Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 1350: Intensity Increased, Reaching the Highest Intensity (Bonus Chapter for Monthly Tickets)
The old man came today and was seeing patients; he didn't have time to know how Fang Yan and the others had arranged their holiday work.

At this moment, he looked at Fang Yan.

Fang Yan picked up the conversation and said:

"Don't worry, even on National Day, we have people on duty here."

"Just take the form with you when the time comes."

The old lady's son breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

"That's great! I was worried that no one would be able to see a doctor during the National Day holiday."

"Then we'll take our medicine for three days and then come back."

The old lady nodded, tightened her grip on the prescription, and thanked Lu Donghua, saying, "Thank you, doctor, for your help."

After seeing the mother and son off, Lu Donghua turned to Fang Yan, his tone tinged with curiosity: "What are your plans for the National Day holiday?"

"You rest, I have someone to arrange the shifts," Fang Yan said to the old man.

"Why would I rest? Staying here would only make me feel bored." Lu Donghua waved his hand, his eyes revealing a stubbornness that refused to admit his age. "I'll come during the National Day holiday too, so I can help you share the burden and also check on Grandma Guo's recovery. Her trembling problem should be much better after three days of medication. I also need to keep an eye on adjusting the prescription."

Fang Yan asked him:
"You'll still have a holiday during National Day, why don't you spend some time with her?"

Lu Donghua said:
“Sigh, I can’t be with her every day. Even if she comes to visit, she prefers to play with people her own age. She can’t play with an old man like me. So, you can arrange a shift for me so I won’t be bored.”

Since his master had said so, Fang Yan naturally had no objections and said to him:
"Okay, thank you for your hard work."

Lu Donghua waved his hand and said:

"Hey, what's with all this talk about hardship..."

He said to Anton beside him:

"Anton, call the next one in!"

Anton agreed and went out to call the next patient in. Just then, Fang Yan heard someone shouting outside:

"Where is your Dr. Fang?"

"It's that dialect that can cure any disease!"

Lu Donghua looked at Fang Yan:

"Huh? Someone's looking for you?"

Fang Yan stood up, walked to the door, and looked outside.

Just then, I saw a middle-aged man asking a question to the triage nurse outside.

“My brother needs to see a doctor in Fangyan. Just tell me where he is now, and I’ll go find him myself.”

"I'll pay any price! I have to find him!"

Seeing his excited state, those around him instinctively moved away.

The nurse was also quite frightened by this person.

Fang Yan frowned, walked over and asked:

"what's the situation?"

"Director!" At this moment, the nurse saw Fang Yan arrive and hurriedly greeted him.

"I'm looking for Fang Yan, the one who can cure any disease!" the man said to Fang Yan.

It's obvious he doesn't know Fangyan; even now that people are right in front of him, he's still saying he's looking for Fangyan.

“That’s me,” Fang Yan said to him. The other man was clearly taken aback, looked him up and down, and then asked:
"You're the one who treated overseas Chinese businessmen and even made the newspapers?"

“It’s me, just tell me what’s up!” Fang Yan said to him.

Upon hearing this, the man grabbed Fang Yan's arm and said excitedly:

"Dr. Fang, we've finally found you! We're desperate and have no other choice but to ask you to save our lives."

Fang Yan frowned and said to him:
"Don't get agitated. Please explain what happened."

However, the man was somewhat incoherent at this point, struggling to organize his thoughts several times. Finally, he said to another boy beside him:
"Go and bring your second uncle up here!"

The boy nodded quickly and ran downstairs in a flash.

Only then did the man speak in dialect:

"They wouldn't let me register for your appointment, so I had to come up here to find someone."

"Thank goodness you're here. My brother's life now depends on you..."

Fang Yan looked completely bewildered. With a slight shake of his hand, the other person's grip on his arm was released. This person was probably a worker from some factory. Fang Yan could tell from the calluses on his hands that he was probably a fitter or something similar.

He has more strength in his hands than the average person. If it were any other doctor who hadn't trained, they would have been hurt by his grip.

Fang Yan freed his hand, and the man realized he had been a bit rash. However, as long as he saw Fang Yan in person, that was enough. He said to Fang Yan:

"Dr. Fang, I'm really sorry, we had no other choice."

I'm speechless. Why does this person always avoid getting to the point?

Fang Yan suppressed her doubts, pointed to the rest chair in the corner of the consultation area, and said in as calm a tone as possible: "Please sit down, have some water and tell me slowly. No matter what it is, you have to explain the situation clearly so I can know if I can help. You're in such a hurry to pull me away, but I don't even know what your brother's symptoms are, how can I 'save his life'?"

The middle-aged man then realized he had indeed panicked. He rubbed his hands together and followed Fang Yan to the rest area to sit down. Seeing this, the nurse quickly brought him a glass of warm water, which he took and gulped down most of in one go, finally calming himself down a bit.

He paused slightly before speaking:
“My brother was bitten by a dog in February this year, but we didn’t take it seriously at the time. In July, he developed a fear of water, so we took him to the animal health station for some kind of light test…”

Fang Yan frowned and asked:
"Immunofluorescence examination?"

The man nodded:
"Yes, yes, that's it. We did an immunofluorescence test, and we did it twice. Both times it was positive."

"Rabies!?" Fang Yan exclaimed in shock.

This thing tested positive back in July, and now it's almost October. It's been seven or eight months since the bite, and it's all too late.

"Yes, yes, they said it was rabies back then. He's afraid to stay home alone now, he needs someone with him all the time. He's afraid of loud noises, he gets very nervous when he hears loud noises, and he's also afraid of the wind. When he sees the wind, his whole body itches, and he has to scratch until his skin bleeds to stop the itching. The hospital said there's no cure, and they told us to go home and prepare for the worst..."

When Fang Yan heard "rabies" and "positive immunofluorescence test," his heart sank. He knew all too well what that meant.

Once symptoms of rabies appear, the mortality rate is almost 100%, and there is still no effective cure in medicine. Not to mention that nearly three months have passed since the diagnosis in July, and the disease has long since entered the progression stage.

The patient had already been brought in by this time.

The patient was accompanied by two people and was wearing a heavy long-sleeved coat. Even though it wasn't cold in the clinic area, the collar and cuffs were buttoned up tightly. The back of his bare hands was covered with scratches, both old and new. Some of the scabs had been repeatedly picked open and were oozing pale pink blood.

His head was always lowered, his eyelids drooping, and he could only see the road ahead through the slits of his eyes. When he heard the faint footsteps in the clinic area, his shoulders would tremble uncontrollably, and his fingers would clench the hem of his clothes tightly until his knuckles turned white.

"Dr. Fang, we know the newspapers say you can cure any disease, even those that foreigners can't. We're desperate now, so we've come here to beg you for help. No matter how much it costs, we'll sell everything we own to cure him!" the man said to Fang Yan.

Fang Yan pinched his brow and was speechless for a moment.

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There will be more this afternoon!

(End of this chapter)