Chapter 591: 591
Pan Jun waited for a long while before he saw Wang Yao coming from Nanshan Hill . He quickly walked up to him .
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“Hi, Master,” Pan Jun said .
“Hi, what brings you here?” Wang Yao asked .
“My colleagues in the Lianshan People’s Hospital have been talking about the village . I just came here to see if there is anything I can help with,” Pan Jun said .
He had heard a number of people talking about what had happened in Wang Family Village . He heard the disease coming from the village was highly contagious and life threatening, so he was really concerned . He initially was just going to call Wang Yao . Instead, he thought it would be better to come in person .
“Please come in . ” Wang Yao invited Pan Jun into the clinic and made him a cup of tea . He was touched by his student’s action .
“Any news from your hospital?” Wang Yao asked .
“No news, just rumors,” Pan Jun said . “They talked about a breakout of a contagious disease in your village, which caused a lot of deaths . I heard the specialists from the city and province all came to the village, and the village had been closed . When I arrived, I saw armed police force at the entrance of the village . ”
“Really!” Wang Yao didn’t know about the armed police force .
“Is the disease really bad? I heard it is caused by a vital bacteria with no record,” Pan Jun said .
“It is really bad,” Wang Yao said .
The village broadcast came on while they were talking .
“Those who haven’t had a health check, please proceed to the Village Committee as soon as possible . ”
It then broadcasted the name of the villagers who hadn’t been checked .
Pan Jun didn’t stay for long . He volunteered to come to the village since no other doctors wanted to come . Therefore, his manager gave him big praise . He needed to do health checks for the villagers, so he couldn’t stay at Wang Yao’s clinic for too long .
Wang Yao started to work after Pan Jun left . He needed to find a herb or herbs to treat the disease . The herbs had to be able to replace miasma grass or detox grass . They had to be common herbs .
Barbed skullcap, sophora, gentian, honeysuckle…
Wang Yao made a list of common herbs that could reduce excessive heat energy and remove toxins in the body . He still had quite a few of them in the stock .
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Wait! Wang Yao suddenly thought about something . I should go to the pits to have a look .
Wang Yao vaguely remembered there were several wild plants around the pit . Those plants had to have a resistance to the bacteria to survive in that kind of environment . Therefore, they could be used as herbs to treat the disease .
Yes! Wang Yao immediately took action .
He walked out of his clinic and headed west . He could see the doctors outside Chen Jiagui’s house from a distance .
It has been days, and they are still here . It seems they haven’t done anything to Chen Jiagui’s body .
He made a detour to Xishan Hill .
The pit was surrounded by a yellow line . Wang Yao sensed a strong sterile water smell . The pit was covered by thick limb powder . Footprints were everywhere near the pit .
It seems a lot of people have come here .
Wang Yao walked around the pit . He found several plants near the pit .
Are these dandelion and bristle grass?
They were two types of common plants . They were everywhere on the hill, including on the edge of the pit . They had just been squashed by the medical staff .
I should take them all with me .
Wang Yao carefully removed the plants from the soil . He planned to plant them on Nanshan Hill .
In a village household, a woman heard a scream .
“What is going on?” the woman asked .
“Don’t come here! I was just bitten by a rat!” A man was bleeding at his ankle .
He had spotted a rat in his house . He had no idea where the rat came from . It went up and down biting his furniture . It even bit his dog . He also ended up getting bitten by the crazy rat .
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“Wash the blood off and put some povidone on it . I don’t want you to get infected,” his wife said .
She heard people bitten by rats could be infected by the disease, which would potentially lead to death .
“OK,” the man said .
He applied some povidone on his wound . Afterward, he didn’t pay much attention to it .
“I think you should go to the hospital,” his wife suggested .
“No need,” the man said .
“Why don’t you ever take my advice? Have you seen all those doctors coming to the village? They have done health checks on everyone and always wear protective clothes . What if you get infected? Chen Jiagui got infected and is dead now,” his wife said .
“OK! Stop talking about it . I’ll go to the hospital,” the man said .
He was stopped by an armed policeman before leaving the village .
“What is your name?” the policeman asked .
“Wang Yisheng,” the man said .
“Where are you heading to?” the policeman asked .
“The hospital,” Wang Yisheng said .
“Why do you need to go to the hospital?” The armed policeman was suddenly alarmed . His superior had asked them to pay extra attention to any sick villagers .
“I was bitten by a rat,” Wang Yisheng honestly said .
“Rat?” The policeman was surprised . He had never come across anyone bitten by a rat before .
“Wait a second,” the policeman said . He didn’t immediately let Wang Yisheng leave .
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“I can’t even go to the hospital?” Wang Yisheng was not happy .
“I said wait a second!” The policeman sounded serious, which really scared Wang Yisheng off .
“OK,” Wang Yisheng said .
The policeman came back a moment later .
“Go over there!” He pointed at a direction . “Follow me . ”
The policeman took Wang Yisheng to the Village Committee .
“Sir, I was checked yesterday,” Wang Yisheng said .
“This is not a routine check . They need to do a different test on you,” the policeman said .
“What’s wrong with him?” the doctor asked .
“He was bitten by a rat, so I brought him here,” the policeman said .
“Bitten by a rat? When?” The doctor arranged people to give Wang Yisheng a thorough check .
“About an hour ago,” Wang Yisheng said .
“He’s got a temperature, 100 . 9 degrees, heart beat is 82 per minute,” another doctor said . “Open your mouth, please . ”
“Ah!” Wang Yisheng opened his mouth .
“His throat is swelling,” the doctor said . “Do a blood test . ”
Wang Yisheng was quickly taken for a blood test . The hospital in the city had sent some equipment to the village to establish a small, local laboratory .
“I found the bacteria,” said the laboratory assistant, who was very experienced . He double-checked the results before reporting to the doctors considering the critical circumstances .
“You found the bacteria?” the doctor asked .
“What do you mean?” Wang Yisheng was surprised . He felt something bad was happening .
“I’ll report it to the senior officer immediately,” the policeman said .
“Please wait a second . ” The doctor gave the policeman a weary look . He was worried Wang Yisheng would not be cooperative .
The doctors had some idea of how horrible the bacteria was . After all, some of them had seen Chen Jiagui’s body and exaggerated power of the bacteria . So, the doctors were very anxious . Wang Yisheng was the first infected person they identified after Chen Jiagui .
“We need to take extra caution when dealing with this,” the doctor said .
“I see,” the policeman said .
Extra caution meant that Wang Yisheng would be isolated .
Soon, Wang Yisheng was taken onto an ambulance and brought to Lianshan People’s Hospital . He was immediately isolated . He was cooperative throughout the process . At least, he appeared to be cooperative .
“Doctor, can you tell me what is wrong with me?” Wang Yisheng asked .
“You have a special condition . We need to take extra caution,” the hospital doctor said .
“Special condition? That means I have a weird disease?” Wang Yisheng was confused when he got off the ambulance . He knew his condition was serious . Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been isolated .
I’m not sure how my wife will respond to this, Wang Yisheng thought .
His wife actually knew what was going on before he had arrived at the hospital . She called him right away .
“I’m fine . I just need to stay in the hospital for a while . You don’t need to come . ” Wang Yisheng tried to hold back his tears .
After hanging up the phone, he couldn’t hold them in anymore . He wanted to cry . He was locked in a hospital room alone . He didn’t know whether he would get better . He had no one to rely on . He also couldn’t let his family know the truth . He didn’t want his family to worry about him . Besides, what could his family do? He was isolated, which meant his family had to see him through a window . It would be too upsetting for his family to see him in this circumstance .
In the village, Wang Yao also heard what happened to Wang Yisheng .