Chapter 134: Strict Compliance
Military transport planes are not as comfortable as civil aviation, and they can't play cards because they are very bumpy, and they have to tie themselves to the net ropes behind them. There were also a large pile of medical equipment, medicinal materials and some other relief materials in the transport plane, which was loaded with a belly full of planes.
The military planes began to descend, and through the cabin window, they saw the lush forests and vast savannahs of West Africa, but there was no smoke of gunpowder, not even villages and any traces of human activity, not even the herds of animals that can often be seen on TV "Animal World", but there was a dead silence. It seems that they landed on a planet with no human population.
It wasn't until their plane flew to the military airfield and was about to land that they saw a few houses or tents.
The plane was so jolting when it landed that it made Zuo Li feel like the plane would fall apart at any time. Chen Tianming, who was sitting next to him, held Zuo Li's hand tightly with his hand and leaned on his shoulder.
The plane finally stopped jolting, and Chen Tianming breathed a sigh of relief. I found that my nails were almost pierced into Zuo Li's arm, so I quickly let go, and several nail marks were pinched red. She quickly rubbed it with her hand and said to Zuo Li, "I'm sorry, I'm too nervous." ”
Zuo Li said: "It's fake not to be nervous, you see that the other colleagues on the plane are pale, and everyone is about the same." ”
It's really like this, even the big bull turned pale, and he couldn't say it with a smile when he wanted to speak.
It's horrible, how can the airport be like this?
They were picked up by a medical team leader surnamed Long, who is also a veteran military doctor of the Chinese peacekeeping force stationed there.
After the dragon leader asked everyone to form a team, he said to everyone: "Everyone, we are already in the war zone, and many anti-** armies and ** armies are fighting in this area, and the tribal armed forces often fight each other. But don't worry, our peacekeepers are right near the airport. The airport where we are landing now is often accidentally hit by various mortars, so it is often bombed into potholes, and it is not very well repaired. No way. ”
Zuo Li: It's only now that they're starting to get really nervous. The war and the terrifying scenes mentioned by the domestic team leader when he introduced the situation in West Africa were just imaginations in their brains, but now they really feel it, only to find that those cold words without temperature are so sharp and angular, and they make people's hearts panic.
Medical supplies and medical supplies donated by several hospitals were received by local** and transported by truck at the airport.
Zuo Li and his medical team members got on the military trucks sent by the peacekeeping forces to pick them up and went to the barracks of the troops. At this moment, the alarm suddenly sounded at the airport, and the sharp sirens echoed in the empty airport.
Team Leader Long said loudly: "Don't worry, this kind of alarm will be heard often in the future, as long as there are suspicious people approaching, the alarm will sound, and it is more of a warning to those people, many times nothing actually happens." There are our country's peacekeeping troops stationed nearby, and the camp you want is also in the peacekeeping force camp, so there is no problem with safety. ”
Everyone was a little relieved, although there was no critical situation, but this alarm made everyone's nerves tense instantly.
Qiang Niu and the other security team members were integrated into the security team, and they took off-road jeeps respectively, and officially began to carry out the task of escorting the medical team, so they were not with them.
The car staggered all the way to the camp of the peacekeepers.
Although their medical teams live in the barracks of the peacekeeping forces, they are separated by a wall and each has a separate door to enter and exit. Because the medical team is in contact with Ebola patients every day, it is not known who will be infected, and the virus has an incubation period, so in order to avoid infecting the officers and soldiers in the barracks, their medical team is also isolated.
The camps are all simple bungalows, but the conditions are not bad, there are canteens and bathhouses, and the dormitories are two people per house. Chen Tianming lives in a room with a searchlight. And Zuo Li is in the same room as Fat Tiger.
After a brief wash, a meeting was held in the large conference room of the medical team camp.
After the team leader counted the number of people, the meeting was announced.
He first introduced the leaders who participated in the meeting, including the commanders of the barracks of the peacekeeping forces, as well as WHO officials, representatives of the local ** army, and the leader of the security team, but he was not a strong bull, he was just the vice president, and there was a big bull with a higher level than him as the team leader.
After introducing the leaders of the meeting, the general leader of the medical team, the Long military doctor, began to introduce the situation.
"The Ebola epidemic area has spread widely in West Africa, and the medical teams participating in the treatment of the epidemic come from different countries, and the WHO has designated the areas that the national medical teams are responsible for," said Team Leader Long. Our national medical team is responsible for the area where our peacekeeping forces are located, and there are a number of medical clinics. It is mainly near villages where people are relatively concentrated. ”
"Our medical teams need to go deep into their respective medical centers to treat patients, and we have just received a notice that the ** military will send troops to help protect the safety of the medical team. But the specifics of this matter have not yet been decided. Until then, your security was the responsibility of the security personnel who accompanied the team, because the peacekeeping force was only responsible for UN peacekeeping missions and could not serve as a guard for the medical team. But you can rest assured that there is a consensus among the armed forces on the ground that they will not attack the United Nations medical team. So as long as you identify yourself, you are relatively safe. ”
"In the past, there have been very few attacks on medical teams, and the few that have been caused by mistake have been the case, and it is important to identify yourself and take a stand. Remember, it is a basic principle that you must first ensure your own safety if you give up treating the sick, and only by ensuring your own safety can you save more people, this is the basic principle. I hope that every doctor here will keep this in mind. Protecting yourself is the first priority, and your family and the motherland hope that you will come here safely and go home safely. ”
Hearing this, everyone's heart was heavy again.
Team Leader Long continued: "Next, let me tell you about the Ebola virus outbreak that you will face. Many people may know that Ebola is the name of a small river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the deadly hemorrhagic fever virus first broke out in the villages near this river, so it was named after this river. I believe you have some knowledge of the Ebola virus that is breaking out now, there are several variants, and this outbreak is the most powerful of them all, the Zaire Ebola virus, which is characterized by a very high mortality rate, which can reach 90%, and it can be said that once it is infected, it is basically impossible to survive. ”
"From the beginning of the onset of the disease to the death, the incubation period is generally about a week, the short is only two days, the main characteristics of the patient are high fever, headache, sore throat, weakness and muscle aches. This is followed by vomiting and diarrhea, abdominal pain, the appearance of bleeding and blood clotting both inside and outside the body. Once bleeding occurs, death usually occurs within 24 hours. ”
"This disease is a zoonotic virus, and the main way of infection is through the patient's body fluids, such as blood excretion, vomiting, urine, saliva, ** and the like, and no droplet infection has been found. In other words, as long as you do not come into contact with the patient's body fluids or body, it is safe in principle, so protection is important. ”
"Avoid unprotected direct contact with sick people, avoid contact with items used by sick people, and try to avoid contact with local wildlife, including wild game sold in markets. Locals love to eat wild animals, even bats. Because wild animals can also be infected with this germ. Most of the large wild animals near our camp have been killed, just to avoid the infection of animals to people. ”
"It is inevitable to encounter such animals in the process of traveling to the doctor, and if they do not threaten their lives, they can be left alone. But the wildlife is approaching, and the security guards responsible for your safety are armed with guns, and they have been ordered to shoot dangerous animals, especially predators. ”
"For animals such as fierce beasts, everyone may be more vigilant, but for some cute little animals, you must also be careful, at this time do not carry forward your spirit of fraternity. Perhaps a simple touch can lead to a deadly disease. Not only yourself, but also the team members, and even the entire camp. We hope that you will strictly adhere to these requirements. ”