Chapter 175 Qin County Plays Tricks
"Father is dead, come back quickly."
The four-word phone call was sent from the New Telegraph Building on West Chang'an Avenue to the distant Guangqi.
The next day, Qin County received the telegram. It was indeed sent to Lin Sanqi and others, but the county had opened the envelope of the telegram in advance and checked the contents.
Deputy County Chief Huang, who was in charge of sanitation, was troubled and said to Director Hu of the Public Security Bureau next to him:
"What should we do? The capital is coming to ask for someone. I opposed sending a telegram to the Capital Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Who cares if they're spies? What spy would even want to see a place like Qin County? Are they here to swat mosquitoes or dig for oysters?"
Director Hu was also a little embarrassed:
"County Magistrate Huang, this is also an organizational procedure. If a stranger suddenly shows up, who can guarantee that he's not a hidden spy? After all, the person on the island is planning a counterattack."
"So what should we do now? Comrade Lin Sanqi's unit is here to ask for him. Look at this telegram: 'Father has died, come back quickly'. I think it's just an excuse."
Director Liu of the Health Bureau sighed:
"We can't be sure whether this telegram is true or not. It's probably just an excuse. Otherwise, how could such a coincidence happen? But we're just worried about what might happen. What if Comrade Lin Sanqi's father is really dead? If we don't tell him, wouldn't that be repaying kindness with enmity?"
Another leader in the conference room said dissatisfiedly:
"Comrade Lin is a cadre, and a member of the Communist Party. How could he not have this awareness?
If the epidemic in Xiang Commune cannot be controlled and spreads, not only our Qin County, but also Lingshan, Shangsi, Liangqing and other counties will suffer. This is a population of over a million.
So I suggest that we withhold the telegram. When the epidemic is over, we will release Lin Sanqi. Besides, the capital is far away, and if the Chinese medicine hospital is unhappy, we in Qin County are afraid of them!"
Everyone in the meeting room was silent, but in fact everyone agreed with this proposal in their hearts.
I don't have the ability to treat the plague, and now a living god has finally come and is willing to work hard without asking for any reward. Who wouldn't like such a free worker?
To put it bluntly, if a person does not care about himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth. The leaders of Qin County must protect the interests of Qin County at the first opportunity.
The thing that Lin Kucan feared the most finally happened.
Qin County was not in a hurry, but the Capital Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine was. Dean Shen, Section Chief Kong and the Lin family waited anxiously for a whole day, but they did not receive a reply from Lin Sanqi until the lights were turned on at night.
Dean Shen knew that Qin County was determined to keep Lin Sanqi.
This made Dean Shen both relieved and angry.
Fortunately, Lin Sanqi really knows medical skills.
Whether it was the Lingnan School of Traditional Chinese Medicine inherited from their ancestors or the Western medicine they secretly learned, the letters of praise again and again proved that Lin Sanqi or the Lin family had reservations, and now the truth has been revealed.
As the director of the hospital, it is a good thing to have an additional employee who understands medical skills.
In 1959, there were few Chinese medicine practitioners, even fewer Western medicine practitioners, and even fewer doctors who were proficient in both Chinese and Western medicine.
But Dean Shen felt that there was no other doctor in the country who was both knowledgeable in medicine and able to obtain food. He was definitely a treasure that he must try his best to win over and pamper.
What makes me angry is that Lin Sanqi is too bold. If he asks you to go on a business trip, you should just quietly do the purchasing.
If you want to eat and drink, traveling is no big deal, and the company will reimburse your travel expenses.
Even if you want to take a small kickback during the procurement process, or eat two meals of fat meat from other farmers, that's fine. As long as you are not caught on the spot and can hide it from everyone, you are still a good revolutionary comrade.
This guy just likes to go wherever there is a lot of fun.
He didn't believe that with Lin Sanqi's cleverness, he wouldn't have inquired about the plague in Qin County in advance. Even if he didn't inquire, wouldn't he have turned around and ran away when he saw the hell on earth in the epidemic area?
As a result, this guy not only didn't run away, but stayed in Qin County as a volunteer?
Dean Shen cursed angrily: "Tell me, is this kid smart or stupid?"
Jin Caifeng kept wiping away her tears:
"This kid is just stupid. It's a plague, a plague from the south. It's hot, humid, and stuffy. Once it breaks out, it's highly contagious. I saw it back home before. A large number of people died in one go. It was terrifying."
Before liberation, there was a plague in Huadu. The city gates were all closed, and no one was allowed to enter or leave. We looked down from the city wall and saw densely packed corpses. Even the members of the disaster relief team and the soup distribution team died.
No matter what kind of plague it is, there is no plague that is not scary. Even decades later when medical technology is highly developed, the only option is to seal off the city when a plague occurs.
Lin Gancao and Lin Duzhong were also there to comfort their mother.
In fact, as long as the wife is a sensible person, there will often not be any major conflicts between brothers. At critical moments, Lin Duzhong still cares about his younger brother.
Lin Kucan thought a lot and calmed down, knowing that there was no point in being anxious at this time.
His evaluation of his three sons was: the eldest is stupid, the second is cunning, and the third is a smart guy.
So he thought that with his youngest son's intelligence, he would definitely not rush forward if his life was really in danger. He was not so smart. Smart people are more afraid of death.
Since the youngest son dared to go to the epidemic area as a volunteer and treat people, he must have his own unknown secrets to prevent himself from being infected, or to have a way to treat himself if he is infected.
Then there is nothing to worry about. It is true that worrying too much will lead to confusion.
At this moment, the Buddhist Lin Kusen returned, and his IQ once again occupied the top position in his mind.
Now that the matter has become a big deal, the hospital leaders are all focusing on Lin Sanqi. At this time, they not only have to worry about their son's safety, but also have to cover for him.
Life is long, and we can’t let our youngest son deal with the investigation team all day long.
Some things are okay to hide from parents, but they cannot be hidden when facing an investigation by the organization. It would be terrible if the youngest son really is a hidden spy.
(In fact, Lin Kucan had no idea that Lin Sanqi had bribed the hospital leaders. They would not report Lin Sanqi as a suspected spy. Everyone was waiting for his food to save their lives.)
Lin Kucan pretended to comfort his wife and said:
"Alright, alright, stop crying. We are the dignified Lingnan School. A minor plague is no problem for us. Xiaoqi has been familiar with medical books since he was a child and has learned the skills of a child. If you can share our Lingnan School's secret recipe with others, any plague can be cured with this medicine."
After Lin Kucan finished speaking, he squeezed his wife's hand hard. After years of marriage, they still had this tacit understanding.
Sure enough, although Jin Caifeng had a lot of questions in her mind, she did not refute.
Lin Gancao and Lin Duzhong did not react at first, because they did start learning medical books, including Lin Sanqi when he was 5 years old.
But no one knows that this Lin Sanqi is not that Lin Sanqi. The fake ones only have a basic understanding of Chinese medicine, but it will be difficult to use Chinese medicine to treat diseases.
Lin Kucan said this to the hospital leaders present.
Sure enough, Dean Shen and Kong Shuihu had an expression of "as expected" after hearing this. After all, they came from a family of traditional Chinese medicine, so it was normal for them to learn medicine since childhood. Who would dare to go to the epidemic area without some skills?
"If Qin County refuses to release him, what should we do? Should the hospital send someone to Guangqi to retrieve him?"
Kong Shuihu still had his own concerns. After all, they were his soldiers. As a leader, he didn't want anything to happen to his soldiers. This was not just talk for the collective.
Dean Shen thought for a moment, and suddenly his eyes lit up:
"I got it. I'll ask my old boss for help. If our words don't work, then we have to listen to the words of our superiors, right?"
After saying that, Dean Shen immediately picked up the phone: "Hello, put me through to the headquarters..."
Almost all cadres in the 1950s had experience in the military, so comrades looking for comrades was the most common way of interpersonal communication and the most effective network of contacts.
The next day, a call was made to Guangqi, and then the Qinlian District received a call from its superiors, which was then forwarded to the Qin County level.
By the time the telegram was delivered to Naxiang Commune, it was already the seventh day that Lin Sanqi had been helping in the epidemic area.
Under Lin Sanqi's command, order began to be restored in the entire Naxiang Commune.
At this time, Lin Sanqi and Village Chief Lei personally brought a group of commune cadres and supporting doctors, grabbed handfuls of lime and began to disinfect the place where the patients had temporarily lived.
Without pasteurized water, this most primitive method can only be used for disinfection.
The epidemic in Naxiang Commune has been basically under control after 7 days of diagnosis and treatment. With the help of the high-tech antibacterial drug ofloxacin, the diarrhea symptoms were quickly brought under control.
Patients who received particularly good medication were able to stop diarrhea almost within a day.
It has to be said that for patients who have not experienced antimicrobial drug contamination, the effect of antibiotics can only be described as "magical".
Although there were deaths, the number of deaths has dropped from 30 to 40 a day to 3 to 4 a day now.
Those who cannot be saved are really seriously ill and there is no way to save them. In the absence of an ICU, Lin Sanqi has no particularly good solution.
As the number of patients decreased, the number of "temporary wards" also began to decrease slowly, but the places where the patients stayed and the cesspools where they defecated were all heavily polluted areas.
If we want to completely eliminate infectious diseases, there is another important step, which is to carry out large-scale disinfection and cut off the transmission route. As long as there are no new patients, zero infection can be achieved quickly.
Lin Sanqi wore another layer of N95 mask inside the white cotton mask, as well as disposable isolation suits, gloves, hats, eye masks, etc., and he was armed to the teeth.
Then he picked up a bamboo basket, grabbed the lime with one hand, and started spreading it with the other.
Behind him, a team of more than 50 people was carrying out comprehensive disinfection of every corner of the small mountain village where Naxiang Commune was located.
This team was led by Lin Sanqi. Seven days ago, everyone was trembling with fear, but now everyone is full of confidence and each one is working harder than the other to spread the lime.
At this moment, Deputy County Chief Huang shouted from afar:
"Doctor Lin Sanqi, are you here? There's a telegram from the capital, please come over quickly~~~"
Lin Sanqi was busy and sweating profusely. Although he was safe in the protective suit, it was really hot. When he heard someone calling him, he looked up blankly.
(End of this chapter)
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