Chapter 245: Finding the Cause
"Are there really bugs?" Xiao Yuanbo asked in surprise.
Several members of the TCM team were very surprised. Surrounded You Xiaotao at once, and carefully observed the petri dish in You Xiaotao's hand.
"Yes, indeed. This bug is very weird, and we were lucky enough to dye it, otherwise it would not be easy to spot. I really don't know how Dr. Chan found this bug? You Xiaotao looked at Chen Andong with an incredible look in his eyes.
"I was diagnosed with the child's nervous system as if it was disturbing. I tried to deworm with a deworming needle, but I didn't expect to drive out a worm from the brain of the sick child. I can't see this bug with my eyes, and I don't know if it's driven out, so I have to ask you for help. Luckily, you can see the bugs through staining. Chen Andong also looked at the worms that kept wriggling in the petri dish. I didn't expect the culprit to be such a bug. But Chen Anton knows that although the bugs are found, it does not mean that the root cause has been found.
"Dr. Chen, doctors, can I take this worm first? I'm going to go to the command center and report on the situation. The Western medical team was busy for most of the day, and they didn't find anything at all. I'll bring this over and keep you informed. You Xiaotao looked at several doctors in the TCM team and asked for their opinions.
Xiao Yuanbo smiled and waved his hand: "Go, go, go." They study this better than we do. ”
You Xiaotao muttered in his heart: "What are you doing?" If you are in the middle of the night, do you not get any gain? In the end, it was the TCM team that made progress first. ”
"Doctor Xiao Chen, can you still persevere?" Zhao Yutu asked.
Chen Anton nodded: "No problem." ”
Chen Andong continued to perform acupuncture on several children in the ward, and all of them drove out the colorless and transparent insects from their heads. Everyone has only one worm in their brain. It's basically the same as Chen Andong initially expected.
Now it seems that Dr. Chen's original vision has become a reality. Although there is no evidence that these bugs are Gu worms, it at least shows that these bugs are the main cause of these children's strange diseases. No wonder we can't find anything wrong no matter how much we check. It turned out that it was not a disease at all, but a brain damaged by strange bugs. So much so that some quacky symptoms appeared. However, I still don't understand why all sick children have barking like dogs. Xue Ruzhang asked puzzled.
Zhao Yutu nodded: "It's really weird. ”
"The most important thing now is to find out if this insect is the legendary Gu worm? If it's a Gu worm, then, who is under the control of this Gu worm? The person who controls the Gu worm parasitizes the sub-Gu worm on these children. What exactly is the intention? We must quickly find the whereabouts of the female Gu. Xiao Yuanbo groaned.
"What Xiao Lao said is very true. The most embarrassing problem now is to find someone who controls the mother Gu. Zhao Yutu kept pacing in the ward.
"I think it's better to report this matter immediately and let them deal with it. We're doctors, not detectives. Professional things are also left to professionals. Xue Ruzhang said with a smile.
"Yes." Chen Anton nodded.
Soon, the discovery of the TCM team immediately attracted the attention of the Health Bureau. Jia Yiqi hurriedly reported the situation to the relevant leaders of the province. When the provincial leaders heard this, they did not dare to slack off. If this is a man-made incident, the nature is completely different. Moreover, the source has not been found yet. The person who controls the Mother Gu can also continue to expand the situation. The consequences are quite severe.
Du Yongming, the leader of Sanxiang Province, was noisy from his sleep by the ringing of the phone, but he was not angry, he had been waiting for the call. The fact that more than 100 children in Poshan Town are suffering from a strange disease is not a trivial matter. Once there is a more serious result, even if it reaches his position, it will not be easy to deal with the past.
"What? Found the cause of the disease? Good! Good! What the? Could it be artificial? Be sure to check it carefully! Inform Gao Mingcai to immediately investigate this matter, and be sure to find out the person behind it! Du Yongming was completely sleepless, got dressed, and immediately called the driver to inform him.
Du Yongming's car quickly arrived at Building No. 1 of the provincial party committee compound.
When sitting in the car. Du Yongming has been thinking about how to deploy and respond. This is a very tricky question. The team of experts from the Health Department has sent back information. For the time being, I don't know anything about the curing bugs that have been found. This strange bug, according to the experts of the expert group, may be a Gu worm.
"What a mess!" Du Yongming was very annoyed by these experts' speculations, he didn't think that there was such a magical Gu worm. Du Yongming forgot that the person who discovered this insect happened to be one of these experts.
When I arrived at the meeting room of the provincial party committee, several members of the provincial party committee had already arrived in advance.
"Secretary Du." Gao Mingcai, director of the Public Security Department, immediately stepped forward as soon as he saw Du Yongming.
"Comrade Mingcai. What do you know about the situation in Poshan Town? Be sure to send a competent officer down to find out. Also, pay attention to confidentiality. The matter in Poshan Town is not suitable for transmission. Network controls must be strengthened. In particular, we will crack down on rumor-mongering. Du Yongming didn't want the impact of the strange disease in Poshan Town to expand. so as not to have an impact on the economy of Sanxiang Province.
"Yes!" Gao Mingcai has a bit of a military demeanor, and his answer is very brief, but Du Yongming is very satisfied.
The members of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee were all notified from the bed, and many people arrived at the venue. Still yawning. It's impossible to complain without a heart.
"Comrades. I'm really sorry to let everyone come over in the middle of the night. But special cases. While we were sleeping, there was also a group of people racing against time to save lives in Poshan Town, Dongtian County. More than 100 left-behind children are suffering from strange diseases. I have just received good news that the experts from the Health Bureau have found the cause of the treatment. Du Yongming said here, pausing slightly.
The atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became warm, and as members of the provincial party committee, it was impossible for those present to know nothing about the affairs of Poshan Town. Today's internal reference reported on the epidemic in Poshan Town.
"Great. Now that the cause has been found, it should not be difficult to treat. ”
"yes. This seems to be in the past. ”
"Probably not yet. I'm afraid it's more complicated. Either the condition is complex and there is no effective treatment for the time being. Either something happened, and before there was time for treatment, there were already deaths. ”
"Let's be quiet." Du Yongming hurriedly stopped everyone's exchange of ears, and then continued. "There is no problem with the treatment. But there is an even more troubling matter, and that is that experts have not yet found the source of the disease. Some experts suspect that the bugs that cause the strange disease may be Gu worms. Once the expert's guess is accurate, it means that someone is controlling the mother Gu and causing these children to suffer from strange diseases. The epidemic in Poshan Town may be man-made! ”
Du Yongming's words were like throwing a stone on the surface of a calm lake. In the conference room, a heated discussion immediately sounded.
"Could it be that there are really Gu worms in this world?"
"How is that possible? If the Gu worm was so powerful, how could that Gu control person be able to control some children? ”
"If it's true. But it's hard. If someone controls these children to do something illegal, it's not going to be easy. These children are minors, and they are not legally responsible for what they want to do. ”
"Isn't there someone who wants to control these children to do something illegal?"
Du Yongming saw that the enthusiasm of the people was too high, and he had to maintain discipline again.
"Let's not talk about it. Now that the situation is urgent, I have a preliminary idea for you to discuss. Time is of the essence, and we should take a multi-pronged approach to ensure that nothing goes wrong. Comrade Mingcai selected capable forces to go to Poshan Town to conduct an investigation. Strive to find out the source of the disease as soon as possible. The Health Bureau, on its part, cannot be relented. We are doing our best to treat sick children. In addition, the province's medical research forces will be mobilized to study the epidemic situation and strive to develop effective drugs as soon as possible...... Let's see, what else is missing from my assumptions. Du Yongming looked around.
The second-in-command Ma Yuxia took over the topic: "Secretary Du seems to have been well thought out and very thoughtful. I put the icing on the cake, adding. Since the expert group suspects that it may be a Gu worm, you can go to the local area to find out. Consult someone who knows something about Gu worms. When I was young, I went to the countryside in Miaojiang. I have heard a little about Miao Gu. I haven't experienced it myself, though. However, Gu is real in Miao Jiang. ”
"Comrade Yuxia has a point. You can send someone to do this. We try to be as thoughtful as possible and take a multi-pronged approach so that nothing is missing. Du Yongming said.
After driving out all the worms of the sick children in the ward, Chen Andong felt intensely tired, and his eyelids began to fight.
"Xiaodong. Now that the cause has been found, there is no rush for a while. Today I was tired from the journey, and now I continue to do acupuncture treatment. You're tired too, go back to the guest house and rest. Xiao Yuanbo patted Chen Andong on the shoulder.
"No, when I just came. I saw that many wards were empty. I'll just find a place to lie down. These children could wake up at any time. I'll see how they go. Chen Andong shook his head.
"It's fine. You go find a place yourself. Here we are guarding. Zhao Yutu said with a smile.
Chen Andong has become the baby bump of the Chinese medicine team, and everyone has begun to care for Chen Andong. This is what Chen Andong deserves. He has won honours for the TCM Practitioners Board.
At this time, the Western medicine team was very aggrieved. Even if Chen Anton has found out the direct cause of his illness, they are still helpless. When modern technical means do not work, they immediately become helpless. Since they did not know the specific location of the bugs, they did not dare to perform craniotomy, after all, even if the craniotomy was, because the bugs were completely invisible, they would not be able to find the bugs out of the patient's brain.
"Is this bug really taken out of the patient's brain by the TCM team?" Gui Shaoyong was obviously a little suspicious of this bug.
You Xiaotao nodded: "There is absolutely nothing wrong." The young man from the Chinese medicine team took it out. If I say that the first bug, I haven't seen it with my own eyes, I might still think it is suspicious. The latter ones, those are all I saw with my own eyes. It's not a good thing to fake. Even if they wanted to cheat, where did they get such strange bugs? ”
"Whether it's true or not, I think it depends on the changes in those patients. If the patient is well, it means that he really took the worm out of the patient's brain. Otherwise, just relying on acupuncture to repel insects, I think it's still too mysterious. Yao Qingchu was obviously a little skeptical of all this.
Wang Chunlan also felt unbelievable: "This thing is really a bit strange. I've never heard of anything like it. I've heard of some scams in the countryside and toothworms. In fact, it's a trick. ”
"No, it won't. I watched as Dr. Chen took a few drops of blood out of the patient's brain. After we did the separation, we finally found a strange bug in the blood through staining. How can there be a fake. I'm not blind. You Xiaotao was a little excited.
"Don't get excited, they're just guessing. Didn't you say that the bugs in the brains of those children were driven out? Let's see if the children's condition has improved, don't you know? Gui Shaoyong saw several people arguing, and hurriedly said.
"Forget it, believe it or not. Wait for the results to come out tomorrow, and then see what you have to say. After You Xiaotao finished speaking, he walked out. He firmly believes that it is impossible for the members of the Chinese Medicine Practitioners to play tricks. Before, people didn't know what was inside, and if it wasn't for dyeing, he wouldn't have found it. If the other party is going to play tricks, why not use a bug that is easier to observe. And through further observation, You Xiaotao also found that this insect is extremely strange, after leaving the human body, the survival time does not exceed half an hour, and the corpse can quickly decay after death. Therefore, the difficulty of cheating with this bug is also super high.
Chen Andong woke up and immediately ran to the ward. This sleep didn't even have a dream, as if he had just closed his eyes and woke up, if it weren't for the light of a new day outside the window that had been projected from the distant ridge, Chen Anton would have thought that he had just fallen asleep for a long time.
There are already quite a few people in the ward. But the children were still asleep. The characteristics of these children are obviously different from other children. Other sick children have very light sleep, and at the slightest movement, they will startle and scream. But the children slept soundly, as if they hadn't had a good night's sleep in a long time.
"Why don't you wake up these kids and see how they react." Yao Qingchu was a little impatient.
"These children are pitiful enough, they have been tossing and turning for several days at a young age, and they can finally sleep quietly, so don't wake them up." Xiao Yuanbo hurriedly stopped.
"Didn't you feed them some medicine, did you? Why do you sleep so soundly? Yao Qingchu said again.
"Nope. Just did acupuncture. After acupuncture, I fell asleep. They were not fed any medicine at all. Zhao Yutu frowned, obviously a little dissatisfied with Yao Qingchu's words.
"I'm sorry, Dr. Yao has always been acute." Gui Shaoyong also frowned, but in order not to let the contradictions between the two sides intensify, he came forward to ease it. (To be continued......)