Chapter 225 Saving Lives is Important
The officer agreed immediately.
There is no way. Seeing this scene is too miserable.
People are all made of flesh and blood, so they didn't even bother going back to report to the chief clerk. In the whole town, the largest open space is the small square next to the yamen, which can accommodate hundreds or even thousands of people.
There are more than 3,000 residents in Shili Town, but no one knows how many people have been poisoned. Judging from the situation, it is not even half, and it is not much better.
How could a small clinic accommodate all of this?
"Okay, let's split into two groups. One group will go back immediately to clean up the site, and the other group will go and transport the sick person."
Wang Laowu added, "It would be best to send someone to the county as quickly as possible, or invite more doctors from the neighboring town. This situation is quite serious, and one or two doctors definitely can't treat it."
"That's right! Good!" The official also agreed.
That’s settled.
Each one acts separately.
Wang Laowu returned to the clinic and shouted, "Everyone, listen to me, there are more and more poisoned patients, and we can't accommodate them here. Too many people will easily cause trouble. From now on, the official has ordered all poisoned people to be transferred to the small square at the gate of the government office for centralized treatment. The official has already rushed to the neighboring towns and the county town for help. He will bring back many doctors soon to treat everyone. If they are all crowded here, Doctor Jiang will be too busy to handle it alone. Everyone, please cooperate..."
One patient said weakly, "We want to see Doctor Jiang. Doctor Jiang is a miracle doctor who can bring people back to life. We want her to see us..."
"Yes, yes, yes..."
Wang Laowu explained, "Doctor Jiang will also go to the small square at the entrance of the yamen to treat patients. It's spacious there, with everyone in a place, and everything is in order. If you crowd in here and can't move around, you won't be able to treat them at all. Centralized treatment is better than being crowded here where you can't even walk into the clinic. Please trust the government, trust the yamen, and they will definitely cure everyone."
Some people cried, "We trusted the government, but what happened? They gave us poisoned rice to eat, and now our lives are in danger."
The others were also crying miserably.
"That's right! Why did you give us poisoned rice? We were already starving to death. If we eat this, we'll be dead..."
"That rice looked sick to my eyes, and I heard someone shouting 'poison rice,' but I was so hungry. If I had known, I wouldn't have eaten it."
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Wang Laowu said solemnly, "Everyone, there must be something wrong with the government's poisoned rice this time. It was an accidental phenomenon. Once the government investigates the truth, they will definitely give us an explanation. We are all citizens of Da'an State, the foundation of the country. It is impossible for them to deliberately give us poisoned rice. This will definitely be investigated in the future. Now, the most urgent thing is to ask everyone to cooperate with the best treatment plan. Everyone wants to live. Let's keep them alive first, and then we can discuss other things. Is this all right with you?"
At this time, Jiang Lianzhu also heard Wang Laowu's words in the noisy clinic.
She can't get out, and Wang Laowu can't get in.
Jiang Lianzhu coordinated with Wang Laowu and shouted, "Everyone, be quiet for a moment. Listen to my husband's words. The whole family should evacuate to the entrance of the Yamen Square. The clinic is too small to accommodate everyone. The crowding will delay the best time to treat the disease. Going to an open area can also prevent cross-infection. Everyone, bring your own buckets and bedding, and go to the square to line up and find a seat. We will bring our medicine buckets and boxes and go over there to treat the disease... This place is closed, hurry up!"
The couple's concerted efforts made everyone feel a little relieved.
In addition, the official was standing nearby, also lobbying, "First come, first served in line, get a front seat. What are you waiting for? Just do as Doctor Jiang says."
At this time, the people who were blocking the entrance of Jiang's Medical Clinic suddenly stood up and moved towards the square.
Those with mild symptoms run faster.
Those holding children also ran fast, and some patients' families ran there in advance to reserve seats.
The entrance to Jiang's Medical Clinic was finally empty.
The place was in a mess and Jiang Lianzhu had no time to care about it. She asked Wang Laowu to help carry the medicine box, medicine barrel and other tools, and hurried to the square.
Saving lives is important.
The officials held loud speakers and shouted from house to house, telling everyone not to eat rice because it was poisonous. Those who were poisoned should hurry to the small square at the gate of the yamen where Doctor Jiang was treating patients.
The whole town was destined to go through a sleepless night.
All the patients from the Shili Medical Clinic behind were also transferred to the small square at the entrance of the yamen.
Jiang Lianzhu had the poisonous rice brought to her. She analyzed the toxicity of the rice and found that it was definitely not caused by being exposed to rain in a short period of time. It was moldy rice that had been there for several years, and the mold on the rice must have been produced again after being rinsed by someone else.
The things that are being rinsed are poisonous in themselves. If they are not poisonous, they cannot be rinsed clean.
Feeding this rice to chickens can kill them directly...
What kind of black-hearted food is this!
Jiang Lianzhu and Doctor Tong scolded the person who delivered the rice.
They continued to treat the poisoned people. The entire square was lined with people in an orderly manner. By midnight, it was almost full of people. Looking at the number, there were at least several hundred people, if not a thousand. It was quite spectacular.
Doctors invited from neighboring towns also came to help.
About ten people were invited, and after they arrived, the pressure on Dr. Jiang Lianzhu and Tong was greatly relieved.
Jiang Lianzhu was only responsible for dispensing medicines, and other operational aspects were handled by other doctors. The first aid kit medicines that she had accumulated for so long, including emetic, disinfectant and anti-inflammatory medicines, were all used up.
First, the emetic medicine.
The next step was to detoxify. Doctor Tong also took out a lot of herbs, but it was not enough, so he urgently made a list and asked the officials to buy them from other places quickly.
Jiang Lianzhu ground some anti-inflammatory and detoxifying Western medicines into powder, dissolved them into soup, mixed them with some non-conflicting Chinese medicines, and gave them to the patient to drink.
More people fell ill in the second half of the night. Many of them knew that eating the poisoned rice would cause poisoning, but they couldn't resist their hunger and secretly cooked and ate it.
Finally, out of desperation, the officials asked people to hand over the poisonous rice for centralized processing. If there were any families who refused to hand it over, they would first declare that they had become sick from the poisoning, and there would be no one to treat them, so they were left to die.
This is how the poisoned rice was recovered.
By daybreak, there were basically no new poisoned patients being sent in.
Jiang Lianzhu and the others were busy all night.
By daybreak, everyone was exhausted, but at least the poison was under control and there were no more screams like before.
The patients were all sleeping in the square.
The officers directed the family members who were not poisoned to clean up the filth at the scene.
Jiang Lianzhu was so busy that she looked haggard and didn't even have time to drink a sip of water. Wang Laowu was the same. He was running around, delivering things here, maintaining order there, doing a lot of dirty, tiring, physical and troublesome work, and he didn't shirk any of it.
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