状态十年的病人进行了分娩，警察正在就此开展性侵犯调查。

The woman is a patient in a clinic run by Hacienda HealthCare near Phoenix.

该女子是凤凰城附近“Hacienda”健康中心所经营的一家诊所的病人。

Hacienda HealthCare gave no details but said it was aware of a "deeply disturbing incident".

“Hacienda”健康中心没有提供任何细节，但表示这是“一起非常令人不安的事件”。

A local CBS station said the baby was healthy and quoted a source as saying that staff had been unaware the woman was pregnant.

当地哥伦比亚广播公司电台称，婴儿很健康，并引用一位消息人士的话说，工作人员并未意识到这名女子怀孕。

The woman has not been identified.

这名妇女身份尚未确定。

A Phoenix police spokesman said that "the matter is currently under investigation" but declined to say when the inquiry had started or to give any details of the case.

凤凰城警方发言人表示，“目前正在调查此事”，但拒绝透露调查是何时开始的，也没有提供关于该案件的任何细节。

The CBS Phoenix affiliate KPHO-TV said the woman had given birth on 29 December.

哥伦比亚广播公司凤凰卫视的子公司KPHO-TV称，该女子于12月29日分娩。

It quoted a source as saying: "None of the staff were aware that she was pregnant until she was pretty much giving birth."

报道引用一位消息人士的话说：“直到她几乎分娩前，没有一个工作人员知道她已经怀孕。”

The source said the woman required round-the-clock care and many people had access to her room.

消息人士说，这位女士需要全天候照顾，所以很多人都可以进入她的房间。