Chapter 114: Past and Present (July 14, 1/1 Subscription Request)
Today's medical teams are incredibly busy. Sun Lien alone handled more than fifty patients with knife wounds - mainly the ones whose injuries were not too serious. Stitches are needed, but no surgery is required.
The medical team did eight cases of tendon suturing alone today - the orthopedic surgeon in charge of suturing tendons was really tired and crazy, so he simply invited a gynecologist to come and lead the shift, while he sat aside and supervised the situation.
Gynecology is actually very busy today, but it's a different aspect.
About 200 adult males died in the villages that were slaughtered. In a village of this size, there are generally at least 50 per cent more women than men.
Of the more than 300 women, almost all of them, except for the dozens of older ones, were violated by the bandits. The youngest of the victims was only three years and seven months old.
Southeast Africa is already a region with a high incidence of HIV/AIDS, and this group of horse bandits is ...... It is absolutely impossible to take protective measures when atrocities are committed. So, with the exception of a few young girls who needed post-operative surgery on lacerations, all other women needed to be treated with HIV thus.
The gynecologists of the medical team ...... Almost all the treatment measures were done with tears in my eyes. They really couldn't hold back when they looked at the young and middle-aged women in front of them who were numb and unresponsive, as well as the young mothers who were hugging and crying with their daughters, and even the little girls who had been violated.
"How can you do that!" the young gynecologist saw Osama with a calm face as he passed by where Sun Lien was. She cried out to Usama, "Those are also people, and they are like your mother, and your wife and daughter!
Usama listened to Felipe's translation, then fell silent. After a while he said, "My brother Sama was the only one who was expelled from the tribe. When he left the tribe, he didn't even have a horse. "I don't know how he managed to assemble an armed tribe of horse bandits in one day, and I wonder who else in this land can have such a ...... besides our tribe Strength. β
Felipe looked disdainful, but this time he used Chinese - obviously, he didn't want Osama to know what he wanted to say, "It's really them - lie! Since the independence of the country, whenever there is such a vendetta conflict, the Tushi people will definitely say, 'It is not our people who kill'. He spat unsightly on the ground, "Damn liar!"
Sun Lien first persuaded the gynecologist who was crying, and asked Hu Jia, who heard the news, to bring the person back to calm down first, and then frowned and said, "Felipe, we are doctors, not some United Nations special observation mission. β
People who usually smile and talk well suddenly frowned and became serious, which naturally seemed particularly deterrent. Felipe nodded and listened to what Sun Lien said, feeling a little apprehensive.
"If you think, these ...... Something happens that makes it impossible for you to calmly perform your duties. Sun Lien carefully avoided the term "racial vendetta", and then continued, "Then I suggest that you better transfer to another position, or simply resign." He spread his hands helplessly, "We came to your country to help all the injured and sick. Our work is limited to medical care, and we have been ordered not to intervene in any way in the internal affairs of your country. Sun Lien paused and pointed to the gynecologist who was taken to the medical building by Hu Jia in the distance, "The difference between her behavior just now and 'intervening in the internal affairs of the station' is very small." If you're not careful, all the credit she's been doing here for two years will be wiped out and turned into a very serious punishment, is that what you'd like to see?"
Felipe shook his head with difficulty, and was about to say something when he heard a slight commotion behind him.
The old wizard was slowly pushed out of the medical building in a wheelchair. Osama hurriedly greeted him, and then said to Liu Tangchun, who was pushing a wheelchair, with some dissatisfaction, "Why are you sending the Great Wizard out now? He hasn't recovered yet!"
Felipe suppressed his complicated emotions, walked to Liu Tangchun's side to translate, and then reminded in a low voice, "The Great Wizard is the spiritual leader of the tribe, and his safety may affect the attitude of the Tushi clan towards the medical team - you'd better be cautious." β
Liu Tangchun glared at the dark circles in his eyes and said dissatisfiedly, "I'm just transferring people to other places, what are you fooling about?" he shouted beyond Sun Lien, "Come over and help!"
The team treated hundreds of Kathu women at once, many of whom needed to be hospitalized β at least with ongoing antibiotics and tetanus vaccination. In the inpatient department, which was not very spacious, almost all of the space was squeezed out to accept patients. The old wizard himself lives in a hospital room, and when he is awake and in stable condition, it is a complete waste of medical resources. Liu Tangchun was reluctant to let him continue to squeeze medical resources.
The old wizard waved his hand at his grandson, "It's my decision to give up my room to those women. He sighed and asked, "I heard...... The leader of the horse bandits is Sama?"
Usama nodded sadly, "I've already asked the people in the tribe, he left the tribe alone. β
"It's that there are other forces involved. This force would love to see us and the Kathu kill each other. "The old wizard is very old, but his mind is still sharp. "This matter can't be handled by us, have you communicated with the Katu officials here?"
They said that it was impossible to exterminate a horse bandit of this magnitude with local soldiers. Kathu soldiers must be drawn from Meratiri. Osama looked a little anxious, "But this is in conflict with our previous agreement......"
"The previous agreement was to appease our people. The old wizard shook his head, "The problem now is that if Sama and his gang are not dealt with soon, all the clansmen will be treated as accomplices. This is clearly a more urgent threat than the anxiety of the people. β
After discussing with his grandfather for a while, Usama hurried out of the camp. The old wizard squinted his eyes and beckoned to Sun Lien, "I heard Osama say that you saved my life. β
"The doctor who did the operation was Professor Chen Tianyang, and he is now ...... Still in the operating room. Sun Lien shook his head, not daring to take the credit, "I just did my job." β
"Osama is young, but he has no problem seeing people. He said it's you, that's you. The old wizard used the "unreasonable" skill unique to the elderly, "The doctor who pushed me is not too young, so you should push me." β
Liu Tangchun waved his hand at Sun Lien, and he sat in Sun Lien's place to continue triaging patients. And Sun Lien pushed the old wizard in confusion, and walked to Liu Tangchun's room with Felipe on the side.
"We and the Kathu people are supposed to be the same people. "When people get old, they like to tell stories from the past, and this trait is equally valid for older people in all countries. The old wizard gently rubbed his legs, and then took out an old picture from his arms, "Look at this. β
Sun Lien took the photo with a frown, and then was frightened by the situation in the photo.
The photograph was taken in a distinctly European plantation, presumably in one of the plantation's corridors. Near the right side of the photograph is a naked Polythanvia. And he was looking in front of him with a sad and dejected expression...... Two stumps in front of him.
It was a small child's severed foot, and a tiny severed palm.
"The person in the photo is my father. It was my sister who had her right foot and left hand cut off. The old wizard sighed, "At noon that day, because my father didn't pick enough cotton, the colonists cut off her right foot as a warning. Then in the afternoon, it rained heavily. My father still hadn't picked enough cotton, and they cut off my sister's left hand. β
Sun Lien pinched the photo in his hand, his fingers turned white because he was too hard, but his hands trembled unconsciously.
"After they cut off my sister's left hand, she died of pain and blood loss. The old wizard continued in a calm tone, "The devils felt that they couldn't let her die so easily, so they ...... ate her, and threw the two stumps in front of my father. The old wizard turned his head and said to Sun Lien, "And the person in charge of the knife at that time was the butler of the Kathu clan. The illustrated people who died at their hands were in the thousands. β
"I don't hate the Kathu, but I can't forgive them either. The old wizard sighed again, "I hate outsiders who want us to kill each other. They're halfway thereβthey've turned the Kathu and the Tushi against each other for hundreds of years. But we must not let the rest of their attempts succeed, we will not kill each other, never!"