I run a clinic in the United States

Chapter 235 How to be a quality neighbor

"Don't worry, we have prepared an emergency plan for this situation before and it will get better!"

Zhou Qiao took Stephanie and Murphy to provide emergency rescue to Granny Huang while comforting the patient's family.

Due to adequate preparations, while providing moderate diuresis and reducing the burden on the heart, the medication for high blood pressure was also adjusted.

After a methodical rescue operation, Mrs. Huang once again saved the day.

The electrocardiogram returned to normal, the blood oxygen was stable, and the symptoms of chest tightness and shortness of breath disappeared.

"Dr. Zhou, Dr. Stephanie, thank you so much."

Grandma Huang's family, especially the mixed-race granddaughter, finally breathed a sigh of relief. While thanking the doctor, they also admired Zhou Qiao and the others for their professionalism.

The previous situation was as if her grandma was a small broken sampan floating in the sea. Every time she encountered a huge wave, she was about to capsize and be broken into pieces. However, Dr. Zhou, the helmsman, and the others were able to successfully resolve it. In crisis, sail the ship to a stable harbor.

The feeling of "escaping death" is indescribable and cannot be understood by those who have not experienced it personally.

Every time I "get ready to take care of the funeral affairs", I pull back every time. This level is not high. What level is high?

"This isn't right." Murphy was suspicious and said to Zhou Qiao.

"What's wrong?" Stephanie heard this and couldn't help coming over to ask.

Xin said, although there were too many emergencies after the surgery I performed, it was because the patient's physical condition was already poor. It is not easy to achieve such results now.Don't come here to cause trouble!
We don't get along, but don't use this against me!
Murphy glanced at her, snorted softly, and asked: "Do you think it's normal? We have made enough plans, but under normal circumstances, it is impossible for this kind of thing to happen one after another!"

"Yeah, our level is not that high." Stephanie also fell into deep thought, because after the previous operation, she was full of confidence and did not expect these subsequent twists and turns.

At that time, she even felt that Zhou Qiao was too conservative and why did he make so many plans?
The patient's physical condition is not that bad.If it was really that bad, Zhou Qiao would not have entrusted me with the surgery in the first place.

I'm a "newbie", and although I feel my skills are very good, I'm still not as good as Zhou Qiao or Murphy. His willingness to let me perform the surgery shows that, in his opinion, it's not a tightrope walk on a cliff. .

Although, Grandma Huang's condition is indeed high-risk and difficult, and ordinary experts would not dare to take it.

"Qiao, what do you think?" Stephanie looked at Zhou Qiao suspiciously.

Zhou Qiao pondered for a moment and said: "Murphy's inference is correct, there must be something abnormal. Murphy is not good at communicating with strangers, Stephanie, let you investigate this matter. "

Stephanie felt happy and said quickly: "No problem, I'll check it carefully."

From the corner of his eye, he couldn't help but tilted his head at Murphy proudly, and thought to himself, Little Murphy, you heard me, Joe still values ​​me more.Although you brought it up first, it was eventually handed over to me.

Murphy curled his lips and dismissed her secret provocation.

Zhou Qiao waved his hand and said: "Then we will go back first. If anything happens, we will be notified immediately."

"Okay." Stephanie made an "OK" gesture and happily began to check one by one, not missing any small detail.The way he works hard is quite cute.

Community hospital, parking lot.

As soon as he got in the car, Murphy couldn't wait to rush forward.

Zhou Qiao: "..."

I can't resist, like glue or paint.

Murphy hummed softly and thought to himself: "I'll let you go check it out. Zhou Qiao and I will take advantage of that. Well, I'll have a small victory."

……

In the ward, Stephanie's eyes fell on an insulated box on the bedside table, and she opened it without thinking.I saw half a can of soup left inside.

"what is this?"

Stephanie had never eaten this dish before. Although there were some bones and carapace left in it, as well as some large and small red fruits, she didn't recognize it at all.

The mixed-race granddaughter said: "This is a dish that my aunt sent to my grandma."

"What dish?" Stephanie asked.

"Turtle stewed with pigeon soup." The mixed-race granddaughter said with a wink.

"What about this red fruit?"

"These are red dates and wolfberry, used for stewing soup. This is our Chinese specialty, very nourishing."

"Oh my god!" Stephanie couldn't help but put her hand on her forehead and said, "You are not giving this to the old lady, are you?"

The mixed-race granddaughter said in astonishment: "Didn't I say before that my grandma's poor nutritional status led to pleural effusion, edema and so on? So my aunt and the others specially prepared delicious food to supplement the elderly."

Stephanie: "..." Quickly call Zhou Qiao. She doesn't know what this food is, but it looks like it's heavy in oil, salt, high in fat, and difficult to digest. It's probably from this can of soup!

In the off-road vehicle, Zhou Qiao and Murphy were fighting fiercely when the phone rang.

The two of them held their breath for a moment, but their movements didn't stop, they just became gentler.

When Zhou Qiao answered the call, it was Stephanie. After the call was connected, Stephanie explained the situation.

"We'll be there soon!" Zhou Qiao said.

Murphy: "..." It's only been 10 minutes. How could she find the root cause so quickly?Could it be intentional?My body temperature has just come up!

However, the patient's condition was serious, so Murphy got up obediently, got dressed, and hurried to the ward with Zhou Qiao.

After arriving, Stephanie showed the can of soup to Zhou Qiao and briefly described it.

Zhou Qiao rubbed her temples speechlessly and said to the mixed-race granddaughter: "The old woman is so weak and old. How dare you give her such a nourishing food? Haven't you heard that it's not enough or not?"

The mixed-race granddaughter felt aggrieved: “I wanted to decline at the time, but my aunt said it’s okay to eat less.”

Zhou Qiao said seriously: "From now on, you will always eat the meals provided by the hospital, and don't eat anything else."

"However, the food given out by the hospital is too unpalatable, and we are afraid of malnutrition..."

"We will give her nutritional support and treatment. From now on, please don't eat other things randomly." Zhou Qiaoqian warned and Wan urged.

The meals provided in the hospital are all based on the patient's condition. Although they are unpalatable, at least they won't cause any trouble.Like Grandma Huang, who has basic diseases and renal insufficiency, and then cooks turtle stewed with pigeons, it is really... too long for her to live.

Will kidney function and heart function not be affected?

Now we are not in the situation of "eat whatever you want".

Fortunately, after this lesson, nothing happened again, and Grandma Huang's condition improved day by day.Seven or eight days later, he was discharged successfully again.

This year's Thanksgiving, because the clinic was quite busy, Zhou Qiao and the others did not celebrate too grandly.It's just that Elena and Ava cooked a roast turkey together. Everyone sat around, sliced ​​the turkey, ate it with sauce, and had an ordinary holiday.

When Zhou Qiao proposed to buy them a house, the twin girls were very excited, their little cheeks were flushed, and their watery blue eyes were full of smiles that could not be concealed.

Even foreign girls can't resist the temptation of the house.Although the third floor of the clinic is large, the layout is not good. It does not look like home, but a bit like a dormitory.

Although the decor is cozy, it doesn't really feel like home.Moreover, patients are often hospitalized in the ward on the second floor.

Zhou Qiao also told them that the wards on the second floor will be canceled in the future and converted into consultation rooms and conference rooms.This matter will be left to the two of them in the future.

All future patients will be placed in community hospitals or wards of the University of California Medical Center.It's more expensive, it saves trouble.

If the clinic does not have wards, it can hire fewer nurses.The current manpower is sufficient.But there is still a shortage of doctors.

Then, on a day off, Ava drove, and the three of them went to look at houses.

"Qiao, this house is quite good, and the surrounding environment and public security are good." Elena was very satisfied with a small apartment of only about 90 square meters.

Zhou Qiao took them and left: "Just take a look. This is too small for us. It must be at least 180 square meters, or a single-family house."

"Ah?" Elena and Ava were stunned.

In the end, they chose a high-end community near the sea, which was full of single-family villas. It was not far from Murphy's place. The security and supporting facilities were also quite good, but the one they were interested in cost more than 500 million US dollars.

"Is it too expensive?" Elena and Ava clicked their tongues.

"It's not expensive." Zhou Qiao paid the full amount on the same day without saying a word.After completing the formalities, the names were written as twin girls.

Elena and Ava: "..."

One left and one right, gently holding Zhou Qiao's arm, eyes red.

"What's wrong? Have you become so pretentious? What can you do to be polite to me?" Zhou Qiao said with a smile.

Elena and Ava: "..."

Zhou Qiao suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?" Now, it was the twin girls' turn to care about him.My heart said, does Qiao regret it?
If we really want to regret it, it’s okay if we don’t want it.

Elena said in her heart, I was not with you because of your money. At that time, the clinic was on the verge of bankruptcy.

Zhou Qiao freed his hand, opened his bag, rummaged through it, took out a card, handed it to Elena, and said: "There are about 200 million dollars in it. Take it, look at the decoration, and decorate the house properly. For a moment, you don’t have to save money for me. After all, I will squeeze in with you in the future, right?"

"There is no need for so much. Besides, we have money!" Elena thought to herself. With the salary you gave, plus the bonuses, and pocket money from time to time, I alone have saved more than 60. , Ava is just a lot more than me.

Because Ava is stingy, when I go out with her, I usually pay the bill.

"It's okay. Keep your money, and the decoration is mine!" Zhou Qiao insisted.

Then, before he finished speaking, he felt his whole body vacate.

I saw Elena and Ava, one on the left and one on the right, holding his thighs and raising them up, and then the two taller girls ran on their shoulders.

"Hey, hey, slow down, slow down, put me down quickly...it's so bad to be seen..."

"Haha, I won't let go..."

Laughing and laughing all the way, Zhou Qiao was carried to the car by the twin girls. Ava opened the car door with one hand, and then, together with Elena, threw Zhou Qiao in.

Then, the two girls also got in, the car door was closed tightly, and Zhou Qiao was submerged in the endless tenderness.

Fortunately, he had taken the transformation potion twice and his physical strength had greatly increased. Otherwise, Zhou Qiao would have been a little overwhelmed with one against four every day.

Academician Domitri's research institute has weekly meetings, in which Zhou Qiao and others participate, via video connection.

Just listening to other people's sharing, Zhou Qiao and others felt that they had benefited a lot.

After all, those who work in Academician Domitri's research institute are all PhD graduates from prestigious universities.There is no one with low IQ.

After this weekly meeting, Academician Domitri announced a scientific research mission, which had been rumored before.

I went to a small town on the border of France and Italy. There are about 1500 people in that place. However, in the past ten years, cancer has occurred frequently. Breast cancer, gastric cancer, pancreatic cancer, colon cancer... there are more than 200 cases of patients, equivalent to every One in seven or eight people will suffer from cancer.

Residents there suspected that it was caused by the nearby nuclear power plant.However, there is no evidence.There are also "shady" experts who wrote articles to "refute rumors" and said that living near a nuclear power plant does not increase the risk of cancer.

Because there is a well-known institution commissioned by the government to regularly take samples and analyze near nuclear power plants. The results show that even if there is radiation, the amount of radiation is not small enough to increase the risk of cancer among nearby residents.

The agency made its findings public and also highlighted that the radiation exposure to residents near nuclear power plants is typically less than 1% of a person's annual exposure from various natural backgrounds and medical sources.

In addition, some research institutes in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Switzerland and other countries have also conducted studies showing that there is no evidence that nuclear power plants are associated with an increased risk of cancer among nearby residents.

The nuclear power plant has also repeatedly stated that they strictly follow regulations to limit the amount of nuclear radiation released into the surrounding environment during daily operations and will never cause cancer.

The mayor of the small town was dissatisfied, and after much contact, he contacted the famous Academician Domitri, a Nobel Prize winner. He said that he admired his integrity and wanted to invite him to investigate the real cause of cancer among the townspeople, and Willing to pay 200 million euros for this.

This 200 million euros was the sum jointly collected by all the enthusiastic people in the town, of which the mayor contributed the most.

The mayor of the small town refused to admit defeat because his two wives both died of cancer after marrying him.Not only does he want to seek justice for the townspeople, but he also wants to seek justice for his deceased wife.

The town originally had a population of more than 2000 people, but with the frequent occurrence of cancer, many residents had no choice but to leave their homes.Nowadays, the population is becoming increasingly sparse, and in a few years, it may become a "ghost town."

After hearing Academician Domitri introduce this information, Zhou Qiao, Murphy and Stephanie looked at each other and were all eager to give it a try.After all, this is a very meaningful thing.

Although, if you go to that town, you may be exposed to low doses of nuclear radiation.However, their stay is relatively short, unlike the people over there who live there every day.

Moreover, they can bring water, food, etc. from outside.At the worst, eat dry food, drink bottled mineral water, and be patient.

"I have read some information before. It is said that France likes to build nuclear power plants near the borders of other countries." Stephanie couldn't help but said.

Zhou Qiao said: "You're not talking about Belgium, are you? I've seen that picture too. It's surrounded by Belgian territory on three sides, and the closest distance is only 3 kilometers from the border."

Stephanie said: "What's even more ridiculous is that the people of Belgium actually don't object, just because of the government's propaganda that the nuclear power plant is built nearby and it is convenient to buy electricity. And that's because the Belgian government spent a lot of financial and material resources and paid a lot of price. Just invited."

Zhou Qiao shook his head, those people were so stupid that they didn't realize it.

Murphy interjected: "I have read relevant information before. In fact, there were many nuclear power plants in Germany before, and there were even cancer villages. It is obvious that those experts are speaking out of conscience. If the surrounding areas of nuclear power plants are safe, then why did Germany completely shut down nuclear power plants?"

Just in the first half of this year, Germany shut down its last three nuclear power plants, marking the end of the more than [-]-year nuclear power era.If it were not for the European energy crisis, Germany would have taken this step earlier.

France, on the other hand, has 19 nuclear power plants and 58 units (reactors). The number of reactors online every day is more than 40, making it a nuclear power power.

In France, there are 8 large rivers, and nuclear power plants are built along the banks of each river.

In addition to the Belgian border, there are also several nuclear power plants on the French-Italian border. After passing through the Piedmont region, you can see French nuclear power plants.

In the event of a leak or explosion, Piedmont will be the first to be affected, followed by Liguria and Lombardy.

(End of this chapter)