I really don't want to be a doctor

Chapter 324 Funeral Customs
"Teacher, a cluster of patients infected with Ebola virus has appeared in a small village next to my hometown." Xiao Duan sighed slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Several relatives of mine are among the infected patients, and they are now in Guinea. The epidemic has experienced a second outbreak! It is estimated that the number of infected people will reach thousands!"

Jing Xiaoran understood, and said softly: "Are you going home to help?"

Xiao Duan nodded and said, "I was originally a doctor at Dongka Hospital. This time, I was urgently assigned to assist in the department. Therefore, I will not be able to come to the laboratory for the next week."

"Okay, you can arrange your own time. If you are done with work, you can come back at any time." Jing Xiaoran said, "I always welcome your return here."

"Thank you teacher." Xiao Duan bowed.

"But the prevention and control of the epidemic should be very strict now, why does this happen?" Jing Xiaoran was a little puzzled.

Now is not the time when the epidemic just broke out. At that time, people did not know the transmission route of the epidemic and did not take good protection, so there may be cluster transmission.

But now that the Ebola epidemic has been developing for more than three months, people are well aware of its transmission route.

The Ebola virus is transmitted through direct contact. This transmission route is relatively "clumsy" and can be easily blocked. Keeping away from the source of infection, wearing gloves and protective clothing can greatly reduce the possibility of infection.

But why does this cluster of epidemics still occur in Africa?
"Teacher, you don't know something." Xiao Duan's tone was rather helpless, "This is because of the local funeral customs in Africa! It has become an accomplice of Ebola unintentionally."

"Funeral customs?" Jing Xiaoran asked doubtfully, "Bury in the ground or in water?"

"No." Xiao Duan shook his head, "The funeral customs here are different from other places in the world. After our locals die, the corpse must be treated by relatives before it can be buried."

"Treated by relatives?" Jing Xiaoran didn't quite understand. Apart from burial, cremation, and water burial, what special treatment can be done for the body of a deceased person?

Xiao Duan hesitated for a moment, glanced at Jing Xiaoran, and then whispered: "Teacher, I wonder if you have paid attention to the first person infected with Ebola virus."

Jing Xiaoran shook his head lightly. The Ebola virus should have a history of more than 30 years, but only in the last few years has it exploded intensively!

Xiao Duan slowly said: "Mabalo was the first infected person in the first outbreak of Ebola in Zaire in 1976. After his death, according to our funeral customs here, his family took his body home, his wife, mother and some female relatives Let's clean and cut him up together to remove the remaining food and feces from the digestive tract."

Hearing the short description, Jing Xiaoran could imagine how bloody and disgusting the whole process was!

"In the whole process, all the operators did not wear any protective equipment, not even gloves. Shortly after Mabalo's body was buried, 21 relatives and friends who participated in the funeral were infected with Ebola virus, and eventually 18 died. indivual!"

It was the first time Jing Xiaoran had heard the story of the first Ebola infected person, and he was very surprised by the funeral customs in Africa.

"Do you still have this funeral custom?" Jing Xiaoran asked.

Xiao Duan nodded slightly: "Yes, that's why this cluster of epidemics happened."

"But the government should have enforced cremation, right?" Jing Xiaoran said.

In the contemporary era of the epidemic, cremation is the easiest and best way to cut off the transmission route.

Xiao Duan said helplessly: "Although that is the case, in African customs, cremation is an act of treason, so those who dare to cremate their loved ones will definitely be cast aside by society!"

Cremation is impossible to implement on a large scale in Africa.

Jing Xiaoran also had a deep understanding of the current Ebola epidemic in Africa after listening to the short passage.

The control of traditional customs by local African residents has given many pathogens the opportunity to jump into human society and spread wantonly among humans.

At the same time, the backwardness of local education and science popularization has exacerbated the villagers' ignorance of medical care and health management and their distrust of medical personnel, which made the already severe epidemic situation worse.

"Then when you go back to Dongka Hospital this time, you mainly go to the front line to treat patients?" Jing Xiaoran asked doubtfully.

Xiao Duan nodded, then shook his head suddenly: "We are indeed on the front line, but the main thing is not to treat patients."

"That's it?" Jing Xiaoran asked doubtfully.

"Well, it's a long story." Xiao Duan paused and said, "Actually, my qualifications are very young and I don't have much clinical experience. In the past, family members forcibly took patients away from the hospital, and some villagers guarded the entrance of the village to prevent doctors and health management personnel from entering, which seriously hindered the development of epidemic prevention and control work."

Jing Xiaoran didn't expect that this African is really tough!
To go directly to the hospital to rob people really opened Jing Xiaoran's horizons.

"So the government urgently summoned us this time mainly because they want us to assist the police and help them transfer infected patients from various villages." Xiao Duan said.

It is said to be transferring patients, but it is actually mandatory isolation!

If Guinea did not have the courage to adopt mandatory quarantine measures, then the Ebola epidemic would definitely not be suppressed in a short while.

At the same time, this also shows that Xiao Duan's task this time is extremely difficult, and physical conflicts may break out between the police and the local people!

"Xiao Duan, be careful all the way and protect yourself." Jing Xiaoran instructed, "Especially when dealing with patients infected with Ebola virus, you must pay attention to safety isolation measures!"

"Don't worry, teacher." Xiao Duan smiled, "You Huaxia also brought a lot of materials this time, and our protective isolation suits are sufficient now!"

"That's fine!"

……

Xiao Duan has left, and as for the day when he will return, everything is unknown.

In the corridor of the temporary laboratory, watching the researchers passing by, Jing Xiaoran could clearly feel that everyone's emotions seemed to become more tense, and everyone's walking pace was more compact than the previous few days.

(End of this chapter)