Chapter 179 Yu Wenzhu contracted the plague
Shu Wan distributed the masks that Li gave her to everyone and immediately taught them how to make masks.
These women usually have to do needlework at home every few days, so doing it now is not a problem at all. Shu Wan only needs to teach them once or twice and they can do it all.
And everyone worked very quickly. Shu Wan and all of them stayed up all night and produced tens of thousands of qualified masks.
Then follow Shu Wan's instructions and disinfect it before using it.
After disinfection, it was put into use without delay.
The supply is limited now, so it can only be used by people who have contact with patients first.
After not sleeping all night, Shu Wan felt a little sluggish by the next afternoon and was extremely sleepy.
Rong Chen advised her to go to sleep first, but Shu Wan refused. Although she was sleepy, she couldn't fall asleep even when she lay down on the bed.
At night, Rong Chen found a new group of women and asked them to continue working. The group led by Shu Wan went back to rest first.
They were divided into two groups, one working during the day and the other working at night.
Seeing that these women were also yawning, Shu Wan agreed.
After all, their bodies are not made of iron. If they continue like this, what if they get sick?
"How is it going? Have you found a place to accommodate the patients?" Shu Wan sat in the house making masks all day today and did not go out, so he didn't know the situation on Rong Chen's side.
"Well, everything has been arranged. There are several vacant houses in the county. I have rented them all today and accommodated the victims in them!" Rong Chen took Feng Ling out for a day and had already settled all these things.
"That's good!" Shu Wan didn't expect that he could accommodate thousands of patients within a day. He was really fast. "How many doctors are there now?" Shu Wan asked again.
"One hundred and eighty-seven people!" Rong Chen has already counted today, "I have asked Feng Ling to gather all the doctors in Songyang County and invite them all here!" He was also somewhat shocked when he saw the scene today. There were densely packed patients in front of him, and there were simply not enough doctors.
"Only so few?" Shu Wan was surprised. "Currently, there are more than 4,800 people infected with the plague, but we only have 187 doctors. That means each of them is responsible for about 30 patients on average. How can they possibly handle it?" Shu Wan knew how tricky the situation was without even thinking about it.
"Moreover, these are only the major cases discovered so far. In the coming days, there will definitely be more people who have not been discovered before, or who have not yet shown symptoms after being infected!"
"What should we do? The doctor can't get tired!"
"Rong Chen, are these doctors only responsible for treating patients nowadays, or do they do other miscellaneous tasks as well?"
"Now no one dares to approach those infected patients, so the doctors are the ones who do the whole process!" Rong Chen told Shu Wan the real situation now.
"No, this is absolutely not possible!" Shu Wan shook his head after hearing this. "These doctors are already tired enough from treating patients and saving lives. Other miscellaneous tasks must be done by other people!"
"The patients need to be watched over 24 hours a day, and there are so few people, how can we possibly keep up with them?"
"Rong Chen, you still have to find some people to come back tomorrow. It doesn't have to be a doctor, as long as they can do the work!"
“Whether the wages are triple or quintuple, we must find enough nurses to allow doctors to get enough rest!”
In fact, Rong Chen had discussed the issues that Shu Wan mentioned with Feng Ling today, and Shu Wan's ideas coincided with his.
"Okay, I'll go find someone tomorrow!" Rong Chen nodded and agreed, "Wanwan, don't think too much about it. It's okay. The rescue doctor will arrive in Songyang County the day after tomorrow at the latest. I've asked Feng Ling to find other doctors in Songyang County!"
"Well, I'm just worried. The current situation is just the beginning!" Shu Wan is actually most worried about this matter. "This is such a highly contagious virus, and it took so long to be discovered. I'm afraid that the number of confirmed cases will increase exponentially..."
"Don't think too much about it, it will pass!" Rong Chen comforted Shu Wan, "Wan Wan, go to sleep for a while. You haven't slept for two days and one night. If you continue like this, your body will not be able to bear it."
"I'm fine!" Shu Wan shook her head. "I did feel very sleepy before, but now I can't fall asleep even after closing my eyes."
"You just love to daydream!" Rong Chen reached out and scratched Shu Wan's nose.
Shu Wan's body stiffened for a moment.
"By the way, when you are out there, you will inevitably come into contact with patients, so you must wear a mask!" Shu Wan turned his head slightly and reminded.
"Yes, I will."
"Then I'm going to sleep. You should go back and have some rest too!" Shu Wan ordered them to leave.
"Okay, good, have a good rest Wanwan!" Rong Chen didn't stay any longer, and got up to leave.
Shu Wan didn't say anything else and closed his eyes, trying to fall asleep.
After a while, she fell asleep in a daze.
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Shu Wan's prediction was correct. The next day, the number of people infected increased to 1,100, and 21 people died.
Everyone was busy as a top.
Seeing this situation, some doctors couldn't help but back off. They were afraid that if they accidentally got sick, they would die, and they didn't want to die.
Besides, they didn't even have time to close their eyes! It was only after Rong Chen persuaded them and repeatedly assured them that other doctors would arrive in two days at most that they finally reluctantly stayed.
At the same time, Fengling found nearly a hundred doctors and hired more than four hundred nurses at high prices to take care of the patients and do some preparatory and finishing work.
On the third day, the number of confirmed cases of the disease increased by 1,400, and 15 people died. That evening, the first batch of doctors sent by Yu Jianning from the main city arrived, totaling 372 people.
Although it cannot greatly alleviate the current situation, it can share a lot of their current pressure.
Also delivered were 200,000 masks that were made by Li and Zhao and hundreds of people working overtime.
Once Yu Jianning has gathered all the other doctors, they will be sent over as soon as possible.
The food will arrive later, probably the next day.
In this way, Shu Wan and Rong Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Doctors from other places also arrived in Songyang County one after another. Although the doctors had already passed the thousand mark, the number of infected people had exceeded 20,000, and the burden on everyone was not much lighter.
The number of masks has been temporarily supplied, so Shu Wan will start making protective clothing.
At the same time, after joint diagnosis and discussion by countless senior doctors, it was found that if a person accidentally contracted the plague, it would take about ten days for him to become ill.
Only five days have passed now, which means that there is still at least half a month left, and the number of people who have had contact with patients but have not yet developed symptoms will be the largest.
As expected, the number of confirmed cases began to increase exponentially.
The number of new cases the day before was 2,000, the next day was 2,000, and the third day was almost 4,000...
In just half a month, the total number of people diagnosed with the disease in Songyang County reached 110,000! This is one-third of the population of Songyang County!
More than 9,000 people died!
And those who are cured are just over a thousand.
Cases also appeared in other counties to varying degrees. Fortunately, they were discovered early, so every county magistrate began to seal off villages and roads to minimize unnecessary gatherings of people to prevent more people from being infected. For a time, the entire Blackwater City fell into panic, and dark clouds hung over everyone's head.
Even though countless doctors and volunteer nurses were transferred from other counties, the number was still far from enough.
Once you put on protective clothing and start working, you may not even have a drop of water for the whole day.
Shu Wan couldn't bear it any longer, so she joined the nursing team a week ago despite Rong Chen's objection.
Only after seeing it with her own eyes did she understand what a real hell on earth was like. There were corpses everywhere. She watched countless patients being sent in every day, and corpses being sent out one after another.
Those are all living beings. Anyone who sees them will be moved.
There were a few little girls who couldn't bear it psychologically. When they saw the person they were taking care of in the morning being dragged out like a corpse in the afternoon, they immediately squatted on the ground and cried bitterly.
Shu Wan leaned against a pillar, and her eyes became red unconsciously.
This feeling, really, cannot be described.
"Shu Wan!" She heard someone calling her from behind, and Shu Wan put away her emotions and turned around.
"What's wrong?" The one who came to see her was none other than Yu Wenzhu.
After Yuwenzhu came to Songyang County, seeing how serious the situation was, he followed Shu Wan to become a volunteer caregiver, doing odd jobs here day and night.
In her words, she has no medical skills and cannot help much. She just can't concentrate on making masks and protective clothing, so she has to be with Shu Wan no matter what.
Shu Wan followed her and brought her here.
"Come over and give me a hand, there are a few more patients here!" She waved to the tree frog quickly.
"Coming!" Upon hearing that, Shu Wan raised his foot and ran towards her.
Because they were in close contact with the patients, they all took protective measures from head to toe, and it was impossible to tell who was who.
So, after putting on protective clothing, they wrote each other's names in bold capitals on each other's clothes with a brush to identify who is who in case they can't find someone when they are looking for them.
Shu Wan, Yu Wenzhu and others worked together to get the patient to the bed.
And the patients on these beds had just died and been sent away two hours ago!
Yu Wenzhu's hands and feet became more and more dexterous. She quickly changed the bed sheets and quilt covers, then asked them what their names were and wrote their names on the headboard to avoid forgetting who was who when she got busy!
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They were busy like this for another two or three days. One night, when Shu Wan and Yu Wenzhu were on their way back, Yu Wenzhu suddenly coughed a few times.
The two of them looked very different. At this time, in this environment, they couldn't help but think too much about a few minor coughs. They were really scared! "Yuwen Zhu!" Shu Wan shouted anxiously, his eyes full of worry.
"It's okay!" Yu Wenzhu was also panicking. She was afraid that she was really infected, but she unconsciously held on to a glimmer of hope, thinking that she had just coughed a few times in a very normal way and it was not what she thought. Rather than comforting Shu Wan, it would be more accurate to say that she was comforting herself.
"Let's go back and check his pulse!" Shu Wan was still worried. They couldn't afford to take the risk, and they must not be careless if there was any sign.
"Okay!" Yuwen Zhu nodded in agreement and prayed secretly in his heart, hoping that he would not fall into the trap.
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After returning, Shu Wan immediately called a doctor to take Yu Wenzhu's pulse!
Unfortunately, Yuwenzhu was actually infected! She was heartbroken and sorry to see so many patients every day. She only hoped that the disease would be defeated soon and all the patients would recover.
But when it was her turn to be infected with the plague, she had a completely different mood.
Fear and despair enveloped her tightly, suffocating her.
It was that feeling that the whole world collapsed in an instant.
Will she die, or can she be saved?
She thought she was going to die. At that moment, she even imagined herself lying on the hospital bed, struggling in pain and waiting to die.
Also, after she died, she wanted to be buried back in Chiyan, but her body definitely couldn't be transported back like that. It would definitely be burned in a fire like the people who had died before, and finally turned into a handful of ashes.
I don't know if someone will send her ashes back to Chi Yan for burial, or bury her on the spot and make her one of the dead! "I told you to be prepared!" Shu Wan didn't know what to say. In this case, the cure rate is much lower than the mortality rate, and Yu Wenzhu has been diagnosed. How can she not worry?
"It's okay, don't worry!" Yu Wenzhu forced a smile, "Life and death are determined by fate. I believe I can be cured."
"It's just that I have to start quarantine treatment, so I can't accompany you to volunteer. You better be careful and don't forget your protective clothing when you're busy!" She didn't forget to remind Shu Wan.
"Take a rest!" Shu Wan really couldn't say anything sentimental to her, so he just said this and turned around and walked out quickly.
Yu Wenzhu then lowered her head, and her eyes slowly turned red.
She is afraid of death!
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Another group of doctors were sent in, some with daughters in need.
At that time, most of the people who studied medicine were men, and there were very few women studying medicine. But even that small number almost all came to Songyang County.
Among them, there is actually a warm figure.
Shu Wan had only met her once, but he still had a good impression of this girl. Cai Jingshu had introduced her to her at the City Lord's Mansion. She was as gentle and quiet as her name suggested.
I really didn't expect that she would appear on the list of aid this time.
When Wen Nuan arrived here, the first thing she did was to see Shu Wan.
(End of this chapter)
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