To everyone's surprise, the road leading to the clinic was impassable.
The streets were filled with patients suffering from headaches and vomiting, some of whom were fainting at any moment, or with family members helping patients to seek medical attention.
The clinic's doors were tightly shut, and the wooden doors were being pounded on loudly, showing signs of cracking at any moment.
Normally at this time, although the clinic is closed, in case of an emergency, the staff will move the door open and wake the doctor who is sitting down...
But that night, none of the clinics were open. The staff shouted through the doors, "Go home! There are no doctors on duty tonight; even the doctors themselves are sick."
"Get out of here! Everyone disperse! Knocking won't do any good, no one can see anything!"
The patients and their families outside the door started crying and shouting.
"No! My son is vomiting so badly he's unconscious, and his fever hasn't gone down. Please, have mercy and save my child!"
"Please, please save my mother! She's delirious with fever; any later and she'll be beyond saving!"
"Please, have some mercy and bring the fever down first, okay?!"
"Open the door! Open the door! Whether I can be cured or not, please take a look first!"
......
The voices of the men inside were drowned out by their crying and shouting.
Xue Lin looked at the chaotic scene before him, then looked up at the sky. The night was dark, as if the world had changed color in an instant.
Xue Lin asked the county magistrate to find a way to get him into the clinic.
The county magistrate was quite skilled; he led Xue Linfei into the clinic, where the registrar waited outside.
The clinic clerk recognized Xue Lin and the county magistrate, and ordered the rest of the men to block the door while he came to report.
When Xue Lin inquired about the situation, the waiter said that starting in the afternoon, the doctors who had been treated began to collapse one after another, experiencing fever, vomiting, chills, and other symptoms...
Consistent with the patient.
The doctors collapsed, but long lines of patients still came to see them. None of the doctors on duty backed down, taking turns to see patients...
As a result, all the doctors who were on duty at the clinic collapsed and are now lying at home unconscious.
The staff member explained that it wasn't that they didn't want to treat patients, but that they were simply unable to take on the cases.
If any of his fellow workers could be of help, they would never back down. Unfortunately, apart from helping to prepare and process medicines, they had no experience in treating patients.
He specifically explained that before the doctor collapsed, he specifically instructed that he would not let the person in again, so that the medicine stored in the warehouse would not come into contact with the patient.
The medicinal herbs in the medicine cabinets and drawers outside have been "contaminated" by the constant flow of people.
Upon hearing this, Xue Lin felt a chill run down his spine.
Since the doctor instructed that the medicinal materials be preserved, he must have already reached a basic conclusion that it is an infectious disease.
Even if it wasn't a plague, it was some other terrible infectious disease.
Before the doctor could send a message to Xue Lin, he collapsed.
Xue Lin then had the county magistrate take him to several other clinics, and they all had the same situation.
In the vast city of Yongning, with a population of over a million, all the doctors on duty collapsed, leaving no one to treat the patients.
Without pausing for time, Xue Lin personally took charge, ordering the registrar to lead the yamen runners in reporting the epidemic situation to the prefectural government immediately.
Xue Lin instructed the county constable to tell the village head to count the number of sick people in each household.
At the same time, people were sent to notify charitable institutions, schools, and temples to prepare to receive the patients.
At this point, Xue Lin paused, unable to hide his grief and indignation.
He continued, saying that the charitable institutions, schools, and temples were ready to take over. The charitable institutions and schools would be looked after by yamen runners, teachers, and their families, while the temples would be cared for by monks.
The city responded quickly; those who were sick had their children take their place, and a total of 20,000 patients were identified.
"Charitable institutions, schools, and temples simply cannot accommodate them..."
Xue Lin's voice choked with emotion, "Even after we've vacated the county government office and post stations, it still isn't enough..."
"Just when I was at my wit's end, the registrar returned, looking furious, saying that he had been stopped before he was even halfway there."
The clerk explained the pros and cons, but the soldiers blocking the road remained unmoved.
The yamen runners almost got into a fight with the other party. The registrar begged the other party to deliver the magistrate's personal letter to the prefect, but the other party refused outright.
The soldiers kept a certain distance from them and didn't even touch the letters, which aroused the clerk's suspicion that they might know something.
The registrar was so anxious that his eyes turned red, and he wished he could kneel down before them, but they ignored him completely.
On the way back, the registrar cried all the way, saying they were treating human life like dirt...
Upon hearing this, Xue Lin's eyes flashed with a cold light.
As the registrar stated, the other party not only didn't care about their lives, Xue Lin even suspected that they were deliberately raising poisonous insects, watching the people of Yongning descend into chaos...
Xue Lin added that once the registrar returned, he and the county magistrate would immediately disperse the crowd.
The city gates were immediately closed, and those with acute illnesses or serious conditions were first sent to charitable institutions, schools, temples, government offices, post stations, and other similar locations for centralized treatment...
The doctors have fallen ill, and there's nothing else they can do but take care of these people's food and drink, hoping to reduce the spread to their families and friends.
On the other hand, Xue Lin personally wrote letters to neighboring counties, reminding them of the situation there. Although he did not use the exact word "plague," he described the symptoms, the number of people infected, and other details.
We urge other counties to promptly carry out prevention and investigation measures. In addition, we earnestly request that the relevant counties dispatch doctors and staff to assist Yongning.
"The letter was sent out, but as soon as the magistrate saw it, he immediately sent away the yamen runners who came to see him off as if they were plague carriers..."
There was no reply.
Xue Lin's shoulders trembled, and he burst into tears.
"Don't be afraid, there's always a way. Let's think of a solution together!"
Ning Xi'er spoke to Xue Lin with a firm voice.
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