Dr. Hua said: "So all kinds of rumors are spreading, and the most common thing is that ** sent these white doctors to take these patients away, not to treat, but to bury them alive, and so on and so forth. Whenever the villagers saw the paramedic wearing the alien-like protective suit, they hid. How do you think you can see a doctor in such a medical environment? ”

"Therefore, now the method has changed, and the medical point is built near the more concentrated villages and towns, isolated, and the relatives can meet through video, and the cremation of the body after death will also allow the relatives to participate, hoping to eliminate the estrangement and misunderstanding. Unfortunately, even so, the villagers' terror and even hostility towards the medical team cannot be eliminated in a short period of time, and various acts of resistance to treatment still exist. ”

Zuo Li said: "Once hostility is formed, it is difficult to change. ”

Dr. Hua said: "Yes, this is not the most headache, the most terrifying thing is that the attacks of the West African anti-** forces, coupled with the hundreds of years of strife and fighting between tribes and religious sects have continued until now, this mutual hatred and distrust is even more terrifying, especially white people, will face a more dangerous situation than us." ”

Zuo Li was a little strange and asked, "Why are white people more in danger?" ”

"Didn't I just say that? The villagers were very afraid of those who wore heavy protective suits like aliens, believing that they had buried their sick relatives alive instead of treating them. Most of these people are volunteer medical workers from white Western countries, but in fact, they are completely humanitarian. However, due to the high fatality rate of the Ebola virus, the people they took away rarely returned, and the local ** has not been able to carry out patient and detailed explanations, the local people have a very low level of education, and they are more willing to believe all kinds of local rumors, especially the judgments made by the village wizards. ”

So the white doctors in protective suits were treated as murderers and were hostile to them. The area assigned by our Chinese medical team is the most dangerous place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and it is also the area where the local people are most hostile to white doctors. The Chinese have a much better impression among the local population. ”

Zuo Li said: "It turns out that there are so many behind-the-scenes things, which no one told us before going abroad, and it is also something that cannot be seen in relevant materials." By the way, I saw that the Ebola virus vaccine has come out, but it doesn't seem to be the case here, do you know what's going on? ”

Dr. Hua said with a wry smile: "The vaccine is said every year, but there is no trace of it, and the local people do not accept the so-called seedlings at all. They have never had any vaccination, and they don't know that vaccines can prevent diseases, because the vast majority of them don't have any good education, a lot of them don't even have any education, they don't have the concept of a vaccine at all, they don't have the concept of a virus. ”

Zuo Li was strange: "There is no concept of a virus? Don't they believe there is a virus? ”

Dr. Hua shook his head: "I don't believe it, they and even many people don't believe that those Ebola patients died of infection with the virus – it's hard to understand, right?" ”

Zuo Li smiled bitterly: "Why don't you believe it?" ”

"Ebola is what many people in the area believe to be a curse from God, or a conspiracy of hostile tribes, a lie made up to make them flee in fear and unable to fight it. Or think it's a conspiracy to disintegrate their tribe so that they can't fight against it, or they want to capture their people for experiments, etc. These rumours have led to a lack of affection and trust in vaccines in the affected areas. In addition, most of the current vaccines are injected, whether it is Ebola or other diseases, which is difficult for the local people to accept. ”

Zuo Li asked, "Why?" ”

"The local people are not most afraid of Ebola, they are most afraid of AIDS," said Dr. Hua. ”

"Really? Why? ”

"Because of the Ebola disease, they think it is a ghost, as long as they don't provoke the spirit, they won't get sick, but they all know that AIDS is mainly a disease that men and women get when they do that kind of thing, and the local people are very interested in that kind of thing, and they often do it, and they basically don't take any safety measures, so the probability of getting sick is much greater."

"As a result, the spread of AIDS in West Africa is very high. And because of the large-scale propaganda of AIDS prevention and treatment, they also know that the common use of needles can also be transmitted, so they are subconsciously very afraid of the use of needles, and always subconsciously associate with AIDS, always worried that they will be infected with AIDS by injection. Because AIDS is so common in this area, and common medical equipment such as needles are too scarce, many local medical centers are reusing needle injections, which is also a very important reason why many people refuse to be vaccinated. ”

Zuo Li's eyes widened and he said, "Sharing needles? It can't be that miserable, right? ”

"Don't compare the medical conditions in China with here, no matter how backward you imagine it is, and how scarce the medical equipment is. Because what you actually see will be more serious than you think. Let me tell you, there is only one village doctor in the villages I often go to treat, and he only has one needle and two needles in his hand. The two needles should be boiled in hot water after being used up in turns, and then the second treatment should be given. Because the amount of use is too large, the disinfection cannot be strict, there is no way, the local medical conditions are like this. ”

"The infusion equipment is the kind of rubber tubes and needles that can be used repeatedly in our country in the 80s, because there are too many infusion people, so we use the needles tightly and start to boil them, and then use them for the next patient. Sometimes it's too busy to use it for the next person without even doing any sterilization, and there are too many patients to wait. Local hospitals even use mineral water to flush the open abdominal cavity during surgical procedures. ”

"Wouldn't it? So terrifying? ”

"Alas! The medical staff here are already numb, what can be done if the conditions are too poor? Like a poor man who has been starving for a long time, can you expect him to eat very well? ”

The two chatted while drinking, and the wine was finished, although it was still a little unfinished, but they didn't plan to drink it anymore, after all, there was still a task the next day.

Zuo Li was about to leave, and Team Leader Long came in with a stack of lists and said, "We have printed out the group list for easy viewing." If you have any comments, please put them forward as soon as possible. At the same time, determine the captains of each medical team, by the way, Dr. Hua, you are on the team of Zuo Li, okay? ”

Dr. Hua nodded yes.

Zuo Li looked at the list and found that there was only Fat Tiger in the grouping list, and there was no searchlight. How did the two of them get separated?

Zuo Li immediately said to Team Leader Long: "Meng Xin is from our third hospital, she is not on our list, can you adjust her back?" They are all in the same hospital, they know each other, and it is convenient to work. ”

Team Leader Long looked at Zuo Li and said with a smile: "I'm afraid you don't think about it from this angle, isn't it because the two of them are a couple?" ”