Red Moscow

"Misha, Commissar Dmitry was fine at noon. He even told us that he planned to go back to the army tomorrow." Assia said anxiously, "Who knows that two hours have passed. He suddenly had difficulty breathing, his skin turned yellow, and he fell into a deep coma soon."

"What does Dmitry look like, you don't need to tell me, I have eyes myself." Sokov didn't wait for Asiya to finish, and interrupted her impatiently: "I just want to know, he Why did he suddenly fall into a deep coma, and why did he appear scorched all over?"

Sokov's series of questions left Assia speechless. It was the first time she heard Sokov speak to herself in such a harsh tone, her heart was full of grievances, and tears flowed down her cheeks.

Sidolin at the side saw that Assia was crying, so he hurriedly stepped forward and gently tugged at the corner of Sokov's clothes, signaling him to pay attention to his tone and not to make Assia sad.

As soon as Sidolin pulled the corner of his clothes, Sokov realized that there was something wrong with the tone of his words just now. He quickly grabbed Assia's hand and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Assia, I'm also worried about Dmitry. The safety of the political commissar is the cause of some gaffes, so please don’t blame me. Tell me, what did Military Doctor Pavlov say after seeing Commissar Dmitry?”

"Poisoned. After the examination by the military doctor Pavlov, he felt that Commissar Dmitry was poisoned." Assia replied, "He is now in his office, questioning the last person who came into contact with Commissar Dmitri to find out. What the hell happened."

Knowing that Pavlov was interrogating the relevant personnel, Sokov couldn't stay still. He turned to Sidolin and the others and said, "Let's go to the military doctor Pavlov and find out what's going on?"

Under the guidance of Asiya, Sokov and his party came outside Pavlov's office. Before entering the door, Sokov heard a voice from inside: "...Be honest, what happened to the poisoning of Commissar Dmitri? If you tell the truth, when the higher-ups track it down, I can still help you Forgive me. Otherwise..."

Hearing that the person speaking inside was Pavlov, Sokov opened the curtain and walked in. Pavlov, who was lecturing his subordinates, saw someone broke in from the outside and was about to explode, but found that it was Sokov, Sidolin and others who came, and quickly got up from their seats and walked around the office. The table greeted him: "Master, Chief of Staff, why are you here?"

Sokov glanced into the room and found two hygienists, a man and a woman, standing in a corner of the room in horror. He didn't speak, but walked directly to Pavlov's seat and sat down, looked up at the two health workers and said, "It seems that you are the last to see Commissar Pavlov. Tell me, what happened?" What's the matter?"

"Comrade Commander," Sokov just finished speaking, the male health worker shouted: "I went to rounds half an hour ago and found Commissar Dmitry lying motionless on the bed. The whole person has passed out, so he immediately notified Pavlov military doctor..."

After the male hygienist finished talking about his contact with Dmitry, Sokov turned his attention to the female hygienist next to him: "Comrade female hygienist, it's your turn now, when did you last see Demetrius?" Commissar Mitri?"

"At noon, Commissar Dmitry told me that he wanted to return to the army tomorrow. Since his injuries hadn't healed, I asked the military doctor to prescribe some sulfonamide for him." The female health worker said tremblingly : "After I gave him the medicine, he asked me to pour him a glass of water, saying it was for taking the medicine."

After hearing the explanation from the male and female hygienists, Ivanov frowned and said, "According to your statement, Commissar Dmitry was not poisoned by others, but was poisoned by himself inexplicably?"

"That's right, Comrade Deputy Commander." The two hygienists nodded vigorously, and said in an affirmative tone: "What we are telling is the truth, and the facts are indeed like this."

"Comrade hygienist," interrupted Sidolin, "where are the medicines you gave Commissar Dmitri?"

"I don't know." The female health worker shook her head and replied, "It was discovered that Commissar Dmitry was poisoned. I searched carefully for the pills given to him. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any of them."

"What, I didn't find any of them?" Ivanov couldn't help but sneered when he heard this, "Did he eat all the pills?"

"Probably not." The female health worker said in an uncertain tone: "The military doctor prescribed him a five-day dose, three times a day, two pills at a time. He couldn't take all thirty pills at once. "

Pavlov, who was standing aside, saw Ivanov cast a questioning look at him, and nodded slightly, indicating that what the female hygienist said was the truth.

The speaker has no intention but the listener is interested. Ivanov originally said this casually, but Sokov thought of a roommate he had when he was studying. The roommate had a bad cold, and because he was allergic to penicillin, the school doctor prescribed a three-day dose of sulfa. But the roommate wanted to get well soon, so he ate all the sulfonamides in one go. After eating it for a long time, he passed out and his skin became brown and brown. Later, he was sent to the hospital for an examination. It was because of overdose of anti-inflammatory drugs, which led to liver failure. After some rescue, he stayed in the hospital for another half a month before being discharged. Is this also the case for a non-Dmitri political commissar?

Thinking of this, Sokov turned his attention to Pavlov: "Comrade military doctor, I want to ask you, if a person takes an overdose of sulfa, what side effects will occur?"

"If the wounded take an overdose of sulfa, they will feel extremely thirsty and will drink water continuously..." Pavlov had just mentioned the side effects of overdose of sulfa, and suddenly guessed what Sokov wanted to say, and tentatively Question: "Comrade Commander, you don't think Commissar Dmitry's symptoms are caused by an overdose of sulfonamide?"

"It's possible."

"Sulfa is the best anti-inflammatory drug in the world, although it has come out not long ago." Pavlov was skeptical about Sokov's statement: "In use, we only found that the wounded had some symptoms after taking sulfa. Severe thirst. As for the signs of poisoning you mentioned, I really haven't seen it."

Hearing Pavlov say this, Sokov did not argue with him. Because this drug has only been available for a few months, some serious side effects have not yet appeared, so that an experienced military doctor like Pavlov did not think that Dmitri's severe coma might be caused by an overdose of sulfa caused.

Sokov reorganized the vocabulary in his mind, and after thinking about how to persuade Pavlov, he continued: "Comrade military doctor, sulfa is a new drug that has not been available for a long time, so some serious side effects may We can't detect it yet. But judging from the confessions of the two health workers just now, Dmitry's coma must have something to do with sulfa."

In order to prove his point of view, Sokov asked the female health worker again: "Comrade female health worker, are you really sure that you handed over 30 sulfonamides to Commissar Dmitri with your own hands?"

"Yes, I'm sure." The female hygienist nodded and said, "After I handed over the medicine to Commissar Dmitry, I recorded the matter in the memorandum."

"Memorandum?!" Sokov heard this, and realized that the memo mentioned by the female hygienist might be able to clear them of their suspicions, so he quickly asked, "Where is the memo you mentioned?"

Before the female hygienist could answer, Asiya said first, "I know where it is, and I'll go get it right away." After speaking, she opened the curtain at the door and walked out.

In less than two minutes, Asiya ran in from the outside holding a notebook, panting. She walked quickly to the table, patted Sokov in front of him, and said, "This is our memo, please read it carefully."

Sokov quickly opened the book, quickly flipped through the last few pages, found what the female health worker had written, and read it softly: "...Dmitry requested to be discharged from the hospital early. Considering that his injuries have not healed, Comrade Pavlov, the military doctor, gave him a seven-day dose of sulfa,..."

"That's right." Seeing this, Sokov raised his head and looked at the female hygienist opposite: "The records in the memo prove that what you just said is true."

Hearing what Sokov said, the female hygienist breathed a sigh of relief, and she knew that she could clear the suspicion. Just as she was delighted, she heard Sokov asking again: "Comrade female hygienist, are you really sure that the sulfa drug you gave to Commissar Dmitri is gone?"

"Yes, Comrade Commander." The female hygienist hurriedly replied after hearing Sokov's question, "There is no one left."

"Comrade military doctor," Sokov turned his head to look at Pavlov after receiving the exact answer from the female health worker, and said to him, "Comrade military doctor, I have figured it out. Commissar Dmitry may want to recover quickly from his injuries." , and ate all the seven-day dose of sulfonamide in one breath, which led to a deep coma caused by liver failure..."

"Comrade commander, do you mean that Commissar Dmitry's liver failed due to an overdose of sulfa, and he fell into a deep coma?" Although Sukov's statement was not professional, Pavlov, as a military doctor, , but he was thinking seriously: "After your reminder, Commissar Dmitry's body is yellow, which indeed seems to be a symptom of liver failure." At this point, he looked up at Sokov and asked, "Then what can I do?" , Can Commissar Dmitry be treated?"

When Sokov heard Pavlov's question, he couldn't help but smile wryly. He thought to himself, let alone the tunnel with such poor medical conditions, even in a large hospital decades later, what kind of treatment can be given to patients with such symptoms? The means are also very limited, and the chances of being able to be saved are not too high.

Seeing Sokov's silence, Sidolin couldn't help but thump in his heart: "Comrade Commander, are you saying that we can't rescue Commissar Dmitri?"

"No." Sokov shook his head, and said in an affirmative tone: "Unless the liver transplant operation is performed and there is still a glimmer of life, we can only watch Commissar Dmitri die slowly."

"What, Comrade Commander, what did you say?" Sukov said casually, which stunned Pavlov: "How can a human liver be transplanted? This is simply too fantastic."

Pavlov's reaction was expected by Sokov. You know, the world's first liver transplant was performed in 1963. The American doctor who performed the operation, Dr. Thomas Earlstads, is also honored as the "father of liver transplantation" by the medical community.

Sokov stood up and said to the crowd with a heavy heart: "Comrades, Commissar Dmitry's time is running out. Let's take a last look at him."

Half an hour later, Sokov, Sidolin, and Ivanov returned to the headquarters with a heavy heart. After a long sigh, Sokov asked Sidolin: "Comrade Chief of Staff, should you or I inform Belgin of the death of Commissar Dmitri?"

Sidolin hesitated for a moment, and then said decisively: "Comrade commander, you should call Commander Belkin this time."

"Okay." Seeing Sidolin's helpless expression, Sokov did not embarrass him, and took the initiative to inform Belkin: "Let me call Captain Belkin."

The phone was dialed, and Belkin's voice quickly came from the receiver: "I'm Belkin, where are you?"

Sokov, who was holding the microphone, didn't know what to say when he heard Belkin's voice. Belkin heard that there was no sound from the receiver, thinking that there was something wrong with the telephone line, he quickly raised his voice and asked, "Hey, hey, can you hear me? Can you hear me? You should say something!"

"Comrade Commissar, it's me." Sokov took a deep breath and said in a hoarse voice, "I'm Sokov."

"It turned out to be Misha." Belkin thought that Sokov was calling to inquire about the situation of the barricade factory, so he took the initiative to report to him: "Not long ago, we just repelled an attack by the Germans. Your new The troops who replenished us performed particularly well in battle."

Belkin talked happily for a long time, but found that there was no movement in Sokov, and immediately realized that there might be some problems, and quickly asked: "Misha, I think you seem to be a little abnormal today, is there something wrong? ?”

Seeing that he couldn't escape, Sokov gritted his teeth and said bravely, "Comrade political commissar, I called you because I have some bad news to tell you. Comrade Dmitry, you can no longer serve as the political commissar of the downsizing regiment. "

Belkin didn't hear Sokov's off-screen voice, and said generously: "Misha, did you arrange him to be a political commissar in another regiment? Since he left, you can ask Send me another political commissar as soon as possible..."

"Comrade my political commissar, you made a mistake. I said that Comrade Dmitry can no longer be the political commissar of the downsizing regiment, not because he was transferred, but because..." Sokov said with difficulty: "Because he sacrificed !"

"What, what did you say?" Hearing Sokov say this, Belkin almost threw the receiver out: "Misha, you can't joke about this kind of thing. He also called me at noon and said The injury is almost healed, and I can return to the army tomorrow..."

"Really, I didn't lie to you." Sokov continued: "Comrade Dmitry has really died."