Chapter 129 The Nanny's Niece's Counterattack 129...
Some unscrupulous hospitals, in their pursuit of organ donation, diagnose healthy individuals with malignant tumors, administer medication, arrange organ transplants, and then tell the families that the treatment was ineffective and the person died. This is sufficient proof of how terrifying malignant tumors are; even if someone dies, no one will question it.
The dosage and precision of medication both heavily rely on a doctor's skill. If you encounter a medical scoundrel, it's all over—the patient dies, and the family collapses.
However, in the country of flowers, such hospitals are ultimately a minority, and even if they exist, they will not be exposed.
Over the past week, Lin Wei has basically had them undergo various examinations to understand their conditions, with a focus on Benson to see how effective the potential drug was.
Every day, she would just keep a notebook to record things, either blood tests or questions; there were no other procedures.
This made those who had previously believed in her suspicious. "Why haven't you used the medicine yet?" Although they were worried that the medicine wouldn't work, they had to use it first. However, they hadn't even seen a trace of the medicine yet.
However, Benson retorted, "What do you know? The doctor is preparing, and besides, I'm the first person to try the drug. What's the rush? If the drug doesn't work, would you dare use it?"
Some of the conditions weren't that serious yet, so we waited to see how things went after he finished the medication. You could say these foreigners aren't stupid.
Only those who felt increasingly unwell and thought they might not be able to hold on much longer began to panic and yearn for Lin Wei's reassurance.
Of course, she also gave a specific answer: "I will give you the medication tomorrow." Her drug research was completed, although it did not meet her initial expectations, it was barely usable.
We'll take it one step at a time.
At this point, she explained again, "If any of you want to back out, you can leave now. Once the trial begins, there's no going back." She herself didn't know if there were any other side effects. If someone took the drug and then left without cooperating with the treatment, then their death would be none of her business.
A group of people said in unison, "We will definitely cooperate." Foreigners are better than Chinese people in one way: they genuinely respect doctors and are very obedient. Some locals, however, who had somehow heard that the Second Hospital had cancer treatment methods, required time to explain. She directly entrusted this to the nurses.
In fact, these rumors all originated from within the hospital. Who doesn't have a few seriously ill relatives or friends? This can only be described as trying anything as a last resort.
However, aside from the fixed medications and examination fees at the hospital, Lin Wei's researched drugs were free. Have you ever seen someone make patients pay for drug trials? No. So, in terms of expenses, although they are a bit more expensive than abroad, once radiotherapy and chemotherapy are stopped, there is not much money involved.
The next day, Lin Wei administered some of the medication to Benson to monitor the virus's activity in his body, and then increased the dosage as needed. Besides him, there were a few other people who were also nearing their breaking point.
“When the drug interacts with the tumor cells, a series of symptoms will occur, such as fever, but don’t worry, this proves that the drug is effective,” Lin Wei said in advance.
Of course, when a patient actually has a high fever, physical cooling methods should be used, antipyretics should be given, and symptomatic treatment should be provided. Some patients may also complain of pain. After identifying the location of the pain and confirming that it is not an abnormal phenomenon, those who can bear it should be told to endure it, and those who cannot should be given a pain pump.
So nothing serious happened for the time being.
In the first few days, the patient was very weak after receiving the medication, almost like he was about to die, which startled the others who hadn't received the injection yet. But after the reaction subsided, the group of people instantly perked up.
"I feel like I haven't felt this comfortable in a long time, like I've had a wonderful sleep." Back then, they would stay up late working, playing on their phones, and not sleeping at all. But now, even getting a good night's sleep feels like the happiest thing in the world. It's quite a complex feeling to think about.
However, there is no doubt that Lin Wei's medicine is effective, and very effective at that.
Immediately, many people requested to try the drug, but Lin Wei saw that they could still hold on and did not immediately agree. After all, this was only the beginning. She discovered that unless the anti-cancer virus could eliminate tumor cells in one go, the tumor cells would also develop antiviral properties during the process of them killing each other. This was very bad news.
Therefore, she had to enhance the drug's effectiveness.
In the simulation room, she is now looking for ways to enhance the virus. She has two methods: one, increase the viral load; two, let the virus mutate and upgrade. She wants to see whether the tumor cells mutate and upgrade faster or she can cultivate it faster.
It was visibly that she was much busier than usual, coming and going in a hurry. After the tumor cells mutated, the two viruses and bacteria fought each other, and many of the patients began to show symptoms, such as petechiae on the skin, hoarseness, and swelling.
It was frightening to watch, but even in this situation, Lin Wei's eyes remained calm, which reassured everyone. It would have been truly disastrous if the doctor had panicked as well.
The key point is that although those people experienced numerous and frequent symptoms, they were still able to stay alive, which is the most incredible thing.
"I'm not getting treatment anymore! I'm not getting treatment anymore!" some patients cried out, unable to hold back any longer. When people are irrational, they often say things they don't mean, which makes those who haven't received their medication feel terrified.
"This drug doesn't seem very good either?" Will they really survive after the injection? It feels even more terrifying than chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
“Even if it’s scary, we have to fight. I’m already prepared to fight.” A middle-aged foreign man sighed. “Do we have any other hope now?” If they had any other choice, they wouldn’t have come all the way to the Flower Country. At least the doctors here are somewhat capable, aren’t they?
Darnell gave a wry smile. "Although I hate to admit it, what you said is true." Putting everything else aside, although Lin Wei's methods of saving people were a bit too frightening, she would really do everything in her power when she encountered a patient who was about to die, even if it meant using electric shocks.
In the two weeks since the medication was started, not a single patient has died. Although they are practically half-dead, they are still alive, aren't they? Because of this, he finally decided to continue the treatment.
Compared to her initial cautious approach, Lin Wei was a bit bolder with the medication this time. She wondered, what if the tumor cells weren't given a chance to develop antiviral activity? Could it be eliminated in one go?
Therefore, this time she injected a sufficient amount of medication into the tumor site. The experience of treating the first batch of patients had given her a deeper understanding of the tumor cells and the effects of the drug, so the procedure was more precise.
However, looking at the tumor cells escaping everywhere, just waiting to make a comeback, I couldn't help but take a deep breath.
No wonder that no one has been able to develop a drug to treat malignant tumors for so many years. It is indeed a headache, with a strong ability to escape and is cunning.
One thing is true: she can only suppress the tumor cells temporarily at present. They can't do anything to her, but she can't do anything to them either. And the patients are the battlefield.
She can only take things slowly now.
"Dr. Lin, the patient in bed 23 has a terrible headache. Should we give him a sedative?"
In the cardiology department of Xiehe Hospital in Hanshao City, Lin Wei received a call and nodded. "Okay. Patients in beds one, four, and twenty will have their medication suspended and will be switched to radiotherapy and chemotherapy. I have already sent the dosage to the attending physician. Just follow the doctor's orders."
She is very busy every day now. She not only has to travel back and forth between Peking Union Medical College Hospital and the Second Hospital, but also has to go to the biological laboratory of University A in another city to do experiments. Basically, she has no time to rest all day long.
What will happen to the neurosurgical patients if she stops? No one can guarantee that those tumor cells will not mutate later, and the speed at which they escape is really fast.
After hanging up the phone, Lin Wei looked at the medical system on the computer in front of her and continued writing her medical records. To be honest, cardiology was the least busy department she had ever worked in. There were no surgeries, and she usually just wrote medical records and watched doctors prescribe medications for patients.
Lin Wei wondered if Professor Wei had chosen such an easy department for her because he had to write her graduation thesis.
However, this made things much easier for her.
In the eyes of others, her learning ability is truly remarkable. She learned how to write medical records in just one day, could apply the doctor's prescription process to other cases, and was even very familiar with the diseases in the department, able to answer any question.
Her mentor was genuinely surprised, but there was really nothing new to teach. Otherwise, why would people say that if you want to retire, you should go to internal medicine, and if you want to advance further, you should go to surgery?
Compared to surgery, which can perform operations, internal medicine is still too useless.
However, considering that patient 25 was going to have surgery, he still asked Lin Wei to go and see how to hand over the patient. Lin Wei had no objection. She really didn't know how to hand over the patient, because that was the nurse's job. But knowing was better than not knowing.
She just didn't expect to see someone she knew during the handover.
"Dr. Lin, what are you doing here?"
Upon hearing this, she looked at the nurse with a puzzled expression.
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