Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 1883 Plague War ([-])

Plague is a severe infectious disease. Although there are many treatment methods in the 21st century, the most effective method is still strict quarantine and isolation. The Northeast plague pandemic in the early 20th century relied on isolation measures.The spread of the plague was extinguished without any specific drugs.

Their current medical conditions are actually not much different from those of the Manchu Qing government in the early 20th century.So Lin Motian can still do these things.

Fortunately, there has not been a large-scale outbreak yet.As long as the source is isolated in time, it is possible to block it before the outbreak.

One thing is done at the right time, and that is the comprehensive accommodation of beggars and refugees.The infection rate of fleas and other parasites in this group is almost [-]%, and the living environment is full of dirt and dirt, which is simply a natural gathering place for pathogens.Beggars also have the characteristics of mobility and wide contacts, which can easily spread the disease.

Full containment is tantamount to cutting off this huge source of infection.From this point of view, Mayor Liu's determination is just right.Of course, thanks to the early establishment of the police system in the past six months-many basic administrative affairs are now completely run by the police system.

However, people who come into contact with patients must have a place to isolate them.Not only the plague contacts, but also the leprosy patients they will take in in the future.

Lin Motian opened the large-scale Guangzhou-Hong Kong map hanging on the wall and browsed carefully.

The islands in the Pearl River Estuary are dotted all over, the islands can effectively isolate pedestrians, and the environment on the islands is relatively healthy.Because he decided to set the quarantine area for this severe infectious disease on the island.At first glance, there are many choices, including the inland islands in the Pearl River, and the islands in the inner and outer Lingdingyang.But to meet the isolation needs, the first thing is not to be too far away from Guangzhou, otherwise it will take too much time to transport patients every time; and it should not be too close to the land, otherwise it will not be able to isolate patients.There must be fresh water on the island.

Although the islands in Inner and Outer Lingdingyang are suitable in all aspects, they are too remote from Guangzhou.Even if you choose the nearest Longxue Island in the Inner Lingding Ocean, it will take 86 kilometers to Guangzhou.Even if you use a motor boat such as a big boat, it will take more than ten hours to go from Guangzhou to Longxue Island.Not to mention the long voyage time for transporting patients, it is also difficult to arrange vigilance.

If you choose an inland island in the Pearl River, it is close to Guangzhou, but it becomes a problem for isolating patients.Although the Pearl River is wide, there are many fishing boats on the river, the possibility of escape is greatly increased, and many river islands have been developed into farmland and villages.The establishment of a quarantine area will inevitably affect the normal production and life of the people on the island.

In the dilemma, Lin Motian circled a few candidate islands—anyway, the final decision is still in the hands of the Guangzhou Municipal Government.

That night, Lin Motian was called to the municipal government to hold an "epidemic prevention work meeting" with Liu Xiang and others.Faced with the dire prospect of a possible plague outbreak, Liu Xiang simply said: "Everything will be done according to your requirements."

As for this island isolation area, Lin Motian mentioned several alternatives, namely Jiangxin Island and Sea Island.In the end, Liu Xiang approved the establishment of a quarantine area on Cheung Chau Island in the Pearl River.

"Although there are several villages on Changzhou Island, the population is very small, and we cannot drive the villagers out of the village." Liu Xiang issued the letter of appointment and authorization, with a worried expression on his face, "These more than 1 people will It's too late to build a camp right away... I'm afraid I'll have to sleep in the open."

"The camp is not a big problem. It's summer now, just build a thatched shed. It won't freeze to death." Lin Motian said, "Who is responsible for building the camp? I still have some things to communicate with him in detail."

"You can go to Lin Baiguang for this matter." Liu Xiang nodded at Lin Baiguang, "If you have any requirements, you can directly contact the specific person in charge-I will send a meeting minutes, and the cadres at all levels of the city government will listen to your instructions."

Lin Baiguang nodded: "Tell me, what specific requirements do you have. I will arrange it right away."

As he was talking, he had already taken out a notepad from his briefcase, took out a Montblanc pen, and started writing. Before Lin Motian could speak, he had already written a sheet, and took out a stamp from his pocket. Go up, fold it and hand it to the confidential secretary.

"Send it to the National Army Command immediately, hurry up!"

"I have already ordered a company of the White Horse Team to move to Changzhou Island immediately. Now that the Coast Guard has a guard post on it, it shouldn't be a problem, right?"

"It's not in the way, it's not in the way." Lin Motian hurriedly said, his family is really "thoughtful", not only made preparations immediately, but also specially mobilized the North Korean company who could not understand the language to go to the island to guard.

"Now tell me what you want."

Lin Motian said that, in fact, this isolation zone does not need a complete infrastructure, nor does it need to meet the long-term residence of tens of thousands of people.Because the incubation period of plague is very short, the medical profession generally believes that it is six days.

"...As long as they are sent to the island and they do not get sick after nine days of quarantine, they can be considered free of infection. Then they can be transferred to a refugee camp in Hong Kong for resettlement. So there is no need to pay attention to the living facilities."

The isolation camp set up by Lin Motian is divided into three parts.The first part is the purification facility. According to the "purification" standard, the quarantine personnel on the island took a bath to disinfect, shaved off all their hair, and burned all their clothes.

"...a special garbage incinerator will be built to burn the personal clothes of the quarantine personnel, and another cremator will be built to cremate the people who died during the quarantine period. Sewage and excrement need to have special disinfection pools, and they cannot be discharged directly. Water entering the river..." Lin Motian came together one by one. According to his vision, the camp should be divided into three areas. The first area is the observation area. The purified personnel will stay in the arrival area for 24 hours before transferring to A nine-day quarantine in the detention area.The last one is just a treatment area, where people who become ill during the quarantine period are accommodated, and each area must be completely isolated.

It is said to be treatment, but in fact they have neither gentamicin nor streptomycin, tetracycline or chloramphenicol. The only antibiotic that can work is sulfonamide, but the purity of the product is not good, and the curative effect is discounted. Many deaths.The equipment and materials of intravenous infusion, an important treatment support means, are also in short supply. It is said that treatment is actually "waiting for death".The purpose is actually to prevent the patient from infecting others with the germs before death.

"...The isolation camp doesn't need to occupy the entire island. In fact, it only needs a small area. The area is too large to be vigilant, but there must be enough distance between each division. There must be no upside or downside between each other's positions."

He said a little bit, and Lin Baiguang wrote it down in his notebook. After he finished speaking, Lin Baiguang also finished writing:
"Is there any more?"

"That's all for the time being." Lin Motian said, "The big library must have more complete drawings and materials, but it's a pity that you have to go back to Lingao to find them."

"Send someone back to check right away," Lin Baiguang said, "You write an application, and I'll arrange someone to check the information."

"Okay." Lin Motian secretly admired this family's vigorous and undisturbed rhythm.

"Two stoves will take some time, but if they are simple, they can do it." Lin Baiguang flipped through his notebook, "I will arrange the construction materials and workers, mainly wood, reed mats and wire; for food supplies, we apply for emergency rations from the Joint Logistics Headquarters in Hong Kong The cutlery and pots are found in the Guangzhou warehouse of the Planning Institute - there should be a lot of stolen goods there. For clothes, they are purchased from the Hong Kong Planning Institute warehouse - there are refugee camps there, and there should be reserves in the warehouse."

While talking, he wrote on the notepad, and immediately asked Liu Xiang and Lin Motian to sign after finishing writing. After a while, several "applications" were completed.

"Let's split up and act quickly." Liu Xiang's face was pale.It's really not easy to be the mayor of Guangzhou.

Naturally, Lin Motian was not free, so he immediately discussed the work of the police system with Mu Min.

The Senate does not have a formal grass-roots organization such as a sub-district office in Guangzhou. Many grass-roots administrative work is carried out through three levels: police station-police station-Baojia.Therefore, epidemic prevention also requires the strong support of the police system.

Prior to this, the Guangzhou Municipal Government had issued a "Public Health Handbook".This handbook is aimed at all grassroots cadres and policemen, and each Baojia chief also issued a copy.In addition to some basic content such as "keeping clean and hygienic", "eliminating the four pests", and "good living habits", there are also descriptions of many common or uncommon infectious diseases, the purpose of which is to enable these grassroots personnel to identify them in a timely manner And report.

In order to prevent the low-educated grassroots staff and Baojia chiefs from making mistakes in various proper nouns when reporting, the health department simply used nouns such as No. [-] disease and No. [-] disease when compiling this part. to replace.

Now he requires the police system and the Baojia system to follow the symptoms mentioned in this manual and pay close attention to the health of the people in the film. Personnel health reports.Report daily to the Sanitation Section of the City Police Department.The health police also arrange random inspections and inspections.

In addition to these, a full-time quarantine officer is added to each insurance. The quarantine officer also patrols on time like a policeman, grasps the exact health status of all residents in the insurance, and collects information on their contact with plague patients. If there are suspected or confirmed cases of plague, they must Immediately isolate and report.

In order to ensure that the cases could be reported in time, he did not dare to hand over matters such as a definite diagnosis to local Chinese medicine practitioners in Guangzhou; the number of doctors—not to mention professional issues—is far from enough. Lin Motian originally wanted to use all Guihuamin cadres or Fubo Army soldiers, but it turned out that it was impossible to allocate so many people to him full-time.

(End of this chapter)