Chapter 573: Hospital Ship
"Anaya, what is this for? Met his friend? Doesn't it look like a refueling ship? Fat Man Boo put on his clothes as he poked his head out of the second floor and stared at the steamer opposite.
In the Amazon basin, there are some rivers with a tugboat-like boat that is moored in the middle of the river with a large tin can pulled behind it. Those cans contain diesel or gasoline to refuel passing ships, like service areas on the highway, not only to refuel, but also to sell some daily necessities. However, the ship is clearly not a refueling ship, but more like a passenger ship.
"I think it's a hospital ship, right? You see, there are three flags hanging on the bow of the ship, and one of them is not a red cross flag? "Sturgeon is a full-time photographer among the three, he is a photography enthusiast, he likes to take pictures and photography when he is in China, so this time, the photographic equipment is used by him, at this time he is holding a video camera, using the focal length of the machine as a telescope.
"That's right, it's a Red Cross flag, it should be a medical ship, Anaya probably wants us to go to the ship to see a doctor." Hong Tao took the camera and looked at it, and in addition to the Brazilian flag and the Amazon flag, there was indeed a red cross flag on the boat.
"Anaya, is that a hospital ship?" Although the three of them had their own judgments, they were still not at ease, and ran down from the second deck again to ask Anaya in the cockpit.
"Yes, this is a medical ship of the Marine Corps, they are all military doctors, much better than those doctors in Manaus, and they only charge for medicine, not for medical treatment, and they don't have to queue, you are lucky, they are probably going upstream, just let them show you." Anaya said as she sounded the ship's whistle to send a signal to the hospital ship opposite.
I don't know what signal the two ships rely on to communicate, anyway, the ship began to slow down slowly after hearing Anaya's whistle. Then slightly left the main channel. Anaya's boat crossed the river diagonally and approached the big boat, and with the help of the big ship's staff, it was finally attached to the stern of the big boat.
While tying the rope, Anaya said something in Portuguese to the people on the boat opposite, and from time to time pointed to the three Hong Tao standing next to her. Two uniformed men from the opposite boat soon came out of the cabin, asked Anaya a few more questions, and beckoned Hong Tao to let them pass.
"Go over in a speedboat, and I'll follow you." They're going upstream, so they can't stop the boat. Anaya told Hong Tao about the situation.
"Can they speak English?" Hong Tao was not worried about driving the speedboat over. Rather, I was worried about the language barrier.
"Those military doctors can speak English, they are very kind, they are not policemen, they are soldiers, so there is no need to worry about anything else." Anaya deliberately emphasized the police and the army, and it seems that in their place, the military is more reliable than the police.
A few minutes later, Hong Tao drove the speedboat and slowly got into the big boat and threw the cable on it. Tied down by the staff of the hospital ship, the three of them climbed up the ladder next to the boat.
The ship's cabin had been divided into several separate cabins, and in the aisle were several female soldiers in military uniforms, after they saw Hong Tao and the three. He smiled and said hello in English or Portuguese.
Hong Tao was received by a male military doctor in his 40s, who first briefly looked at the passports of the three and then asked a female soldier to take them to a cabin. The furnishings here are simple. It's two single beds and a small table, which doesn't look like a medical room, but it smells good. As soon as you enter, you can feel the breath of the hospital.
The medic was named Silva, a white man with gold-rimmed eyes. After entering the house, he asked Hong Tao and Fat Zibu, who were walking in front, to take off their shirts and sit on the bed, and then approached the two of them, carefully looked at the little red dots on their bodies, and asked some questions in English about whether their stomachs hurt, whether they have diarrhea, what they have eaten recently, what animals they have been in contact with, whether they have been bitten, whether they swim in natural waters, whether they have a fever, and so on.
"You've gone up the Broncole? Been bitten by a mosquito, right? Did you swim there? When Hong Tao finished answering about himself and Fat Zibu's situation, the military doctor did not say anything about the condition, but asked Hong Tao about their night fishing two days ago.
"Mosquito bites, just standing in the water for a while, it's useless, we went into the water with our clothes on, only so deep." Hong Tao made him confused, and used his hand to compare the depth of the water at that time.
"That's where those little red dots come up?" The medic asked again.
"Yes, it got up that night, there were very few at that time, we thought it was a mosquito bite, is there any problem? Doctor? Hong Tao was a little anxious, it is said that if it is eczema, it should be smeared and smeared, and it should be taken and taken medicine, so there is no need to talk so much.
"That's right...... There is a very small and poisonous catfish cub in the Brancou River, which burrows into the bodies of animals and feeds on the internal organs of these animals, including us humans. There have been 3 cases of this disease this year, one of them has died, and in the first week they have entered the human body, due to the action of the toxins on their bodies, there will be some red packets on the skin of the host, which is very similar to eczema, so I am going to give you some comprehensive examinations, you don't object, right? The military doctor lifted his glasses and spoke eloquently, slowly and logically.
"Ahh Parasite? Oh no, it's a parasitic fish? Hong Tao was completely stupid by this Silva, he had heard of parasites, and he also bought highly effective insecticides from the United States, and he would eat a tablet every 2 days, but he had never heard of this parasitic fish, if he knew that there was such a thing, he would not have gone into the water if he was killed!
"It's not sure yet, so check it out, and I suggest checking it out, it's safer." The military doctor remained unhurried, as if he was not in front of a person, but an animal in a laboratory.
"Check, must check! Just check on the boat or go to the hospital in the big city? Although Hong Tao didn't believe in this military doctor, he didn't have the courage to ignore the doctor's advice, if it was a parasite, it would be okay to return to China for examination, but this kind of parasitic fish actually eats human internal organs, this thing can't be delayed, in case the check is late, after a few days, he will have one less internal organs, this will still be a P!
"It's okay on the boat, but the conditions here are relatively simple, and you can only check one person at a time, so I asked the nurse to take one person to check first." The military doctor called a female soldier and called the fat man away first, Hong Tao didn't dare to explain the situation to the fat man cloth, for fear that he wouldn't be able to stand the stimulation.
"If it's a parasitic fish, is it troublesome to treat?" Hong Tao waited for the fat man to follow the female soldier out of the country, and then asked the military doctor.
"I need to have a minor operation, it's not troublesome, it's not a major illness, as long as it's detected in time, it's fine. What are you doing in the upper reaches of the Bronco? As far as I know, tourists rarely go there, there's nothing there? The military doctor didn't seem to take this parasitic fish seriously, but had a gossip with Hong Tao.
"We're going fishing, Satan Plabill." Hong Tao answered the military doctor's question truthfully.
"Oh! Satan Plackfish, did you catch it? "The medic seems to be interested in this fish.
"We caught a few small ones, and one big one, and we went into the water to push that fish back into the river, and it ran aground and couldn't pull it." Hong Tao regretted his original decision, he should have let the fish die there, or just tied to the big boat and dragged it.
"Is it really that big? Bragging to the doctor is not a good choice, and I also like fishing, but I haven't caught that big fish yet. The Silva medic shook his finger and warned Hong Tao not to talk big about himself.
"Sturgeon, give him the camera so he can see for himself!" Hong Tao didn't have time to think about fishing at this time, and when he thought of a small catfish swimming in his body, he felt a little pain everywhere on his body.
"Oh, O Madonna! It's true! Celias! Celias! Doctor Silva looked quiet, but his voice was 100% baritone, and when he saw the Satan platypus they caught in the video, he pulled his neck and howled out of the door, and the sound not only resounded throughout the boat, but even on the surface of the river.
"Holy! This doctor is sick! What is he going to do? The sturgeon did not understand the Brazilian doctor's English, which, like the Italians, spoke very quickly, omitting many syllables.
"It's okay, he's calling his colleague, and he says he likes to fish too." Hong Tao also startled him, but fortunately he could roughly understand Silva's English, and when he was at the Baggio house in Italy, Hong Tao was used to the taste of English spoken by Latin.
An old military doctor with gray hair soon ran in outside the door, and unlike Silva, he also wore a white coat, which made people look much more reliable, and he didn't want Silva to be like those female soldiers, with a red cross on his arm, and dare to say that he was a doctor or a nurse.
"You fished this? I know this boat, it's the boat of the Grand River Hotel, and Anaya took you there? After the old medic entered the door, he was called by Silva, and the two of them stuck their heads together, watched the replay in the camera for a few minutes, and then the old medic pointed to the camera and asked Hong Tao.
"yes, just yesterday morning...... We released it, and it's still alive......" Although Hong Tao is not afraid of wearing official clothes, but it is in China, and now he is in a foreign land, and there are two people in military uniforms standing in front of him, even if they are doctors, but they are also soldiers. (To be continued......)
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