Chapter 294: Awareness

"Toot ......"

The tightly sealed truck slowly reversed, and under the command of the personnel next to it, the car was parked in the corresponding position.

"Elris, this is the last trip, right?"

As soon as he tried to pull a cigarette out of his bosom, Leader patted his head, this is not a place to smoke.

"Well, that's the last trip."

Yawning and jumping out of the car door, Ellis felt exhausted and uncomfortable.

"What's wrong with you, it seems a little bad to look at your face."

Holding his tablet to count the number of goods, Reed looked up and glanced at Elris casually, and noticed that his expression seemed a little strange.

"Well, it's a little uncomfortable."

"It can't be a cold, right?"

Leader didn't care, "I'll go get some medicine later, it doesn't cost anything anyway." ”

As the external editor here, although it is only the usual work of transporting and counting goods, they also have to come into contact with the first floor of the real yΓ n room under the pyramid, because both of them have C4-level permissions. Although authority is not always linked to salary, at least the higher the authority, the better the benefits.

For example, their C4 level authority, the salary is only 6,000 US dollars per month, which is not good compared with other high-level employees in the company, but it is also above the per capita income level in the United States, not to mention that the company has also bought them an insurance policy worth 700,000 US dollars, and in the event of a personal accident, their families will receive unconditional cash compensation of 700,000 US dollars.

That's $300,000 more than $400,000 worth of U.S. war dead soldiers' life insurance.

In addition, the company will also give medical subsidies, and the medical subsidies for employees above the C4 level, individuals and their families will be increased from 40% (cancer, AIDS and other extremely serious diseases), that is, if there is something disability or other terminal illness such as cancer, then in addition to the compensation of 700,000 US dollars. They can also cover 40% of the total cost of treatment incurred during the treatment process. And with the increase in level authority, in the end, it is directly 100% completely borne by the company.

As for ordinary minor illnesses, they are all free of charge, and accommodation and meals are all solved by the company, which is difficult to find in companies with such benefits all over the world.

The only thing that is required of them is to keep their mouths shut. Do things honestly.

They do a good job of this, not to mention outsiders, even to their families, they only say that they are doing things outside, but they never talk about specific things.

"Well, I'll go as soon as I'm done unloading."

After saying these few words, Ellis felt dizzy, and the feeling of nausea was worse than drinking ten bottles of wine, and he couldn't help but spew out vomit.

"FU, CK, Ellis ......"

Fortunately, the dodge was in time. Otherwise, the vomit would have been sprayed directly on him, and Leader hurriedly stepped back and cursed, only to see Elris kneeling on the ground, his eyes rolling and unconscious, and his mouth was still flowing with brown vomit.

"My God......"

Leader gasped and hurriedly pulled out his phone. Called his boss's number.

In less than three minutes, four paramedics rushed in. Wearing gloves, he looked through Elris's pupils and shouted, "Quick, send him to Section B on the second floor." ”

"Zone B on the second floor?"

Leader was dumbfounded, to be honest, as an external editor, he could only walk around the warehouse area on the basement floor. The rest of the ground floor was off-limits to him, let alone the floors below.

What disease does Ellis have? To be sent to the lower floors?

There is only one possibility, that is, the condition of Elris at this moment is urgent, and it is no longer the ordinary medical equipment of the above-ground nursing home that can be treated, and more advanced medical treatment equipment is necessary.

He was still in a daze. Alris had already been sent to the stretcher, and was quickly pushed into the elevator by the paramedics, slowly settling down.

When I came to Area B on the second floor, the red light of a separate treatment room that had been notified was already on, and the doctors who had been waiting for a long time calmly began to carry out preliminary examinations and emergency treatment.

"White blood cells are more than three times normal...... It is an inflammation of a bacterial infection. ”

The patient was put on a ventilator, some tests were done, and some blood samples were taken, and the researcher, who was acting as a temporary doctor, turned around and said, "Send the blood sample to the lab." ”

Shortness of breath, a continuous decrease in body temperature, an increase in heart rate to more than 130 times per minute, and a large amount of fluid in the abdominal cavity, accompanied by certain acute kidney failure, why is this bacterial infection so serious?

The doctor looked down and didn't wait long, and another test report came out, which should be hemorrhagic enteritis caused by E. coli, accompanied by hemolytic uremic syndrome. But there is a little strangeness, the patient not only has kidney function failure, but also the water, electrolyte and acid-base balance disorders in the body, and the heart function is actually failing, the heart rate is increased, the heart sound is low, and the heart rate is irregular, this heart function is affected, it should not be the appearance of the bacterial infection of the large intestine, right?

However, the patient's clinical symptoms of high fever, septic shock, leukocytosis, and acute diarrhea are like the status quo of intestinal infection, and there should be no mistake.

After thinking about it, the doctor said: "1.8 million units of cephalosporin, 1.2 million units of amikacin......"

Rapid treatment is followed by specific antimicrobial therapy to correct the patient's water-electrolyte imbalance and maintain pH balance...... There are many comprehensive treatments in this series, but the doctors do it methodically and without rushing.

After this qiΔ“ was done, the patient's condition seemed to have stabilized initially, and the doctor wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and prepared to go out to rest. At this moment, the patient lying on the hospital bed had his heart beating violently, his body was shaking, as if he had been choked by the throat, and his breathing was extremely short.

"What's going on?"

The doctor was startled and rushed to make first aid, but ten minutes later, the patient's eyes were closed forever.

There was silence in the treatment room, including the attending doctor, and they couldn't help but look up at the time on the wall, from the onset of the disease to the ineffective death, it was only one and a half hours!

Why are all antibiotics ineffective? Why? Why?

This is definitely not an ordinary bacterial infection!

His face turned pale, and the doctor looked at the dead man on the hospital bed, and couldn't help but take a few steps back, and wanted to escape from here without doing anything.

Of course, he knew what the consequences would be, so he resisted the urge to run away, waved his hand, signaled for several of the support personnel present to be quiet, and then pressed a button on the wall to call out to his superiors.

……

Half an hour later, in another Level 4 biological chamber in Area B, seven researchers were testing samples in protective suits with independent oxygen supply.

Carefully placing one of the samples under the microscope and magnifying it about a thousand times, the researcher looked up at the monitor, which was magnified in the shape of a bacterium.

After completing the testing method, soon, thanks to the world's most advanced equipment here, within three hours, a preliminary test report was delivered to Chen Yang.

Chen Yang, who was originally doing the rest of the experiments, frowned when he saw this urgent notice.

β€œNDM-1οΌŸβ€

After a little thought, Chen Yang remembered the meaning of this name.

Why are there patients carrying NDM-1 in the base?

A quick review of the investigation report revealed that the deceased carrying the superbug, who was responsible for the transportation of goods to and from the nursing home and the outside world as a D4-level transport personnel before his death, should have been infected with the superbug containing the NDM-1 gene somehow in the outside world.

"Helan ......" linked to Liu Helan's communication, and Chen Yang muttered: "The place where the employee has been contacted, have the disinfection measures been done?" ”

"Boss, we have done a good job of disinfection in all aspects as soon as possible, and now we are sending people to conduct a comprehensive inspection on the first and second floors."

"The sanatorium above will also be checked, so don't miss the slightest place."

"Yes."

"Also, all the people who have been in contact with the deceased should be quarantined first, and they can only be released after observing that there are no infectious diseases."

"Please rest assured that all relevant contacts have already been quarantined."

Liu Heran said softly.

"That's good."

Turning off the communication, Chen Yang didn't care too much, although NDM-1 was terrifying, but as long as there was vigilance in the pyramid room, then no matter how powerful the germs were, it would be impossible for them to spread here.

He continued his own business, and Chen Yang didn't expect that the news he received the next day would surprise him.

"You're saying that the Los Angeles company has found multiple cases of infected people with this disease?"

"Yes, boss, according to Fang Ye's report, the major hospitals in Los Angeles have received forty-five cases of suspected illness, including five company personnel."

"So much?"

Chen Yang's face changed slightly: "In other words, this superbug has spread in Los Angeles?" ”

β€œβ€¦β€¦β€

Liu Helan was silent for a moment: "I suspect that it should be more than that, now we have not traced the source of the germs, and Los Angeles is the largest city on the West Coast, there is reason to suspect that this germ will ...... with the plane"

Liu Helan didn't need to say the rest of the words, Chen Yang understood what she meant.

"Is there a cure?"

Chen Yang asked a crucial question.

"Based on tests, this superbug is resistant to all current antibiotics and cannot be treated, excluding our new antibiotics."

"Yes."

Chen Yang breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't want his company's employees to suddenly have this kind of illness, but he could only watch that he couldn't take any treatment measures.

"Wait......"

If only a new antibiotic could treat this germ, wouldn't that represent a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Andres? Regardless of where this germ came from, it has to be said that this is indeed a great opportunity.

Of course, the premise is that the superbug spreads widely. (To be continued......)