Back To The Age Of The '80s

Families of six patients who died of drug-resistant strains jointly sued Queen Mary Hospital.

Not only that, one of the patient's family members works in Xiangjiang Daily, and she wrote a long article eloquently-the human life and blood and tears behind the 84.8% miracle.

Weeping blood every word, shocking.

The article pointed out that Queen Mary Hospital refused to inject her father with new antibiotic drugs, which made it difficult for her father to survive the drug-resistant infection and die.

The article asks the hospital three times.

What is the standard for the hospital to judge whether a patient is suitable for injection of new antibiotics? Why insisted that her father cannot be injected with new antibiotics?

The author has seen the waiver agreement signed by the family members of other patients. The agreement clearly states that the survival rate of the new antibiotic is about 26.7%. However, the survival rate of the international Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection is only 12%. Describe, it is obvious that injecting antibiotics is more beneficial to patients. Why does the hospital insist on refusing to inject new antibiotics for patients when the patient's family members are willing to sign a waiver agreement?

Leaders of the hospital, under the same conditions, if your relatives are lying in the ward, will you still insist on not injecting them with new antibiotics?

Asked three times in a row, every word pointed to the core of the question.The masses always sympathize with the disadvantaged groups, and the patient’s family members have a strong pen, which makes people feel sad when reading the whole article.

Li Zheng put down the newspaper and rubbed his temples. It has been two days since Xu Mingsheng was discharged from the hospital, and the incidents at Queen Mary Hospital continued to ferment in these two days.After the excited family members of the patients were persuaded to leave by the police that day, they changed from shouting to sitting quietly. White wreaths were placed all over the hospital gate, and men and women in mourning clothes seemed to make an appointment. Stand in two rows at the entrance of the hospital.

Not talking or doing anything, just staring at you closely, many doctors in Queen Mary Hospital were overwhelmed and asked for leave, and the whole hospital fell into a semi-paralyzed state.

The contradiction between doctors and patients has been a difficult problem since ancient times. This kind of contradiction has no solution and can only be alleviated.The slogan of mutual understanding is shouted loudly, but it is a matter of life, and when it really falls on the body, who can guarantee that they will understand?

Li Zheng understands that the patient's family members are unwilling to give up any hope of keeping their family members alive.

The hospital took a huge risk to save people with drugs that did not pass the biological test. Knowing that the chances of these patients surviving the toxicity of the drug were pitifully small, they gave up injecting them in order to avoid the risk. Li Zheng also can understand.

But the two are precisely contradictory.He shook his head and smiled wryly, the word trust is easier said than done.

He bent the fingers of his right hand and tapped his knuckles on the table.After all, Chen Sufen and Queen Mary Hospital took all the responsibility on themselves to protect him, so he couldn't just watch.

"Li Zheng! The BBC's Person of the Century! The BBC's Person of the Century has sent an invitation letter!" Zheng Lingling rushed in suddenly, her face was full of excitement, and she looked at Li Zheng as if she was looking at something shiny. figure.

BBC's Person of the Century, the largest interview program of the British BBC, every guest it invites is carefully selected and has a certain influence in the world.

Britain in the 80s still had the afterglow of an empire on which the sun never sets. Its Person of the Century was rated as the most influential media in the world together with Time magazine in the United States.

Even many leaders of the third world are proud to be on the BBC Person of the Century, but such a media has sent an invitation letter to Li Zheng, which makes Zheng Lingling's heart almost stop beating with excitement.

BBC Person of the Century?Li Zheng frowned slightly, he took the invitation letter from Zheng Lingling and opened it.

Dear Mr. Li Zheng, People of the Century Program Group sincerely invites you to be interviewed at Room 28, 5th Floor, BBC Building, London, at 13:1307 pm on the [-]th of this month.

Signed: BBC Person of the Century, 1983 February 2

"Person of the century! It's a person of the century! I remember that Mr. Edward was listed as the person of the century when he served as the Governor of Hong Kong for the [-]th anniversary! At that time, the headline of the Hong Kong Daily was like this for a whole week!" Oh, my God, Li Zheng you Take me there, okay? I'll buy the air ticket myself, and I'll cover your air ticket too. I can carry your bag and book a hotel for you. " Zheng Lingling finished speaking in one breath without panting.

Li Zheng couldn't help laughing, "Contact them and say that I agree, but the interview location needs to be changed, just in the living room of Qingyuan. I still have some finishing work to complete." He said naturally.

When Li Zheng was successful and famous in his previous life, the influence of People of the Century was far inferior to that of Time Magazine. Thirty years later, if Century People wants to interview Li Zheng at that time, they need to send the invitation letter to him in person and make an appointment for the interview.

The impression was deep-rooted, and he couldn't change it for a while, so he didn't take such a "small media" to heart at all. Li Zheng would agree so simply because of the Queen Mary Hospital incident. He needed to use a media to make his voice heard. Come on, compared to the local media that participates in public opinion, the people of the century who stay out of the matter are a better choice.

"Ah?" Zheng Lingling was stunned.

"Let the person of the century come to Qingyuan?" She repeated in a daze.

Li Zheng heard the doubts in Zheng Lingling's words, and raised his head in surprise, "Is there any problem?"

"No!" Zheng Lingling replied subconsciously, and then she instantly turned bitter. Is there any problem?Of course there are problems!This is the man of the century, the man of the century! !

Seeing Li Zheng lower her head to do things again, Zheng Lingling opened her mouth and was speechless. She glanced at the contact information on the back of the invitation letter, and felt a strange sense of pride in her heart.

In the future, when others smell it, she can say that she is the one who rejected the people of the century!Yes, in Zheng Lingling's view, Li Zheng's answer was no different from a direct refusal.You must know that Mr. Edward, the governor of Hong Kong at that time, still took a special plane from Hong Kong to London for an interview.

"A press conference will be held on Wednesday. At the press conference, I will take the blame and resign," Chen Xuhua said.

There was an explosion in the meeting room of Mary Hospital, "How can this be possible? President Chen's decision at that time was the result of a vote by all of us. You still voted to abstain. How can you be made to take full responsibility!"

"Yes, everyone knows that based on the state of those few people at the time, the probability of surviving drug toxicity is only a few percentage points. We can't bet on the future of the hospital and our entire career just because of these few percentage points. !” It is a crime to inject a patient with a drug that has not passed the biological test without authorization. If it causes death, the patient’s family will pursue it and even sue the hospital and the attending physician for murder.

"That's right! It's not your fault, Dean Chen! We are all right!" The doctors were agitated.

Chen Xuhua raised his hand, signaling for everyone to be quiet.

"I have thought about it a lot these days. If the stalemate with the patient's family continues, the conflict between doctors and patients will become more and more tense, and the working environment for us and our colleagues will become more and more depressing. Yes, from our point of view, We are right. We have done a very good job, and we have achieved the greatest victory with the least loss! In this incident of fake aeruginosa infection, the survival rate of patients in our hospital reached 84.8%, a new high in the world. New antibiotic injections No one died from the drug. We are legally blameless."

"But... in terms of morality?" Chen Xuhua stood up straight, with a bitter face, "We have a thousand and ten thousand reasons to convince ourselves that the decision we made is correct and is the best after weighing all aspects. Choice. But as the last question in this newspaper said, if under the same conditions, the ones lying inside were our relatives, how would we choose?"

There was silence in the conference room, and Chen Xuhua put the newspaper back on the table.

"Because of our decision, the patient has lost the last few percent of the possibility of surviving. This is a fact. As doctors, we will face such choices countless times in the future. Sometimes reason and emotion cannot coexist. I am here to conclude As your dean, you have done your best in this incident, please don't doubt yourself because of my departure, you are not wrong!"

"Clap"

"clap clap"

I don't know who clapped their hands first, and then there was a round of warm applause in the office.The eyes of the doctors were red, and they were holding back their grief. Chen Xuhua's words made their grievances and grievances for the past few days dissipate completely.

There is no best of both worlds, they are human beings not gods.They can only do things to the best of their ability.

"Okay, now it's time for us to go out and apologize to the patient's family." Chen Xuhua exhaled a long breath, pretending to be relaxed.

This time, the doctors did not show any violent resistance. They stood up silently, followed Chen Xuhua out of the conference room, and walked towards the hospital gate.

When Chen Xuhua and his party appeared, the media outside the hospital suddenly became excited.

They pushed and shoved forward.

"President Chen, how does Queen Mary Hospital answer the three questions in Xiangjiang Daily?"

"Principal Chen, what does Queen Mary Hospital have to say about the fake copper green incident?"

"President Chen, as the defendant, are you confident of winning the lawsuit against the hospital by the patient's family?"

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The reporters scrambled to go forward, but were stopped outside the gate by the security guards who rushed over from the hospital.

Amidst the din, the doctors at Queen Mary Hospital, headed by Chen Xuhua, suddenly bowed solemnly.

Two dozen doctors in white coats lined up and bowed deeply at 90 degrees at the same time.This scene made the scene quiet for a second.

Immediately, countless flash lights were turned on, and all the media present recorded this shocking scene with cameras.

"Dean Chen, are you admitting that the hospital is at fault?"

"President Chen, is Queen Mary Hospital formally apologizing to the patient's family?"

"Dean Chen..."

After the silence, the reporters rushed forward excitedly, even seven or eight security guards holding hands could barely stop them.

Chen Xuhua took two steps forward, and took the microphone in a certain reporter's surprised eyes.

"We feel sorry for the patient's family, but we at Queen Mary Hospital and myself agree that we did the right thing."

I'm sorry, but I'm not wrong.

The statement of Queen Mary Hospital surprised everyone.

"On Wednesday, that is, at [-] o'clock in the morning the day after tomorrow, we will hold a press conference in the conference hall on the second floor of the hospital. At that time, I will answer your questions and give an explanation to the patient's family." Chen Xuhua said with a smile on his face.

"Before that, I hope that the family members of the patient will also go back to rest. The weather is getting colder and colder these days, and the flu has not passed yet. I hope you can take care of your health. Thank you."

Chen Xuhua nodded again to everyone, then turned and left.

The rest of the doctors followed immediately.

The media looked at each other in blank dismay. How come everyone left in the blink of an eye?But since Queen Mary Hospital said that they will answer questions at the press conference the day after tomorrow, they don't have to stand guard at the door. It's cold in February, and who would like to squat at the door of the hospital in the cold.

There were also rustling discussions among the patient's family members.Everyone has a job, if it is not for the hurdles in their hearts, who has time to stand at the hospital door every day.

According to Queen Mary Hospital, if they are willing to answer their questions directly, some of the patient's family members will have the intention to quit.People are creatures of herdsmanship. If there is one, there will be two. After a few hours, the family members of the patients left in twos and threes, and soon there were only wreaths left on the ground.

Chen Xuhua's statement quickly made headlines on the front pages of major newspapers in Xiangjiang.

I'm sorry, but I'm not wrong!These words instantly resounded through the streets of Xiangjiang.

Li Zheng had a faint guess in his heart, and his lips were pursed into a straight line, "Zheng Lingling, hasn't the person of the century answered yet?"

Zheng Lingling laughed dryly when she heard the words, oh, my great genius, you still expect the people of the century to come to Xiangjiang to interview you.

In the morning, Zheng Lingling bit the bullet and dialed Century People's phone, and after relaying Li Zheng's reply, there was a silence on the other end of the phone. The staff of Century People didn't expect that someone would ask their column team to take a plane to Xiangjiang interview him.

So, the staff politely said that he needed to ask his superiors for instructions.

Zheng Lingling could only smile awkwardly. In her opinion, this was already a disguised rejection.

"Maybe...they are still busy."

Before she could finish her sentence, the phone on the desk rang.

"Hello, we are the People of the Century program group..."