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Chapter 709 Follow-up work (3)

As the most advanced and newest hospital department, the Comprehensive Diagnosis Center is currently the department with the lowest operating cost and the worst benefit among all the departments in the Fourth Hospital.

It is easy to understand that the operating cost is low. After all, Zhou Xiufang Comprehensive Diagnostic Center has not spent a penny of additional funds from the Fourth Hospital since its establishment.After Takeda Pharmaceutical completed all the investment, except for the payment of staff salaries and all water and electricity costs, the Fourth Hospital basically did not add any more input costs to it.

No burden means that there is no pressure to generate revenue during the operation of the entire comprehensive diagnostic center.Unlike those other departments, the income of doctors working in the Comprehensive Diagnostic Center is not too low.

Dr. Pascale and Dr. Brunn enjoy the corresponding talent introduction plan subsidies, and other doctors enjoy the standard salary and average performance of the original department.It is another income in the comprehensive diagnostic center.

The doctors in the second diagnostic team were relatively miserable. They gave up their original positions and income in Yunhe, and followed Professor Zhang all the way to Ningyuan to work.But in terms of income structure, they will get a salary less than the doctors in the first diagnosis group.Fortunately, Takeda promised to pay another general subsidy for everyone, which can be regarded as allowing the doctors of the second diagnostic team to continue working in Ningyuan with peace of mind.

The doctors in the comprehensive diagnosis center are not under the pressure of business volume, and there is no pressure to generate income.The working environment of the comprehensive diagnosis center is too good... In this environment, the doctors are more energetic than other departments.

Letting Zhang Junyi continue to be hospitalized in the Comprehensive Diagnostic Center after leaving the ICU is enough to guarantee his safety.

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Of course, Liu Tangchun's careful thinking cannot be hidden from the doctors in the comprehensive diagnosis center.But this kind of thinking will not cause any dissatisfaction - in order to better complete the tasks given by Comrade Liu, the two treatment groups have decided to send the patients on hand to other departments as soon as possible, or simply discharge them.Anyway, continuing to be hospitalized will not improve their condition much.

The only exception is probably Cao Zhiquan who was diagnosed with CJD.

Cao Zhiquan has been hospitalized in the Fourth Hospital for two days, and his condition shows no signs of improvement, and is still deteriorating.

After falling into apathetic silence, Cao Zhiquan hasn't said a single word until now.He just half-opened his eyes and lay motionless on the hospital bed.

After losing the ability to eat independently, Cao Zhiquan's life was maintained entirely by a nasal feeding tube.Generally, such acts should be performed by family members.But Cao Zhiquan's son stopped his mother from coming to take care of his father.

With tears in his eyes, he knelt down in front of the door of the ward with a "plop".With arms outstretched, he firmly blocked the door of the ward.

Cao Zhiquan's wife yelled at her son angrily, using a dialect that Sun Lien could not understand.But that look... Anyone who is not blind can tell that she is really angry and anxious.

Cao Zhiquan's son lowered his head, allowing his anxious mother to push and push him, not even dodging slaps.He just lowered his head and said, "Dad's disease is hopeless. The doctor said that this disease is contagious... I'm going to lose my father, so I can't include you in it!"

This resolute attitude seems to have finally convinced his mother. After her mother covered her face and cried and left the corridor, Xiao Cao stood up silently from the ground.He didn't rub his red and swollen face first, but took a distressed look into the ward.Cao Zhiquan lying on the hospital bed remained motionless, with his eyes half-opened looking at the ceiling.

After a few seconds, Xiao Cao turned his head back after making sure that his father hadn't moved.Then he bought his face into his arms, and let out a very low, suppressed cry that contained pain.

Sun Li'en stood in the distance, not knowing what to do for a moment.According to the original plan, he was supposed to come over and talk to Xiao Cao about Cao Zhiquan's discharge from the hospital - continuing to be hospitalized in the Comprehensive Diagnostic Center would not improve Cao Zhiquan's condition.He will inevitably slide slowly into the abyss of death, and no one can change this fact.Even Sun Lien, who has cheats, has no way to save him.

But in this case... asking someone to give up the treatment seems a bit too inhuman - it can even be said to be a bit too cruel.

Just when Sun Li'en was about to leave the scene and hide in the office first, Xiao Cao, who was crying, suddenly stopped.He saw Sun Lien's figure, then wiped his eyes twice indiscriminately, and then hurried over.

"Doctor Sun, I...I have something to tell you."

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In the small conference room, Sun Lien poured Xiao Cao a cup of hot water.Then sat beside him, ready to wait for him to speak.No matter what he wants to say, calm down and try to avoid irrational actions that he may regret later.

Before Xiao Cao opened his mouth to speak, Sun Li'en could probably guess what he wanted to say.Although this young man looks young, his mind is still very clear.He prevents his mother from taking care of his father, which is basically equivalent to directly stating to the doctors that he is ready to give up.

As a doctor, Sun Lien is not very willing for his patients' family members to give up early.But also as a son of man, Sun Lien knew very well how tortured it was to make such a decision.The "filial piety" in traditional culture, the deep affection with parents, and even the gossip between neighbors and relatives... There are too many reasons that can "coerce" children to choose to continue treatment.Others just talk about it, but it can force one or even several families to consume all their energy and money.

With the current level of technology and medical capabilities, the doctors have no way to deal with Cao Zhiquan's condition.Antibiotics and vibrating jackets and suctions may also be used to prevent pneumonia due to the inability to cough and expel phlegm.Strengthening care and turning over frequently can also avoid the occurrence of pressure sores.But... CJD patients cannot be treated let alone cured.He is different from those patients in a vegetative state—vegetative patients still have a slight chance of waking up.And Cao Zhiquan...his future is only dark.

He has no chance.

"I want to ask...my dad's disease..." Xiao Cao suddenly asked after a long silence, "This disease is contagious, right?"

"Yes." Sun Li'en nodded, this conversation had happened before.

"If you want to take him home, how will you deal with the funeral? Do you need any special agency to do it?" Xiao Cao raised his head and asked, "I have never experienced this kind of thing before. I asked a few friends and they also agreed. I don't know..." He added, "Our family is a minority, and according to the custom, we should be buried. But my father's illness...is he not allowed to be buried? Do we have relevant regulations?"

Sun Li'en was a little surprised, he really didn't know that Cao Zhiquan was actually a minority.Due to differences in ethnic customs and religions, ethnic minorities do not enforce cremation regulations.This is different from ordinary patients.

However, religious differences and ethnic habits... seem unnecessary in the face of infectious diseases. CJD is a contagious disease, and the pathogen is difficult to kill.To make prion protein particles lose their infectivity, it needs to be sterilized at a high temperature of 130 degrees for at least two and a half hours.Ordinary burial does not guarantee that infectious diseases will be cut off here.

"It must not be buried." Life is the greatest political correctness.Although it may offend other people's habits, offense is always easier to accept than other people's death. "We have reported the case to the CDC. According to the general process, after the patient... dies, a special working group will come to collect and transfer the remains. After the cremation is completed, the ashes will be transferred to the family members."

Sun Lien tried his best to speak softly, but it could be seen that his efforts had not achieved obvious results.Xiao Cao lowered his head again, trying to suppress his crying.After a while, he raised his head with red eyes.

"If it can't be buried, it may be a little trouble in my hometown." He took a deep breath and asked, "Can my father's body be donated?"

Sun Li'en glanced at Xiao Cao in front of him with some sympathy, then shook his head regretfully. "On behalf of our hospital, and all the doctors, I salute you. This is a great decision...but unfortunately, we cannot accept donations from patients with CJD - prion particles cannot be inactivated by conventional means , which means that your father's remains will still be highly transmissible. Such remains are meaningless for medical research and education. There is currently no institution in China that can receive and study the remains of CJD patients...the Center for Disease Control and Prevention It is possible to take a part of the brain tissue as a reserve sample, but at most this is the only step.”

"Then...so be it." Xiao Cao stood up in despair, rubbed his red eyes, and then sat down again. "Doctor Sun, there is one more thing..."

"I want...to give up all the treatment for my dad. But the family can't let him go back now...I'm worried that my mother may be infected." He looked at Sun Lien with some embarrassment and asked, "Can you...can you Can't we just let him stay here for the last few days?" He added anxiously, "I can still afford the hospital expenses..."

"Yes." Sun Li'en sighed, he handed over a piece of paper, and nodded sympathetically, "I will do my best to help you with the rest of the matter. If you give up the treatment, I have a consent form here. Just sign your name."

After two years in the Fourth Hospital, Sun Lien did not stop the patient's family from giving up treatment for the first time.He looked at Xiao Cao crying and signing, feeling helpless in his heart.

Perhaps sometimes, giving up treatment is also a manifestation of respect for life.

(End of this chapter)