At Jiang Xin Hospital, the first batch of infected patients started to die.
It was the same for other hospitals at San Hai City.
It was the same for many hospitals across the globe that were infected with legionella pneumonia.
The death toll continued to rise, it was spiraling out of control. So far, not all the hospitals had lost control but most of them could not save enough patients. There were too many patients but too few medical staff and too little equipment.
At Da Hwa City's Phecda Emergency Command Centre, the joy from obtaining the effective medicine had disappeared, only a depressing silence remained.
The people from the various departments stared at the surveillance footage from different hospitals. Some had tears in their eyes while others lowered their heads.
It was not a scene that they could bear to see, especially at Jiang Xin Hospital.
From the hospital lobby to the emergency room, to the pharmacy, to the inpatient department, to the 2nd floor and 3rd floor … every corridor was filled with patients, they were moving, crying, searching.
Blood-colored phlegm, vomit, and other filth were everywhere. The floor, the walls, and the bodies of the patients were smeared with a strange stench.
No one cleaned up the mess. Even though the patients were crying, no doctor, nurse or worker went to check on them.
This was because the men in white coats had already lost the strength to cough. They collapsed to the ground and collapsed at the corner of the wall.
Initially, they tried their best to maintain order, shouting for everyone to calm down … but as their condition worsened, their voices weakened.
The death notifications from the medical staff kept arriving at the command centre. Doctor Huang Lin was dead, the other emergency doctor, Zhao Yutao was dead, Doctor Zhang Bo who was summoned back to the hospital after visiting Wang Guoxin was also dead … The emergency nurses were dead and so were the staff from the infection control department who went to deal with the situation …
Some of the patients who still had some energy started to charge at the cordon at the hospital entrance. Most of the people responsible for the cordon were coughing.
The entire hospital seemed to have become a huge morgue. Corpses that had passed away and corpses that were about to pass away were parked there.
The cold bodies lost their warmth, the warmth of their skin, the warmth of fatigue and passion for life, the warmth of hope and confusion for the future.
Some undone things would never be done, some unsaid words would never be spoken, some unseen sceneries would never be seen.
All the once burning passion had turned into decay and then into nothingness.
No one knew, it was as if they had never existed.
"Director, we can't make it in time. The research ship still needs time."
In the command center, Yao Sinian and a few others were discussing with the director. "We must immediately activate the highest level of epidemic control and lock down the entire country. Otherwise, this disaster will spiral out of control. The entire country … Shan Hai City, we have to give up. "
In fact, since the afternoon, flights, high-speed trains, and other traffic had been under control. The movement of people in some major cities was also under control.
However, locking down the entire territory was another matter.
This level of measures was not something that Phecda could decide on. At most, Phecda could submit the proposal.
However, given the current situation, they had to lock down the entire territory as soon as possible.
"Drug No. 1" had brought hope, but time was running out. Even though the entire world was working together, from analyzing the molecular formula and structural formula of the drug, testing the synthesis route, producing the raw material, and then making the formulation … The entire process, regardless of the purity and quality, was estimated to take one or two days.
This was based on the premise that everything went smoothly. However, the researchers were not particularly optimistic. The composition of this drug was very complicated.
Even if the raw material was ingested directly — it could not even be called a drug, it was just a bunch of chemical compounds. Whether it was effective or not, it was hard to tell.
That would take at least one day.
With the virulence and speed of death of the legionella bacteria, it could destroy a city in a single day.
If they could not control the spread of the disease now, even if they had the prescription, no one would be able to produce it.
'Giving up' Shan Hai City was not an easy decision …
However, they still had a chance to save the city. Choosing not to save the city or not to save it was called giving up.
The current situation was that they had no chance at all. This was not giving up, it was total defeat.
"We should report this to the higher-ups now."
The director's voice was solemn. Even though Yao Sinian and the rest were old, they could not help but shiver.
Some decisions were not easy to make but they needed people to make them. They were lacking manpower everywhere. Even airtight protective suits were in short supply. It was not that they were willing to give up on Shan Hai City but other places also needed manpower. Those places that still had a chance …
Perhaps there would be survivors in Shan Hai City, perhaps there would be people who could produce the precious antibodies but that was not enough to stop the destruction of a city.
At the same time, the command central gave an order to the frontline.
"Everyone, prepare to evacuate!"
"Problematic Team, please leave Jiang Xin Hospital. A helicopter will be sent to transport you to the main ship, please reply if you have received this."
Inside Jiang Xin Hospital, the sound of coughing could still be heard. Uncle Dan, Peacock and the rest heard the order from the headquarters through the walkie-talkie.
"…" Gu Jun heard it too but he refused to respond. He knew what evacuation meant.
He had checked the sickrooms earlier, they were all dead. There was no special patient that triggered his spiritual knowledge.
He wanted to save all of them. He wanted to save all the patients here, but he only had four anti-inflammatory pills in his hand.
"Cough, cough …" He Feng coughed heavily. Gu Jun knew the disease control expert had been ill for 12 hours so his condition was not irreversible.
He Feng's high efficiency was the main reason the disease control measures could be carried out so quickly.
"Expert He." Gu Jun's heart sank. If he could save one, he would. "Take one of the pills first, we'll see how effective it is."
He Feng's pale face, which was drenched in sweat, immediately perked up, and his eyes brightened. That was the joy of having the hope of survival.
"Doctor Gu, Doctor Gu …" He Feng coughed violently. He had to turn around to spit the bloody phlegm at the wall.
This was not something a disease control expert should do, this kind of medical waste should not be dealt with like this …
But now, now … He Feng begged urgently, "Give me this pill, I want to give it to my daughter. Cough, cough, she is only 7. She has only been ill for less than 2 hours, she can hold on for much longer. Can you give it to her? She is at home with my wife, my home is less than an hour's drive away from here … "
He Feng coughed until his face turned purple. "I'll bring the medicine and drive back now. I still have 3 to 5 hours before I can move, I can still go back …"
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