ccnovels #764 - Chapter 764: A pandemic? A cause of justice! In three days, the medical system collapsed!
#764 - Chapter 764: A pandemic? A cause of justice! In three days, the medical system collapsed!
Ruijin Hospital.
An ambulance sped over and stopped in front of a small building.
There was no name on this building; it was neither an outpatient clinic nor an inpatient department.
Four days ago, hospitals nationwide received a unified directive to immediately vacate independent medical zones, completely isolate them from other areas, and prepare respiratory equipment.
The directive included a manual detailing isolation, disinfection, treatment, and the 00831 preparation, which was being rushed into production and continuously sent to hospitals nationwide.
In short.
Following the procedures outlined by Chen Hao, they were making thorough preparations for the outbreak!
The ambulance stopped.
Medical personnel in protective suits got out of the vehicle.
"Contact the director for signature and inject the special preparation!" the leading doctor shouted.
Special preparation.
That was the 00831 genome preparation.
00831 was the gene code; to prevent the leakage of secrets, the external name had to be changed.
The preparations distributed to hospitals nationwide were under the direct responsibility of the hospital director.
The director personally confirmed whether the patient needed the injection and even witnessed the injection.
The destination of each dose had to be verified.
If any leaked out...
It wouldn't be as simple as suspension or accountability.
Soon, a nurse pushed the patient from behind, following the doctor straight to the emergency room.
The first step was to inject the 00831 preparation.
If the symptoms were relieved, other medications would be used to treat and stabilize the patient's vital signs.
Even with the same 00831 injection, each patient's condition was different; some experienced significant symptom relief, while others experienced limited relief.
ECMO was the last resort.
It should be avoided if possible.
After all...
It wasn't a matter of money, but rather that the number of ECMO machines was limited and needed to be reserved for the most severe patients.
...
Time passed day by day.
Initially.
Due to relatively thorough preparation and the small number of initial patients, there weren't any major problems.
On the third day of the initial patients' onset.
Secondary infections broke out, and the number of patients increased dramatically!
"Director!"
The deputy director rushed into the office: "Dozens more patients have been admitted, the number of patients has increased dramatically, and we... we are severely understaffed!"
"Summon personnel from the outpatient and inpatient departments!"
"Yes!"
A quarter of an hour later.
Except for medical personnel who couldn't be spared.
Most of Ruijin Hospital's staff gathered in an open space.
Li Hongwei stood in front, his expression unusually solemn: "This epidemic is highly contagious and has a high mortality rate after onset. The epidemic isolation center established by our hospital is already severely understaffed."
"Under the premise of ensuring the normal operation of the outpatient and inpatient departments, some personnel must be transferred to the isolation center."
"Who is willing to go?"
There was a shortage of people!
As the number of infected people increases, the shortage of manpower will become more and more severe!
He hoped that someone would volunteer.
If not...
He could only assign people!
Li Hongwei knew that assigning personnel was inherently unfair.
But what could he do?
The regular outpatient and inpatient departments needed people.
The isolation center also needed people.
Someone had to go to the isolation center!
Before hundreds of medical staff could express their views...
Suddenly!
Li Hongwei himself was the first to raise his hand!
He was the director.
He had to lead by example, otherwise, what qualifications did he have to ask others to take risks?
The medical staff below were stunned.
Immediately afterward...
"I'll go!"
"Count me in!"
"I'm signing up!"
One after another, medical personnel volunteered.
In the face of a major epidemic.
Wasn't it also in the face of great righteousness?
Suddenly!
A large group of people ran towards them.
The leader...
Li Hongwei recognized him at a glance. That was his old friend of many years: "Old Zhao? You... why are you here?"
Zhao Housheng.
Doctoral supervisor of the Department of Clinical Medicine at Jiaotong University.
Was it just him?
Behind him were a group of people, all of whom were young.
"Old Li, I heard that hospitals are short of staff, and these students have volunteered to help." Zhao Housheng said in a deep voice.
"They are still students..." Li Hongwei was stunned.
"Director Li!"
One of the students shouted: "Although I'm only a junior with very little clinical experience, I still understand some basic common sense—I can assist the medical staff!"
"One more person, one more strength!"
"We are medical students, and we will be doctors and nurses in the future!"
Young faces.
Passionate voices.
Li Hongwei's eyes turned red.
Usually, there were people scheming and trying to be clever.
But!
Faced with life and death, the best side of the Chinese nation would be fully revealed!
Unity!
Courage!
Moving forward fearlessly!
"Old Zhao, our hospital can still manage, other hospitals are even more short-handed..." Li Hongwei said with red eyes.
"Don't worry!"
Zhao Housheng shook his head: "Fudan Medical College, the University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, etc., have already gone to other major hospitals. The destination of our group is Ruijin Hospital—you are the director, assign tasks!"
Many of the medical staff in Ruijin Hospital graduated from the Medical Department of Jiaotong University.
They looked at the students brought by Zhao Housheng.
They were even younger.
Full of vigor.
At this moment!
They and their younger brothers and sisters would face the greatest test together and become comrades fighting side by side!
...
Epidemic Research Institute.
Chen Hao's eyes were redder than Li Hongwei's.
The difference was...
Li Hongwei's eyes were red with emotion, but his were due to continuous overtime work.
He slept no more than four hours a day.
He was about to collapse!
He had never been so nervous or so crazy.
Other research and development could come slowly.
This time was different!
He knew that the 00831 genome preparation, coupled with various top-notch medical equipment and powerful medical technology, could make the mortality rate of the epidemic in China far lower than that of other countries, but the problem was...
What if it was ten times lower than other countries?
With a population of 1.3 billion.
If half were infected...
Even if the mortality rate was only 1%, the number of deaths would reach millions!
What's more, hospitals could still guarantee treatment in the early stages, but with the geometric increase in the number of infected people, severe medical resource shortages would occur.
Which would lead to the collapse of the medical system!
Not only that.
Doctors and nurses were also human.
Fighting on the front lines made them more likely to be infected.
When a large number of medical personnel were infected and unable to fight on the front lines, but the number of patients continued to increase...
With the decline of one and the growth of the other, patients would not receive effective treatment, and the mortality rate would increase significantly!
At this time, a voice came from the walkie-talkie.
"Director Chen, something bad has happened!"
It was Shi Dali's voice, sounding very anxious: "General Wang called and said that... in some places, medical resource shortages have already appeared, and in at most five days—the medical system will completely collapse!"
Five days?
Chen Hao stared at the virus culture dish in front of him.
"Director Chen!"
What a coincidence!
Zhao Jianfeng ran over, his face full of excitement: "The virus's No. 7 base pair has been... inhibited by our gene preparation!"
The No. 7 base pair was the key to attacking the lower respiratory tract.
Inhibiting the base pair was equivalent to...
Taking away the murderer's knife!
Without a weapon.
How could it be fierce?
However, Zhao Jianfeng found that Chen Hao was not very excited: "Director Chen, we... is this considered a success?"
Could it be that the research and development failed?
Otherwise, why isn't Director Chen excited?
"It's a success."
Chen Hao nodded: "But have you ever thought about whether it can be mass-produced and distributed to the whole country in just three days?"