Chapter 6 Special Patient

Jingle bells, jingle bells…

In the middle of the night, the urgent ringing of the phone was still ringing relentlessly. It was extremely harsh in the dark night, making people feel extremely uncomfortable, as if something big had happened.

In the old city of Sijiu, in a two-story Soviet-style building in a military compound, lights suddenly came on.

A young woman in her thirties, with fair skin and a handsome face, turned on the bedside lamp, draped her long black hair over her shoulders, wrapped herself in silk pajamas, and then pushed the sleeping man next to her.

"Lao Liang, Lao Liang~"

"Don't sleep, wake up! It's an emergency call!"

Because of work, he rested very late. Lao Liang, who had just laid down and fell asleep, sat up suddenly after hearing his wife's call.

He didn't bother to put on his coat, and instead wore a tight white sweatshirt and a pair of army green shorts. He went straight to the study with his bare arms and thighs exposed, and slippers on.

Due to work reasons, the phone is placed in the study, one for convenience of office work, and the other for confidentiality.

Lao Liang picked up the red internal phone on the desk.

After calming down, he said:

"I'm Liang Chu!"

The person on the other side immediately responded:
"Hello, old commander! I am Gu Zhengxin from the 113th Division."

"I'm so sorry to bother you so late at night!"

"Commander! The situation is really urgent. We have no choice but to call you late at night!"

"It's you, Xiao Gu! Stop talking so much and get to the point. What's going on? Why is it so urgent? What happened?"

Commander Liang said with a serious face.

Gu Zhengxin on the opposite side:

"Commander, nothing major has happened. It's Xiao Liu from the 353rd Regiment. Do you remember him?"

Chief Liang frowned and said, "Xiao Liu, Zhiye?"

Gu Zhengxin replied:
"Yes, it was him. Something happened to him! He just returned home today, and on the way back to the camp, his old brain injury relapsed, so he was rushed to our military hospital."

"Because the part of his body that was injured is really special, the medical conditions here are not up to par and there is a lack of effective treatment methods."

"The experts who consulted with him said that this relapse is much more serious than before and may threaten his life. We have no choice but to seek your help to see if we can send him to the Military General Hospital for treatment..."

Chief Liang said:

"wait for my call!"

After hanging up the phone, he hesitated for a moment, then picked it up again and shook it several times before dialing.

"Hello! Connect me to the main hospital, Vice President Wang is calling..."

after awhile.

"Hello! Lao Wang, it's me, Lao Liang. This is an urgent situation. To make it short, I need your help now..."

…………

After hanging up the phone, Lao Liang couldn't calm down for a long time. He lit a cigarette and looked at the darkness outside the window.

Perhaps because she didn't see Lao Liang return to the house, Sister Ren came out worriedly. She first gave Lao Liang a piece of clothing, fearing that he would catch a cold.

Then he complained a few words:

"Lao Liang! It's already autumn, and it's cold at night, and you don't even put on a coat. You're so grown up, but you still act like a young boy."

"If you catch a cold, let's see what you can do."

"Hmph~ I'm telling you, I don't have time to wait on you at home. There's an important meeting of the Women's Federation tomorrow, and I can't be absent!"

As he said this, he poked Lao Liang's arm with his finger.

Seeing that Lao Liang hadn't said anything yet, he asked worriedly:

"Is there an emergency? If you need to keep it confidential, I won't ask?"

Lao Liang waved his hand.

"Do you remember Xiao Liu from the 338th Regiment?"

When Sister Ren heard this, she felt relieved again and said with a smile:

"Hey! It's that little monkey, how could I not remember him? It was you who brought him into the team back then!"

"Others may not remember, but Xiao Liu certainly can't. I remember every time you asked me to be his matchmaker, he would evade us."

"The Xiongnu are not destroyed, why should we take care of our family!"

"Haha~"

He said this to himself and smiled with his hands covering his mouth.

"This kid is not a quiet guy. He can make achievements on the battlefield, dare to fight to the death, and can also keep getting into trouble, right~"

"Our medical team has almost become his home. He gets injured every other day, and the ward has almost become his lounge."

"He is tall and handsome, talented, and good at speaking. He is always able to communicate with others easily, making people feel very happy..."

"At that time, there were many unmarried girls in my hospital. Every time they saw him coming, they would circle around him, asking about his well-being and wanting to marry him on the spot."

"Hahaha……"

Thinking of these interesting memories, Sister Ren couldn't help laughing again.

"Well, something happened to him..." Lao Liang said what happened in a bleak tone. "What?"

When Sister Ren heard this, she was also extremely worried and said:
"Ah~ How could this happen? Lao Liang and Xiao Liu are so unlucky, aren't they?"

"I had just returned home peacefully, without having to fight any more wars. But before I could enjoy the good days, I fell ill again..."

"Hey! He treats me like his own sister. You have to worry about me!"

"Let's try our best to save him!"

"You said he is still so young and he hasn't found a wife to leave behind."

"What if?"

Lao Liang looked at his wife and saw that she was uneasy and extremely anxious.

He put his arm around her shoulders and held her in his arms.

Then he comforted her, "Don't worry too much, this kid is very tough!"

"He has been through so many dead bodies, and he has managed to escape danger many times. I think this time will be no exception."

"We must believe that he will not be easily defeated by the disease! We also believe that the comrades in the General Hospital will do their best to save him!"

"It's late, let's go to bed early. Don't worry, I'll go to the main hospital in person tomorrow morning..."

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2:30 am.

Liu Zhiye was rushed to the military district's field airport.

Soon after.

A green military magnesium C47 transport plane roared up from the ground and flew towards the southwest and the capital.

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Sijiucheng HD District, Army General Hospital.

In a conference room on the second floor of a five-story red brick building on the westernmost side of the compound.

This conference room now gathers the few brain surgery and neurology experts in the country.

These people included Professor Guan Songyao and Professor Zhao Cheng from the Union Hospital, Professor Wan and Professor Zhang from the General Hospital, Professor Shen Kefei, who performed the first brain surgery in my country, and his assistant Professor Shi Yuquan. Vice President Wang from the General Hospital, the director of the neurosurgery department, and other relevant comrades also attended the meeting.

These top brain experts in the country were urgently summoned before dawn to discuss the diagnosis and treatment plan for this special patient.

Looking at the patient's medical records, everyone was at a loss. They all lowered their heads and remained silent. They thought hard about various plans, but they were rejected one by one.

In those days, there were no advanced instruments like those of later generations, such as CT, X-ray, color ultrasound, MRI, etc. It was very difficult to successfully perform a human brain surgery, and the success rate was very low. Even in later generations, brain surgery was very risky.

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, there have been very few successful cases of brain surgery. So the General Hospital brought together so many experts in the hope that they could work together to save the patient from the clutches of death.

Professor Zhao, who has a square face and black-rimmed round glasses, said:

"Since the patient has undergone craniotomy before, the risk of a second craniotomy is too great and the success rate is minimal, so surgical treatment is not recommended."

Others also said
"Yes! This second surgery! We have never done it before, and those who have done it once are very rare. If this happens, who will take the responsibility?"

"Yes, Xiao Wan is right. Be careful, comrades!"

You and I were talking at the same time, but no one had any idea how to start. When it came to making a treatment plan, we both said it was difficult and kept passing the buck.

Professor Guan, a short, red-faced man, has the worst temper.

Last speech.

"If you don't do a craniotomy and treat it conservatively, isn't that just waiting for death? Are you just going to watch the patient die?"

"We'll try our best to save the situation. I don't believe that with so many of us, we still can't perform a brain surgery together!"

"I can't figure it out!"

After saying that, he turned his face away, curled his lips, and looked to the side.

"What kind of bullshit are you talking about? This is our comrade, what are you talking about?"

Vice President Wang, who was sitting in the middle of the table in the hosting position, was annoyed by his inappropriate words and scolded him.

"You are already a grown-up, but you don't know how to control your words and you are so quick-tempered. How can we succeed in the revolutionary cause if we are so crude?"

After criticizing Professor Guan for a few words, he turned to look at the other experts at the meeting.

"Comrades, this is the situation. It is really difficult. I also know that this patient is very difficult to deal with."

“But if there are difficulties, should we avoid them?”

"We revolutionaries are never afraid of hardships and dangers. We are always brave enough to move forward and are determined to explore everything. We are all firm fighters for materialism."

"Tell me what you need, manpower or material resources. If I can't do it, I'll go to the president and the commissioner. If they can't do it, I'll go to the General Logistics Department."

"In short, we must overcome all difficulties and obstacles and complete the task with quality and quantity. Tell me, do you have confidence?"

Vice President Wang is also a character who is not easy to fool. He joined the revolution when he was young and has gone through many ups and downs for decades.

The military style of doing things is vigorous and resolute, and they don't believe in evil. So he slammed the table and gave a loud order.

Everyone stood up and answered.

"Yes!"

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

(End of this chapter)