MCA walked slowly towards Ruijin Hospital. It's not that he doesn't want to go fast, it's that he really can't go fast. He was already very weak in the early and middle stages of lymphoma.

Basically, you have to take a break after walking 10 meters.

If there are miracles that can cure cancer in this world, then there is only one terminal disease in this world that cannot be cured, and this terminal disease is called "poverty".

The reality is cruel, and most of the evil in this world comes with poverty. Because poverty can wipe out all a person's conscience.

MCA is 60 years old, and lymphoma was discovered half a year ago, when he was still in the early stage of lymphoma, and there was still hope for a cure if he actively cooperated with the treatment.

But his family didn't want to gamble on that slim hope, because it would be too expensive.

MCA, an ordinary retired worker, only has a pension of 3,000 yuan a month. The cost of lymphoma treatment is simply not affordable. But by willpower, he always persevered.

Maybe he figured it out today, or did he want to live, so he came to the hospital for treatment?

The nurse at the service desk of Ruijin Hospital first spotted the old man who was tired and sweating and panting when he walked into the hospital.

The little nurse Chen Rui hurriedly stepped forward to help Ma Hua: "Uncle, what's wrong with you?"

"I have lymphoma and came to the hospital. "MCA has walked such a long way, and his body is a little weak.

As soon as Chen Rui heard that MCA was a lymphoma patient and was still so old, she immediately beckoned her companion to get MCA a wheelchair.

"Uncle, why didn't your family come?"

"I'm busy at work. I thought I could come alone, so I would come alone. ”

"Then you're registered?"

Chen Rui learned from the conversation with MCA that his youngest son had helped MCA make an appointment online and set up an expert number. Chen Rui saw that Ma Hua was weak and incapacitated, so she helped him go through various procedures.

After completing the formalities and pushing MCA into the expert clinic, Chen Rui returned to the service desk and whispered to the other little nurses on duty: "This old man is really pitiful." With such a big illness, no one in the family comes. ”

"That's it. This son and daughter is so unfilial. ”

The hospital is the best place to see the warmth and coldness of people in this world. Because here every day there are all kinds of life and death.

Every day, there are people here who show the brilliance of human nature, and at the same time, there are people who show the ugliness of human nature, and a farce of the world is constantly repeated here.

MCA is not the first and will not be the first such thing at Ruijin Hospital.

In the specialist clinic, Li Guohua, an oncologist at Ruijin Hospital, who has only two days a week to sit in the hospital, is receiving Ma Hua.

"Your lymphoma was discovered half a year ago, why didn't you treat it at that time? Now that half a year has passed, the situation must have worsened. Li Guohua read the hospital diagnosis certificate handed over to him by MCA.

It was a medical diagnosis done at Yan Chai Hospital half a year ago. In addition to the diagnosis description, there is no follow-up treatment explanation on MCA's medical record card.

This proves that MCA has not undergone any treatment in the past six months. The lesions of cancer are very fast. Half a year if no treatment is performed. Then it is enough for the early benign tumor to progress into a malignant tumor.

Faced with Li Guohua's slightly reproachful questioning. Ma Hua could only say helplessly: "The family is poor and has no money. Cancer treatment is expensive. If you treat it casually, you will have to spend hundreds of thousands. ”

"I'm a retired worker for 3,000 yuan a month, how can I afford such a disease. ”

Poverty is the greatest obstacle to curing diseases. As a doctor who has been practicing for decades, Li Guohua has seen a lot in this regard.

This is especially true for diseases such as cancer, which require long-term treatment and require a high level of investment. Many people simply can't afford it.

MCA's decision to forgo treatment after discovering cancer is not surprising. There are many such patients under Li Guohua, and they disappear after treatment. It's not because they're dead. It's because they really don't have the money to do the treatment.

One illness is enough to impoverish a middle-class family.

However, it is still relatively rare for people like MCA to give up treatment and then turn their heads and be willing to accept treatment.

Li Guohua asked curiously: "Then why do you want to come to treat your illness now?"

MCA smiled. There was a hint of happiness on his face: "It's still my children's filial piety, they held a family meeting two days ago and unanimously asked me to come for treatment." Even if I smash the pot and sell iron, I will be cured. I just didn't want to drag them down, so I didn't treat them. They are now resolute and want me to be cured. ”

"I thought that at my age, there was nothing to cure for this disease. What about living a few more years? When the money is gone, people can't keep it. It's better to save this money and let them live a good life. ”

After listening to Ma Hua's words, Li Guohua shook his head and said, "What you said is not right. But where there is a glimmer of hope, there is always a cure. Since your child is so resolute, you should cooperate with the treatment. ”

"Now we have introduced a new technology in our hospital. Better visualization of cancer cell distributors. Lymphoma like yours can still be cured if it is removed. ”

"Yes, yes, I just listened to my son, and he said that your hospital has a new device that allows people to do stereoscopic projection on patients. With this device for surgery, then it can be better treated. He said this, and I felt that I could still be cured. ”

"Your son is pretty well informed. Okay, I'll arrange for you to do a stereoscopic examination. ”

Li Guohua inquired about Ma Hua's physical condition and opened the inspection items little by little.

Considering the reasons for MCA's body. And he now has no relatives around to take care of. Li Guohua especially told the students who interned beside him to help MCA run the formalities. By the way, he was scheduled for a check-up and hospitalization.

Senior specialists like Li Guohua only have the opportunity to sit in for consultations twice a week. Every time he goes to the clinic, patients from all over the country come to him for treatment.

Because if you are skilled in medicine, you are skilled in medicine.

However, it is impossible for Li Guohua to sit in the clinic every day, because a big doctor like him has a lot of other work in addition to sitting in the clinic to receive patients. For example, go to the operating table to do surgery, teach students, have medical exchanges, and so on. He can't spend all his time and energy on sitting in the clinic.

And the two days a week are full every time, and it is hard to find one. After all, it is only about 200 yuan to hang a big expert account like this, and ordinary people are not worse than 200 yuan.

Li Guohua tried his best to be meticulous and speed up the consultation. Because he knows how many people are lining up outside.

"How many patients are out there?"

"Yes, Mr. Li. ”

"I think I'm almost done with the normal number. ”

"There are seven left. ”

"Seven, I'll count the time...... Well, send ten more plus signs to the outside. See as many patients as you can. ”

"Teacher Li, isn't this going to be too hard?"

"Think of the sick people out there, people coming from thousands of kilometers away. Eat fast food and stay in a hotel, just so that I can see their case for five minutes today. To be a doctor is to see as many patients as possible as quickly as possible while asking about the condition in detail. You follow me, and that's the norm in the future. ”

"Got it, Mr. Li!"

After a busy day's work, Li Guohua thought of the patient named Ma Hua who he saw today for no reason when he got off work. He subconsciously walked towards the examination department.

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When MCA lamented the filial piety of his children, he didn't know that his filial children were plotting a big thing.

In an alley in Huaihai, on the third floor of an old building built in the 60s, a sharp female voice shouted: "Boss, you are taking your father's life in exchange for money!"

"What do you shout, what do you shout! Second sister, you're afraid that others won't hear you, right? Why didn't you shout when I gave your kid 10,000 dollars to go to that American summer camp?!"