"Grandma, your illness is a bit complicated. Don't talk too much yet; we'll talk when we get to the hospital."
Xiao Weiguo, fearing she would waste too much energy, stopped the old lady.
Although it was only three or four miles, Xiao Weiguo was panting and drenched in sweat when he arrived at the clinic because he had run so fast and was carrying someone on his back.
"Is anyone there? Is anyone there? Come out and answer this!"
He rushed in, shouting and yelling all the way.
A young doctor, who looked to be in his early twenties, walked out of the consultation room. He looked like he hadn't been practicing medicine for long.
"What are you shouting for? What are you shouting for? Don't you even know where you are? Bring the person in so I can take a look."
Xiao Weiguo stood still and called out to the young doctor, "This old lady has an infectious disease. Immediately isolate an infected area and then treat her."
Although hemorrhagic fever is not transmitted from person to person, it is still commonly transmitted through mosquito bites. Therefore, anyone with common sense knows that patients should be kept in isolation areas.
The young doctor frowned, reached out and touched the old woman's forehead with obvious displeasure, then looked at her eyes. He scolded Xiao Weiguo, "What infectious disease? That's utter nonsense! It's just a cold and fever. You're creating panic. Can you take responsibility for that?"
The initial symptoms of hemorrhagic fever are almost identical to those of a cold. This young doctor had never encountered a patient like this before, and in his opinion, the old lady just had a cold and fever. He thought that some medicine or an injection would make her better immediately.
"You bastard, are you even a doctor? I told you to set up an isolation ward right away, didn't you hear me?"
Xiao Weiguo was also furious. He knew this disease extremely well, and he knew that this time in his previous life was when hemorrhagic fever was breaking out, so he was absolutely certain that there was no other possibility.
"What's wrong with you, comrade? Am I the doctor or are you? Who's going to take responsibility if your elderly person's illness is delayed? If you want treatment, then get well; if not, get lost."
The young doctor was also hot-blooded and wouldn't fall for Xiao Weiguo's tricks. In this day and age, doctors are respected wherever they go.
Just as the two were arguing fiercely, the door to an office was pushed open.
An old man wearing reading glasses and a white coat walked out of the office.
"Xiao Wang, what's wrong?"
The young doctor, Xiao Wang, turned around and saw the old woman. He hurriedly and respectfully said, "Dean Zhang, this person said that the old lady has an infectious disease and insists that we set up an isolation area."
"oh?"
The old man agreed and walked hesitantly toward Xiao Weiguo.
Xiao Weiguo took the opportunity to place the old lady on a bench in the corridor.
Having run so far, even if he was young and strong, he was already close to giving up.
"Young man, tell me, what infectious disease does the old man have?"
Xiao Weiguo wiped the sweat from his face and answered very decisively, "Hemorrhagic fever."
The old man was taken aback upon hearing this, and quickly took out his stethoscope, wanting to go forward and examine the old woman.
"No need to check anymore, I've already asked. It's a typical case of hemorrhagic fever. If you don't believe me, look at the tip of her tongue and under her armpits. Aren't there petechiae already?"
The old doctor did as instructed, asked the old lady to open her mouth, examined the tip of her tongue, and then asked her to roll up her sleeves so he could examine her armpits.
As Xiao Weiguo had expected, small red spots appeared in both areas, which were the early bleeding points of hemorrhagic fever.
"Quickly, quickly set up a ward for the elderly person to stay in."
The old doctor put away his stethoscope and, with a tense expression, gave instructions to the young man named Xiao Wang.
"Huh? It really is an infectious disease?"
The young doctor was still a little skeptical. How could an ordinary person be so certain about such an uncommon pathology?
As he spoke, he quickly called two nurses, who cleared out a ward and helped the old lady inside.
The doctor followed her in, wrote a prescription for the nurse to get the medicine, and soon started an IV drip for the old lady.
Seeing how professional the doctor was, Xiao Weiguo felt a little relieved.
Once everything was arranged, the senior doctor approached Xiao Weiguo.
"Young man, what is your relationship to the old lady?"
Xiao Weiguo shook his head.
“I don’t know her. I just saw the old lady sitting alone by the roadside. After asking her, I suspected she had hemorrhagic fever, so I brought her here.”
The old man nodded and looked at Xiao Weiguo with great appreciation.
"My name is Zhang Tongsheng, and I am the director of our township health center. Thank you for your courageous act. If it is convenient, please pay the elderly woman's hospital fees. We will have her family reimburse you after we contact her family. This is the rule, please understand."
Xiao Weiguo had a few hundred yuan with him when he left home in the morning. He didn't say anything, got up and went to the inpatient department to pay a hundred yuan for hospitalization.
In this day and age, there's no such thing as defaulting on a debt, and he's not afraid that people won't pay him back for this small amount of money.
He then went to the dean's office and found Zhang Tongsheng.
"Dean Zhang, my bicycle is still on the road with a lot of cargo on it. I can't stay here for too long. Please take good care of the old lady and contact her family as soon as possible. She's so old, she can't go on without someone to take care of her."
"good!"
Zhang Tongsheng handed over a piece of paper and a pen.
"Please write down her name and home address so we can return the money to you once we contact her family."
Xiao Weiguo took it, wrote his name and address on it, and placed it on the table.
Before leaving, he said to Zhang Tongsheng, "Dean Zhang, I can tell you are a very experienced and good doctor, but I still have a few words to say. Please don't take offense."
Zhang Tongsheng carefully put away Xiao Weiguo's address, looked up at him, and said with a smile, "Please go ahead."
Xiao Weiguo lowered his head to gather his thoughts and slowly said, "Dr. Zhang, hemorrhagic fever is not a minor illness. Early symptoms are not obvious and it is very easy to misdiagnose. Please be more aware of this. Based on my judgment, due to the bumper harvests in recent years, farmers have stored too much grain at home, which is very conducive to the survival of rats. Therefore, the possibility of a large-scale outbreak of hemorrhagic fever is extremely high."
"Furthermore, this disease is not limited to our township; it could potentially break out across the entire county, city, or even province. Therefore, I hope Dean Zhang will check as soon as possible whether there are any other patients with similar symptoms in our hospital and report the outbreak to higher authorities promptly. If my assistance is needed, I will do my best to help. To be honest, Dean Zhang, my parents died of this disease years ago, so I have done professional research on it and am quite knowledgeable about it. I don't want any more families to follow in my footsteps."
After hearing his words, Zhang Tongsheng had to look at him with new respect.
This young man is really good. He is not only a brave and righteous young man, but also so compassionate. This made the old dean instantly like him.
"Okay, we'll contact you if needed, young man, thank you!"
Zhang Tongsheng sincerely expressed his gratitude to Xiao Weiguo.
Xiao Weiguo nodded and walked out of the clinic with a heavy heart.
A major epidemic that will sweep across northern Shandong is about to arrive!
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