In Romeo and Juliet, there is a scene where the priest gives Juliet a medicine that she takes as if she is dead, but she will wake up after forty-two hours.

This condition also appears in many literary works, in that era when medicine was not developed, it was difficult to detect, and it was called "fake death".

In modern medicine, suspended animation, also known as weak death or deep coma, refers to a state in which people's circulation, breathing and brain functions are highly inhibited, and their vital functions are extremely weak.

Although the theory is true, is it really possible to happen in reality? With such advanced medical vital signs detection instruments, especially in the ICU, how can there be a situation of suspended animation?

If Yao Xirui's case of defrauding the corpse is to be closed, it is necessary to go to Ningzhou People's Hospital for a careful investigation.

On Yao Xirui's death certificate, there is the signature of an attending physician, named Luo Qingyun.

Luo Qingyun is the ICU attending physician of the People's Hospital, with more than 30 years of medical experience, and is an expert-level figure in Ningzhou People's Hospital.

Li Meng and I came to the People's Hospital, ready to find Luo Qingyun to investigate some situations.

When we arrived, Luo Qingyun was explaining the situation to more than a dozen patients' families outside the operating room.

"The patient has a brainstem hemorrhage and has fallen into an unconscious coma, and the family will discuss a result as soon as possible, whether to perform a craniotomy." Luo Qingyun was wearing a white coat, his expression was solemn, and he said seriously.

A woman, who is the patient's wife, trembled slightly, and asked in a trembling voice, "What are the chances of a successful operation?" ”

"The success rate of surgery is more than 90 percent, but I want to make it clear to you that the patient is older, and he has a brain stem hemorrhage, which is the most serious symptom of cerebral hemorrhage. After resuscitation, although the patient's life can be saved, the patient will become a vegetative state. The cost of surgery is very high, and the cost of post-operative rehabilitation is not a small number, so you families should consider it. Luo Qingyun said seriously.

After hearing this, the woman hesitated, her family is not wealthy, and she can raise enough money for her husband's surgery by smashing the pot and selling iron, but after the husband's operation, he is a vegetative person, what should be done with the follow-up expenses, and what should I do about the mental and economic pressure that her husband has to bear all year round to take care of a vegetative person?

At this time, the patient's sister who was standing aside said in a tone that had nothing to do with herself: "Then you have to be cured, you have to be cured by smashing the pot and selling iron, how can you not leave regrets." ”

"Yes, if you don't treat it, you will regret it for the rest of your life!" The patient's brother-in-law chimed in.

When the woman heard these words, she hesitated even more, and asked with tears in her eyes, "Doctor, is it possible to recover after becoming a vegetative person?" ”

"It's hard to say, there are indeed cases of miraculous recovery after being in bed for more than ten years, but in terms of the cases I have treated since I started medicine, the possibility of this recovery is very small, and it cannot be said that there may be no at all, but it can only be said that it may be very small." Dr. Luo said seriously.

"The doctor has said that there is a possibility of recovery!" The patient's cousin spoke again.

The woman lowered her head, thought for a moment, and finally wiped her tears and said firmly, "Doctor, we are dead, so be it......"

As a bystander, we can all feel the pain of the woman making this decision.

The woman herself made the decision to forgo treatment, and she must have suffered more than anyone else, a psychology that no one else could experience.

"If you've thought about it, come and sign it with me."

The woman nodded and followed Dr. Luo into the office.

Leaving more than a dozen relatives in the corridor and scolding: "See, this little dead wife, shameless, dead?!" ”

"Is this incurable? We can lend her no money! ”

"That's her husband, a husband and wife for a hundred days, and the doctor hasn't sentenced him to death yet, so he will sentence him to death?!"

"Something without a conscience......"

Everyone blamed the woman very much for her decision to give up the treatment, and the scolding was very ugly.

After a while, the woman walked out of the office, and she watched quietly as everyone discussed herself, listening to such ugly words.

Finally, she exploded.

"Shut the fuck up for me! You lent me money for healing? Don't you have to pay it back? He was cured of a vegetative state, and did you come and serve him? He's my husband, don't I want to revive him? Hundreds of thousands of surgery costs, smashing pots and selling iron, my son is not married yet! You touch the upper lip and the lower lip, say no regrets, have you considered his quality of life? A vegetative person, unable to take care of himself, has he considered his feelings? Get out of here! ”

The woman roared hysterically, and the crowd was speechless, and everyone left with a roll of their eyes.

After everyone left, the woman sat alone on a chair in the corridor, hugging her head and crying, heartbreaking, and moving......

This kind of thing, in the ICU, is staged every day, and doctors can see all kinds of human feelings every day.

We would love to comfort the woman, but at this time, it may be the best comfort to let her stay quietly for a while.

Li Meng and I walked into the ICU attending physician's office, where Dr. Luo was operating the computer to enter the medical records and upload the letter of responsibility for the family to give up the treatment.

"Who are the two?" Dr. Luo looked up at us.

"We are from the Municipal Public Security Bureau, and we are here to investigate the situation with you." I showed him my police ID.

Dr. Luo looked at us in a daze, he is a doctor, and he has not broken the law, what is the police investigating here?

He got up slightly and beckoned us to sit down, looked at his watch again, and said apologetically, "What do the two officers want to ask?" I have a consultation in fifteen minutes, and hopefully both of you will be able soon. ”

"Don't worry, Doctor Luo, we won't delay your work, do you know Yao Xirui?" I asked straight to the point.

"Yes, he was a patient in the ICU, and he died of gas poisoning." Dr. Luo nodded and admitted.

After the death of the patient, the family needs to go to the local police station with the death certificate issued by the hospital to cancel the household registration, according to the process, the police will investigate the cause of death of the deceased, and if necessary, will conduct an autopsy to ensure that the cause of death of the deceased is not suspicious, and rule out the criminal case of homicide.

Dr. Luo has been in the ICU for many years and has become numb to death, so he naturally understands the purpose of the police investigation.

"Doctor Luo, can you tell us about Yao Xirui's condition when she was sent to the hospital?" I said.

Doctor Luo recalled it carefully and said slowly: "When Yao Xirui first sent it, it was gas poisoning, and at the same time there was a wound on the wrist, the wound was very deep, it should be a wound left by cutting his wrists and committing suicide.

When she arrived at the hospital, Yao Xirui was unconscious, in a deep coma, accompanied by increased muscle tone and tonic spasm in her limbs, and cerebral edema, pulmonary edema, myocardial damage and arrhythmia caused by gas poisoning were also detected, and her breathing was also suppressed.

At the same time, because of the wound on the wrist, there was excessive blood loss, and after rescue, the vital signs showed signs of temporary stabilization, and he was directly admitted to the ICU.

In less than half a day, Yao Xirui's body had multiple organ failures, pupils were dilated, and after 30 minutes of rescue, the ECG monitoring did not respond, and the heartbeat, pulse and breathing all disappeared, and she was judged to be dead. ”