1986: Old Stories in Northeast China

"President Ma, should we report to the higher authorities and handle suspected cases? And I feel that it is basically gone. Now should be the transition period between the second and third phases."

Chen Tiezhu came to Ma Guoming and reminded him in a low voice.

"Hey..., I am a little worried about how to arrange the isolation of so many people." Ma Guoming said with a wry smile.

"Leader, I still need to communicate with the county health bureau and the municipal health bureau. Director Liu, Consultant Chen, you guys control the situation on the scene."

"Don't worry, leave this to us. County Magistrate Gao is here, there is nothing to be afraid of." Chen Tiezhu said seriously.

"Nonsense, I am also a soldier now, I will do it if you ask me to." Gao Xiaoguang said helplessly.

"You are not obedient, I told you to stay downstairs, but you ran up." Chen Tiezhu rolled his eyes at him.

"Contact the comrades outside and buy more goggles for our medical staff. Then notify the county guesthouse to clear some rooms for isolation."

"By the way, there is also the machinery factory. Anyway, it is in a semi-shutdown state now, so there should still be rooms, right? Divert some more people there."

"Okay, leave it to me." Gao Xiaoguang said hurriedly.

The other comrades in the county hospital were all dumbfounded. What was he doing? Although the current situation is special, he ordered the leaders around like this?

"Don't leave in a hurry, talk to everyone." Chen Tiezhu stopped him.

"That's fine." Gao Xiaoguang nodded as he was about to go to the office to make a phone call.

"Comrades, I know you are all very nervous. In fact, even I am very nervous. But nervousness cannot solve the problem. The medical staff of our county hospital can solve the problem."

"I only have one request. I hope everyone can cooperate with the work arrangements of the county hospital and fight this battle together. We are not afraid now. We have doctors from the provincial hospital, and they are very experienced."

"We have survived such difficult days in the early years. What are we afraid of a small infectious disease? Since we have discovered it, we must eliminate it."

"Let's hold on and not succumb to the disease. What can it do? I believe that comrades can win this battle with me. Okay?"

"Okay, what's wrong with it? The county magistrate is not afraid of it, so why should I be afraid of it?"

"That's right, we will do whatever you say."

"What about going to the toilet? You can eat in the house, but you can't go to the toilet in the house."

"I will be discharged from the hospital tomorrow, but my family doesn't know yet."

...

With Gao Xiaoguang here, the effect is really extraordinary. Everyone's mood has stabilized, but many questions have been raised.

"Comrades, let me say a few more words." Chen Tiezhu shouted.

"Going to the toilet is not a problem. We will thoroughly disinfect the toilet. Then, we will line up and go, and disinfect it once we go."

"Although this is a bit cumbersome, we can kill the transmission route as much as possible and protect everyone's safety. Disease is like a spring. If you are weak, it will be strong. If we are strong, we are afraid of it."

"If there is a need to convey news to the outside world later, we will also line up. We will definitely understand the situation. When everyone is discharged from the hospital in the future, we dare not say that we will beat gongs and drums, but will definitely send them home by car."

He had no other way. What he could do now was to calm everyone's nervous emotions.

In fact, it is not just these patients and their families who are nervous, even the medical staff in the hospital are very nervous.

In fact, it is because the infectious disease of hemorrhagic fever is highly contagious and has a high mortality rate. It has also broken out on a large scale in China.

"Tiezhu, the guesthouse and the machinery factory have been notified, and they are making arrangements now." Gao Xiaoguang came back after finishing the call.

"I still have to scold you, why can't you stay downstairs honestly." Chen Tiezhu said helplessly.

"The comrades downstairs are also very nervous. Deputy Minister Ma and Comrade Xiuying and I have also done a lot of work." Gao Xiaoguang said.

"I think your internal medicine department must be more serious. Anyway, it's like this, I will stay and hold the position with my comrades."

"If I can't set an example and become a deserter, how can we fight this battle? Give me the truth, is this infectious disease very serious?"

Chen Tiezhu nodded, "In fact, you can hear the name, this thing is accompanied by symptoms of bleeding and fever. At the same time, it will increase the burden on the liver and kidneys, especially the kidneys."

"And there is no specific medicine for this disease, it can only be symptomatic treatment. It is a severe test for our medical staff, because it requires close contact.Observe the vital signs of all comrades. "

"Is this, as the document says, transmitted by rats? And once it spreads, it spreads to a large area?" Gao Xiaoguang continued.

"The first patient got the disease, which was basically transmitted by rats. The saliva, feces, and urine of rats are the main sources of infection."

"So we must also do a good job of disinfection in our toilets, which need special attention. But this disease is not as evil as imagined. If we do a good job of protection and personal hygiene, we will not be infected."

"In fact, one of the main reasons for the large-scale spread of this disease is also here. People don't care much about personal hygiene, so it is easy to cause fecal-oral transmission."

"Let's just say that we pay attention to it at ordinary times. Washing hands before and after meals can block the spread of many infectious diseases. This time it's not a big deal. What I am most worried about is our medical staff."

"Not only is the work heavy, but the work pressure is also high. The incubation period of this disease is two to three weeks, so we have to be prepared for long-term response. "

"That means the quarantine will last for 21 days?" Gao Xiaoguang asked with a frown.

"Yes, so I'll have to clean up your room later, and you can work by phone." Chen Tiezhu said.

"Director Xu, you can observe here for three or four days, and then go back to the provincial capital. Your work there is also lined up, and you are professionals, so there will be no problem."

"Let's see the situation and see if the scale of the outbreak is large." Director Xu said.

"In fact, we are still lucky. If it had happened in the summer, it would have really exploded. "Chen Tiezhu sighed.

Director Xu nodded, it was true.

In summer, there are a lot of fruits and vegetables, and northerners like to eat pickled vegetables, which makes it easier to spread.

He admired Chen Tiezhu in his heart because Chen Tiezhu had been calm from the time he received the news until now.

Even he was a little panicked in his heart.

How could he know that for Chen Tiezhu, hemorrhagic fever was really a small scene, he had experienced bigger scenes, this was really nothing.