Free Web NovelChapter 2336: Chapter 660: Treating the Epidemic, Huaxia’s Savior (Part 3)
"How’s the situation?" An Yiqing asked as she walked over to Nie Yuan after checking a patient with organ failure.
Nie Yuan shook his head, "It’s strange. All of the patient’s bodily functions are normal. The fever and organ failure seem to have appeared out of nowhere. It’s very odd."
An Yiqing pressed her red lips together tightly. She had already sensed something unusual about this epidemic. In the past, whether it was SARS or avian flu, every infectious disease would show certain signs before breaking out. Even if these signs weren’t visible to the naked eye, they could still be detected using medical techniques. However, this epidemic was like a poisoning case, with no warning signs before the outbreak.
How should this illness be treated? And where did it come from?
As she pondered this, the old man in the neighboring bed suddenly began to cough violently. An Yiqing looked over and saw the old man coughing so hard that tears were streaming down his face, his complexion turning purple, as if he were about to suffocate. Seeing him in such a state, An Yiqing hurried over. Just as she prepared to administer acupuncture, the old man suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood and fell backward.
Shocked, An Yiqing quickly supported the old man and promptly examined him.
Rapid organ failure! Massive internal bleeding!
With a grim expression, she immediately pulled out her silver needles and inserted them into the major acupoints on the old man. The old man’s wife, son, and daughter-in-law, who had been quarantined alongside him, saw a young girl performing acupuncture and found it unreliable, yet they didn’t dare to interrupt her.
At that moment, hurried footsteps echoed in the corridor.
"Make way! Everyone move! Professor Yu is here!" a voice shouted.
An Yiqing ignored it, continuing her acupuncture on the old man. The other onlooking patients were pushed aside by a young doctor in a white coat, revealing a path. Accompanied by the young doctor, a middle-aged man also in a white coat approached.
As the group drew near, An Yiqing, who was applying needles to the old man, was exposed to their view. The middle-aged man’s expression changed, and he shouted sternly, "What are you doing?! This is outrageous!"
An Yiqing didn’t raise her head and inserted the last few silver needles into the old man’s body. Then, she straightened up and looked coldly at the middle-aged man in front of her. The man appeared to be in his fifties, with slightly gray hair at his temples, meticulously groomed. Despite the slightly aged face, his features were quite handsome, with a square face and thick lips that could give a good impression, but his shifty triangular eyes marred this perfection. He wore a white coat, his hands naturally hanging at his sides. He seemed normal enough, but the slightly raised chin betrayed his arrogance.
This must be Yu Tianhua, that lousy professor.
"Can’t you see? I’m performing acupuncture on a patient," An Yiqing raised her eyebrows defiantly.
"Outrageous!" Yu Tianhua shouted, his stern features slightly harsh, "Who do you think you are? So young, and what do you know? This is a life! Not a game! Which school are you from? What’s your name? Do you have a medical license? Is this patient someone you’re qualified to see?"
The medical team behind Yu Tianhua nodded in agreement, with a hint of arrogance between their brows. Indeed, the Xuanjin Medical Research Institute’s medical team was composed of prodigies, so it was no surprise they held themselves in high regard.
However, they were not dealing with an ordinary person.
"Medical license?" An Yiqing raised her eyebrows, casually pulling a small booklet from her medical kit and tossing it in front of Yu Tianhua, "Open your eyes and take a good look! Don’t think that just because you’ve lived a few more years you can flaunt your power! A life? A game? Anyone can talk about it, but you, Yu Tianhua, have no right to speak! Let me ask you, where were you when the patient was coughing up blood? The doctor’s office is right next to the ward, where were you? As the medical team sent to save this epidemic, none of you were by the patient’s side, are you here in Wind City just to loaf and wait for death?!"
With each word from An Yiqing growing louder, the proud Yu Tianhua had never seen such a scene. He glanced at the small booklet that represented a medical license and scoffed, "I’ve been practicing medicine for decades, I don’t need a young girl like you to teach me. But you, is that license a fake? Little girl, this isn’t a place for you to run wild!"
At this time, the doctors behind Yu Tianhua also nodded, "Exactly. Do you really think just a few years of studying medical arts makes you impressive? Anyone here is a hundred times better than you. Little girl, hurry and go, we have work to do."
