Reborn in 1977

Whether they believed it or not, the things were already bought, what else could they do?

Since both the bicycle and sewing machine were large items, and the motorcycle wasn't suitable for carrying them, Chen Fan spent another 50 cents to have the old goods store help transport them to the Sanitation Department's guest house using a flatbed cart.

Zhang Juemin and Zhang Wenliang, seeing that it cost 50 cents to transport such a small amount of stuff, wanted to curse the merchants as profiteers. Unfortunately, the old goods store was also state-owned, so they could only begrudgingly give up.

After buying the items and returning to the guest house, the entire morning had passed.

In the afternoon, Chen Fan didn't join the expert group in their discussions.

He had already said everything he could say. If he continued to discuss, his persona as someone who 'only understands basic medical skills' would collapse, and the consequences of that were unknown.

In fact, almost all first aid methods are very common, so common that any ordinary person can learn them after studying them a few times carefully. This is why everyone has no doubts about Chen Fan.

It's just that he has more first aid experience, and his treatment ideas are somewhat unconventional.

Young people are supposed to be flexible in their thinking, and besides, he has practiced martial arts, so he knows a bit about the human body. What's so suspicious about that?

In this era, there are not a few people with a special skill who are praised by major newspapers and then become famous throughout the country.

Chen Fan is just one of them. Having some skills is worthy of praise, but ultimately, it is still necessary to rely on the power of the organization to exert its effect!

Naturally, he is not worthy of special attention.

But if he were to reveal his near LV4 level of traditional Chinese medicine skills, such medical skills would be enough to open a clinic and accept apprentices in the prefectural committee's central hospital.

If he were ten years older, everything would be easier to explain. After all, it's not unheard of for people in their twenties or thirties to have mastered excellent medical skills. Everyone would just consider him to be naturally gifted.

But 16 years old? Has he recognized all of the more than a thousand kinds of herbs? Has he memorized a hundred kinds of commonly used herbs? Has he learned how to process them? Does he understand the pulse diagnosis? And he can already open a clinic and see patients?

Those experts would definitely investigate further.

Who is his master? How many years has he studied medicine? Which school and which branch does he belong to?

If there are no problems, they will praise him as a 'genius! A young national expert!'

After all, there was the example of the young barefoot doctor in 'Red Rain' before him, so no one would take him away for slicing and research.

It's just that if Chen Fan wanted to run back at that time, the difficulty would be extraordinary.

And even if he could run back to Lu Jiawan and hide, he wouldn't be able to live in peace. At that time, he wouldn't have to do anything else every day, and all his time would be spent dealing with people seeking medical treatment.

Therefore, he must not reveal his skills at this time. All the editing work of the 'First Aid Manual' has nothing to do with him from now on.

However, he didn't waste his time. Hao Liyang invited him over again to teach the emergency room doctors of other hospitals several new types of first aid methods.

Chen Fan was happy to do so, and ran to the hospital to grind experience points.

He had already visited all the directly affiliated hospitals of the Municipal Health Department. There was no need to go to the infectious disease hospital, so Yan Liyuan contacted another district-level hospital that was not inferior to several people's hospitals.

Coincidentally, it was the "New Urban Area" they had just visited, called Red Star Hospital, which specialized in serving employees of enterprises and institutions. Its facilities, talents, and other aspects were among the best in the entire Yunhu area.

After all, the nearby area was full of enterprises and institutions, which meant money, good benefits, and by extension, the hospital also had money and good benefits. Countless talents wanted to squeeze in.

If the usual practice of 'priority for relatives' were put aside, Chen Fan should have gone to this hospital the most, because there were many factories here, the frequency of accidents was far higher than in other areas, and the emergency department of Red Star Hospital was also the busiest and faced the most problems.

Unfortunately, it was not directly affiliated, and there was a district health department in between, so it could only be put on the back burner.

Now that the directly affiliated hospitals had all been visited, Hao Liyang was no longer stingy and asked Yan Liyuan to bring Chen Fan here to work, to shut up the director of the district health department.

Well, and to exchange for some benefits in return.

Like the other hospitals, the president and emergency department director of Red Star Hospital expressed a warm welcome to Chen Fan's arrival.

In the past few days, Chen Fan's name could be said to be known to everyone in the Yunhu city health system. He was young but had learned excellent first aid skills, and even created a set of "airway foreign body removal methods", which were very effective.

Most rare of all, he didn't care about personal gains or losses, and unreservedly taught his treatment experience. He also simply and neatly rejected the cadre position in the health department, willing to be an ordinary barefoot doctor in the countryside.

Otherwise, when doing promotion work in the future, going to the provincial capital or even the capital, his name would definitely be on the list.

But now this name is vacant, waiting for a new candidate.

Without conflicts of interest, and able to learn new medical skills, which hospital wouldn't like such a person?

So that afternoon, Chen Fan settled down in Red Star Hospital.

As usual, he first explained the "airway foreign body removal method" to all the emergency room doctors and nurses, and then briefly talked about the innovations in the original first aid treatment methods that he had researched "together with many experts" these days.

After completing his routine work, Chen Fan put on a white coat, hat, and mask, and began to grind experience points in the hospital.

Unfortunately, there were no special cases here, and the effect was far less than in the previous hospitals.

Chen Fan went from the emergency department to the outpatient department, and then to the inpatient department, constantly absorbing experience points, while thinking about going to the central hospital for a couple of rounds someday to try to grind all the cases he had never seen before.

But there were also advantages here, which was that there were a lot of work-related injuries!

In a flash, most of the afternoon passed, and he had grinded all kinds of strange work-related injuries, and his surgical experience points had increased a lot.

Seeing that the time was approaching 6 o'clock, he returned to the emergency department, ready to get off work and leave, when a commotion suddenly came from the hospital entrance.

But no one took it seriously.

The hospital had no shortage of wailing patients and family members. Chen Fan had encountered more than a dozen cases in the afternoon, and had long been accustomed to it.

But habit is habit, and the work that should be done still needs to be done.

A nurse had already pushed a flatbed cart out, and Chen Fan and the emergency department director also quickly walked to the hall. After a while, they saw two beds being pushed in, each with a person lying on them moaning, surrounded by many people.

The emergency director greeted them immediately, "What's the situation?"

Then two voices sounded at the same time.

"Doctor, please save me, I was bitten by a rat, so many rats." "Doctor, please see me first, I have been bitten several times on my hands and face by rats, and there are scratches, and my legs have also been bitten."

As soon as the emergency director heard this, he took two steps back without saying a word, and the nurse next to him immediately shouted, "Rats may carry plague, being bitten by rat fleas may cause infection, and the patient's droplets can also infect people, everyone should not get close."

The people who had just been fawning over them, practically glued to their sides as they brought them over, immediately scattered with a whoosh, their faces full of horror, revealing the two "victims" in the middle.

At this moment, Chen Fan also confirmed the patients' identities.

He thought the voice sounded like that so-called Sister Liu earlier, but because the scream was a bit distorted, he couldn't be sure right away. Now that he saw her, well, it was definitely her!

Chen Fan was a little puzzled. He and Brother Rat had agreed that they would strike at night when the senior doctors were off work and only a few junior doctors in the emergency department were on duty, so they could enjoy themselves a little longer.

Why did they act ahead of schedule?

The emergency department director in front of him, unaware that the culprit was behind him, immediately responded calmly, "All personnel, wear masks and protective suits. Put masks on them as well, and then treat their wounds. Security, keep an eye on everyone here. No one who brought the patients here is allowed to leave."

Those who had helped were immediately unhappy.

"I have the night shift tonight. If I can't go, will you pay my wages?"

"The factory is busy. There are so many production tasks. Can you take responsibility if it's delayed?"

Some people didn't say anything at all, just lowered their heads and rushed forward.

But what came to meet them were several rifles.

Everyone immediately stopped and huddled together, not daring to move.

The emergency department director didn't even bother to look at them, turning his head to point at a nurse on the outermost edge, "Report to the health department immediately. We have patients who have been scratched and bitten by rats. Ask the infectious disease hospital to be prepared and to conduct tests for hemorrhagic fever, plague, and rabies."

Several people on the periphery immediately responded and ran quickly towards the interior of the hospital.

On the flatbed, the two people lying down were terrified when they heard the emergency department director's words.

Sister Liu collapsed directly on the bed, her eyes rolling back.

The plague! People can die from that!

Another middle-aged man in his thirties immediately burst into tears, "Help! Doctor, you must save me! I can't die!"

Several security guards quickly put on protective suits and masks, grabbed white sheets, and pounced over, covering the two of them and tying them up tightly with ropes.

Chen Fan couldn't help but shiver as he watched from the corner.

How crude!

At this time, the emergency department director turned around and said to Chen Fan, "Teacher Chen, you're wearing a mask and still so far away, so you shouldn't be affected. Don't come over here. Everyone who has been in contact with the patients needs to be temporarily quarantined until the examination is complete."

Chen Fan immediately raised his hand to signal, "Thank you for your hard work, goodbye!"

After saying that, he turned around and ran without hesitation.

The emergency department director was slightly stunned, then nodded gently and said to the people around him, "Did you see that? That's what you call professionalism. Don't talk nonsense in an emergency. Following the regulations is the most appropriate way! Got it?"

The people around him replied in unison, "Got it!"

Then they all glared fiercely at the two people on the flatbed. If it weren't for them, how could this have happened? They wouldn't be able to go out for at least three days!

… …

Chen Fan took off his white coat, hat, and mask, and left the hospital with light steps.

Plague?

That's impossible!

The plague is generally spread by rat fleas. Those rats were all soaked in alcohol at his instigation. There were no viruses or rat fleas left. There was nothing to fear.

The alcohol was from that man's house. Even the rice and candy used to trade with the rats were from their house. Since they were both the deputy director's son, they shouldn't be short of these things.

However, the rabies virus in their teeth was not within his consideration. After all, rabies is only a Class B infectious disease, right? You don't have to worry if you're not bitten.

Well, I still hope they don't have rabies. That stuff is too uncomfortable. I wish them good health!

Humming a little tune, Chen Fan happily got on his sidecar motorcycle and left the chaotic Red Star Hospital.

As the car drove out of the hospital gate, he looked back and thought silently, I wonder how long this commotion will last?

… …

The next morning, Chen Fan got up early as usual.

He had breakfast with many experts in the guest house cafeteria.

While drinking porridge, Hao Liyang said, "Xiao Chen, yesterday Red Star Hospital received two patients who had been bitten by rats. Were you there at the time?"

Chen Fan immediately said embarrassedly, "I was there, and I watched the treatment with my own eyes, but the emergency department director asked me to leave. I thought I had to give a lecture at the health school today, so I deserted."

Hao Liyang turned to look at him, waved his hand with a smile, "Following the emergency regulations, and Lao Zhao gave the order, how can that be considered desertion?"

An old expert with gray hair across from him smiled and said, "That's right. When I went to Red Star Hospital yesterday to understand the situation, Lao Zhao specifically praised you."

Chen Fan was a little puzzled, "He praised me?"

The old expert smiled and said, "Yes, not being brave, not engaging in individual heroism, resolutely obeying orders, and following health regulations is very standard doctor behavior. He called on all doctors to learn from you."

Chen Fan felt numb and paused for two seconds before quickly raising his hands, "Please spare me. I can't afford to lose that reputation."

If this matter were to spread, whether he would be a model of learning or a negative example would be hard to say.

However, with his current popularity in the health system, it's probably already spread, right?!

Chen Fan pretended not to hear the cheerful laughter and teasing around him, but his heart was cold. Once the laughter subsided, he asked curiously, "How are the two of them? Have they been tested for the plague virus?"

Yan Liyuan shook his head and then said, "Both of them have now been transferred to the infectious disease hospital for observation. Other people who have had close contact with them have also been required to be quarantined in Red Star Hospital. From the current situation, no traces of the virus have been found for the time being.

However, the incubation period of the plague virus is 2 to 6 days, and can last up to 9 days. Yesterday, we issued a death order to the hospital that these people must be quarantined in the hospital for a week. In addition, the cotton mill dormitory area must also be disinfected for viruses and close contacts quarantined to ensure foolproofness."

China has suffered from the plague. Once, when the country was first established, there was a major plague in the north. Mr. Li personally commanded it and took two months to put out the plague.

Even decades later, it cannot be said that the plague has been eradicated, only that it has been locked in a cage, but there are still occasional cases of plague.

No wonder they are on high alert.

Chen Fan silently drew a cross in his heart, Amitabha!

It seems that rats should be used with caution in the future. Next time, I'll switch to snakes.