Among the people sent by Phecda from Eastern State, Prof Peng Jianlong was in charge of medicine and Captain Wang Ke was in charge of abnormal energy investigation.
The Dean, Director Zhang, and the others could tell with a glance that among the group of young people led by Professor Peng, there were a few who had very little experience and were here to train. They looked a little nervous, but one of them, a young girl named Jiang Banxia, should be very experienced and calm.
After a brief introduction, Prof Peng and Captain Wang asked Liu Guolin and Yu Chunhui, the two emergency doctors.
Of the three patients, only Guo Qinying was treated by Liu Guolin, the other two were treated by Yu Chunhui.
When the second patient appeared, Doctor Yu did not notice anything strange. However, when the third patient appeared, he was confused. He flipped through the computer records and realized there was another patient with the same condition. Then he understood the severity of the situation.
However, this incident was brought to Phecda's attention because many parents in the area called the Phecda hotline for help.
"At the time, I thought the patient was very healthy …" Liu Guolin said bitterly, "She did not have tics or any other abnormalities. I thought she was just messing around with her parents. I did not consider it to be Tourette Syndrome so I had her parents observe her for now …"
After being admitted for one night, none of the three girls had a second tic episode.
"Doctor Liu, Doctor Yu." Captain Wang Ke said, "We need to record your conversation with the patients. Try to remember as much as you can."
Currently, there were 15 sick children at Nan Xiang City and the same at Eastern State. It was an outbreak.
Even though the cause of Tourette Syndrome was still unknown, the more plausible explanation was a combination of genetic and environmental factors. It was not contagious and would not break out.
Abnormal energy must be involved. Phecda from Eastern State quickly set up a case and reported it to the headquarters. The reply from the headquarters was that it was related to another incident that happened at Shen Hai City recently. Wang Ke did not know the details of that incident but he knew it was related to Gu Jun …
The reason they came to this hospital first was because Nan Xiang City had a lot of patients and this hospital had admitted the patients early.
At the same time, the medical staff were busy. These innocent little girls had become the victims and it was heart-wrenching.
However, they still had to make use of every second to confirm the situation. Was this disease contagious? If so, how did it spread?
Bacteria, viruses, parasites, mind bugs … Everything had to be tested.
After the people from the disease control center collected the samples, Professor Peng led his subordinates into the isolation ward.
Doctor Liu and the others were not to be blamed for this. Aside from the Tourette Syndrome, anyone who looked at the three little girls would not think that they had any illness. Other than the fact that they were a little tired and a little timid in front of so many people, there was nothing else wrong with them.
Their new round of questioning did not reveal anything, but Captain Wang Ke and the other investigators found it strange. These parents told their daughters bedtime stories to coax them to sleep, and not long after that, the little girl's voice twitched, and the movements such as blinking started at night.
"There are two types of Tourette Syndrome: temporary and chronic." Outside, Director Zhang was talking to Liu Guolin and the others who had just finished recording. The middle-aged fat face was in deep thought. "No matter what, there should be a process of onset. The twitching is so obvious in just half a day. It doesn't make sense …"
"Director, this is not something that we can do anything about." Liu Guolin grumbled. He was even more afraid of being the scapegoat.
He knew this was going to be a big problem. Even their Third People's Hospital had 3 patients, but what about First People's Hospital?
If something bad were to happen in the end, would he be blamed for not making the correct diagnosis in time, which delayed the spread of the epidemic?
"Yes." Yu Chunhui was also afraid of being blamed. He glanced at the people with the Phecda logo on their protective gear and grumbled softly, "Phecda did not warn us about Tourette Syndrome. It's their fault, they can't blame us for this …"
"Look at the situation, you people!" Director Zhang's fat face was flustered. "Why don't you think about it? If it's another legionella pneumonia, we might not even be able to survive! What are you thinking? Do you still think Phecda is trying to push the blame to you? Those people are different from us! They are willing to risk their lives for the common people. "
Liu Guolin did not feel good being lectured but he was not angry at Director Zhang's words.
Even though Zhang Dongliang looked like a greasy middle-aged man, he was a man of professional ethics. He had taught Liu Guolin many things.
For example, when it came to prescribing medicine, Chief Zhang said to look at the patient first. If he saw that the patient was well-dressed, he would most likely be rich, so he could prescribe expensive medicine. If he did not prescribe expensive medicine, the patient would be unhappy. If he saw that the patient's clothes were wrinkled, he would try to prescribe social security medicine and cheap medicine.
Director Zhang said that there were more than just two options in this world: moral model and black-hearted. There were more gray areas.
Therefore, Liu Guolin was not surprised that Zhang Dongliang had such a high opinion of Phecda. Compared to Director Zhang, perhaps he was still lacking …
If he had been more serious last night instead of rushing back to the hostel to sleep, perhaps Phecda would have intervened earlier.
Liu Guolin was disappointed. He had really been socialized …
"Xiao Liu, Xiao Yu, I know it's hard for us to work at the grassroots level. We've suffered a lot." Director Zhang sighed. "But there are big and small things. This is the big one. We can't just focus on the small things anymore."
"Sir, what should we do now?" Yu Chunhui asked.
"Let's do the tests first. Electroencephalogram, MRI, TSH level … Let's see how similar it is to normal Tourette Syndrome."
While Director Zhang was explaining, inside Guo Qinying's quarantine room, Prof Peng and Jiang Banxia were asking questions while Wang Ke took notes.
Suddenly, everyone was stunned. A strange sound entered their ears, and it seemed to ring out in the three isolation wards at the same time.
Little Qin Ying's innocent face twisted into a grimace. Her throat slid as she made a strange sound. Jiang Banxia and the rest of the Phecda members and Liu Guolin finally understood what the parents were trying to say. However, they could not describe the indescribable sound. It felt like something was wriggling inside the abyss …
This, this was not Tourette Syndrome … Children with Tourette Syndrome would not make such a sound …
The three little girls were shouting and calling for something at the same time.
Suddenly, Wang Ke recognized it. Jiang Banxia and the others also recognized it. It was a name, Gu Jun.
"Gu Jun … Gu Jun … Gu Jun …"
Wang Ke was reminded of the Malformed Banyan Disease incident. When some of the patients saw Gu Jun, they would scream 'the thing inside the banyan tree'.
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