Chapter 108: Healing
An emaciated man rose from his tent in ecstasy, his ten fingers trembling uncontrollably, barely holding the medical chart, his steps staggering a little from being too excited.
He is Stephen Strange, a former top surgeon, but unfortunately, just half a year ago, a sudden car accident caused nerve damage in both hands, and he can no longer hold the scalpel and work normally.
In order to save the career he regarded as his life, Dr. Stephen Strange had to turn to his peers who he considered incompetent "quacks" for help, but all the surgeons had nothing to do after seeing the case, "The nerves in the ten fingers have been stirred, and it is already God's favor to be able to barely move the fingers, and I advise you not to expect to return to the previous level." ”
Disappointment, to despair.
Stephen Strange did not give up after all, and the artificial organ transplant gave him hope - he is a doctor himself, so he can naturally see that the technical level of the meme company is quite perfect, and there is no need to pass any FDA testing and stamping.
After days of hard waiting, his name was finally called, and he was finally able to pick up the scalpel again and continue his career.
However, before he could take a few steps, he suddenly realized something, his smile gradually froze, and he slowly turned to look at a woman with complicated eyes in the tent next to him.
This is a single mother from Phoenix, whose 12-year-old daughter is suffering from ANL, or acute non-gonocytic leukemia, and is being treated at Gotham City Hospital.
The disease is fiercer than a tiger, the cycle of targeted therapy is long and fierce, and the hope of healing is like a candle in the wind.
Fortunately, this single mother is extremely determined, and while entrusting a friend to take care of her daughter in the hospital, she sets up a tent and stops at the entrance of this regenerative medicine research institute to watch for hope.
These days, Stephen Strange, who is extremely frustrated, has been supporting each other with this single mother, encouraging each other, and waiting for each other.
He waited for his chance.
Stephen Strange took a deep breath, lowered his head and didn't dare to look the single mother in the eye, almost running through the crowd and rushing in front of the doorman.
"You're Dr. Strange?" The doorman took the medical record form handed over by the other party and said casually, "Go upstairs and wait." ”
"Wait," Stephen swallowed and said in a deep voice, "I want to transfer this opportunity to someone else." ”
"Huh?" The doorman's eyes widened, he looked through the medical records rather unkindly, frowned, and silently reached for the security baton on his waist, "What do you mean?" ”
"I'm not a scalper," Stephen spread his hands, pointed to the tent group in the distance, and said, "There is a little girl there who suffers from ANL, saving people is like fighting a fire, I am only injured on my fingers, give her the chance to save her life." ”
"I can't do this." The fat gatekeeper shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands and said, "You know, man, I'm a part-time worker. ”
"Is it okay for me to meet with the doctor in charge?" Stephen said in a deep voice, "I'm a doctor myself, quite a good surgeon, maybe I've met with your supervisor at some meeting?" You just have to go up and say it. ”
The doorman hesitated for a moment, glanced at the disappointed and lamenting family members outside, sighed, and said to Stephen's ear: "I'll ask, but there shouldn't be much hope, and even if it does, you can't make a public announcement." ”
"Thank you very much." Stephen said sincerely, patted the other party's palm, and stood in place waiting.
After a long time, the doorman came down, followed by a young doctor in a white coat and a mask.
"Hello, Dr. Stephen Strange, I'm the director of this institute." Leon shook Stephen's hand and said gently, "I have read your medical papers in the NEMJ New England Journal of Medicine, BMJ, and JAMA, and I have benefited greatly from the content on neural connections. ”
Stephen didn't expect the other party to be so young, and Ne said, "Hello, uh...."
"Call me Leon." The young man in the white coat said kindly: "Our institute is short of people, I don't know if you would like to come to work with me." ”
"Yes, yes." Stephen breathed a sigh of relief and said apprehensively, "But my hand..."
"It's just a small problem, and it can be solved at any time." Leon smiled and said, "I heard that you also know a little girl with leukemia?" ”
"Uh, yes." Stephen nodded and said hurriedly: "She is a partially differentiated M2b in acute myelocytic leukemia, bone marrow hyperplasia is extremely active, protomonocytes and young monocytes proliferate at the same time, accounting for 30 percent, and the erythroid and megakaryocytic lines are inhibited." ”
"That's right...," Leon frowned slightly, "where is she?" ”
"Gotham Public Hospital."
Leon turned around and said to the doorman, "You go to her parents in the tent area, drive, pick her up, it will take eight hours to cultivate the corresponding bone marrow, and after that, you can conduct the experiment." ”
The doorman nodded, listened to Stephen's message, and walked towards the tent area.
The boss's instructions must be followed, and it is stated in the Meme Company Employee Code of Conduct: Joining the company can enjoy the employee benefits provided by the company, including but not limited to regular medical examinations, reimbursement of family medical expenses, employee housing, holiday gifts, paid annual leave, .....
The latter few items are not unusual, but regular medical check-ups and reimbursement of medical expenses for family members are not too pleasant, and when the US Food and Drug Administration opens up the restrictions on artificial organs, employees within meme companies no longer have to worry about medical problems, and they can enjoy the benefit of free replacement of diseased organs along with their families.
Americans also have the problem of difficulty in seeing a doctor, the medical insurance bill has been discussed for so many years, and finally it ended up in the abyss of bankruptcy under the deliberate stirring of interest groups such as insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, hospitals, and equipment companies.
The U.S. medical system can be seen as a hijacking of the American people by capitalist interest groups, and the Democratic Party strives for votes by exploiting the middle class to distribute the money for medical treatment to the poor - don't think that the Democratic Party is a good person, these brain-filled uncles will not let the medical system collapse and make the poor afford to see the disease, otherwise how can they let the people at the bottom see their efforts and vote for them by working on medical issues?
At a certain level, the meme companies that master the core technology are fully capable of completely tearing up this copper-stained network of interests in the most violent and direct way.
The doorman hurried to take the single mother to the hospital, while Stephen Strange followed Leon up to the second floor, ready to replace the broken finger.
Leon's steps on the stairs suddenly stopped, causing Stephen to nearly crash into it.
"He's my disciple." An ethereal voice rang in Leon's ears, and when he turned around, he could see a vague and transparent ghost hovering behind Stephen, "You can't heal him." ”