Chapter 283: The dilemma of the healthcare system

Chen Xin was only worried that the boiler could not meet the heating needs,

but in the urban area, this problem has become one of the most important

problems faced by various shelters, and it has brought severe challenges to

the survival of the survivors in the shelters.

The boiler inside the shelter is a coal-fired boiler. Compared with oil-fired

boilers or other heating methods, this kind of boiler has lower operating cost

and mature technology, but it has been gradually eliminated due to

environmental protection issues before the disaster, and its thermal

efficiency is not as good as the new type. Gas boiler.

However, coal-fired boilers have become the most suitable heating equipment

after disasters because of their mature technology and relatively simple

maintenance, coupled with the ease of storage and transportation of coal.

After all, whether the new boiler uses natural gas or fuel oil, the

maintenance cost is higher than that of coal-fired boilers, whether before or

after the disaster.

It’s just that the boilers in each refuge have been turned on to their maximum

power. They are eating coal like a monster that devours coal and radiating

heat to supply each refuge, but it is still difficult to meet the heating

needs of the refuge and the temperature inside each refuge. It has already

fallen below zero.

It is necessary to know that after the last time the urban area was short of

electricity due to the shortage of coal, the city government took into account

whether the heating will be affected under the situation of coal shortage, and

strengthened the cold-proof and thermal insulation measures inside the

shelters.

In theory, even if there is no heating, even if it is minus 40 degrees cold,

it can ensure that the indoor temperature is not lower than zero.

But now facing the extreme cold of minus seventy degrees below zero, even if

the boiler has been continuously heating, the temperature inside the shelters

has already dropped below zero, and is still further decreasing with the bad

weather.

Although the sub-zero low temperature can temporarily resist and persist for

the human body, wear a few more clothes and more activities, and there will be

no freezing to death, but various diseases and frostbite caused by low

temperature will bring to the medical system There was tremendous pressure.

Moreover, the human body needs to consume more food in order to maintain body

temperature under low temperature environment, which is also a great test for

the food reserves of various refuges.

In this case, the elderly and children are often the first to be unable to

hold on.

This has also led to the elderly and children in the medical offices of all

refuges, and those in serious conditions need to be sent to the hospital.

The surge of patients has also put the supply of medicines into a state of

tension. The medical system itself has also entered an overloaded state for

the heating system. If the patient surges further, the medical system will

face collapse.

In the hospital, even the original psychiatrist like Hong Rui was taken to the

emergency department to help at this moment and worked continuously for more

than 16 hours.

But there are still a steady stream of patients sent to the hospital, most of

which are complications caused by hypothermia and frostbite in various parts.

Although it is not difficult to deal with, there are always patients who are

sent to the hospital. The staff brought great pressure and left them no time

to rest.

The treatment of frostbite is not particularly troublesome. You only need to

get the patient out of the low-temperature environment, warm up the frostbite

area, keep it dry, and keep warm. In severe cases, you can apply frostbite

ointment for treatment.

But this is a very cumbersome and troublesome process, because frostbite

cannot be roasted by fire. You can only use warm water to warm up the

frostbite area, and you need to use warm water for half an hour to an hour.

In the current low temperature environment, the warm water will cool down

quickly, so someone must change the water constantly.

What's more, those who came to the hospital were suffering from severe

frostbite, which required further treatment, which intensified the workload of

doctors.

In order to prevent all doctors from being overworked and no doctors

available, the hospital is also adjusting its staff, allowing doctors who have

worked for more than ten hours to rest first, and at the same time recruiting

people from other medical departments who are not very busy to supplement.

Maintain the operation of the medical system.

Because Hong Rui had been busy for more than ten hours, he became the first

group of doctors to be replaced.

At this time, Hong Rui already looked very haggard, no longer the one that

Chen Xin had seen before and remained exquisite in the last days.

In fact, Hong Rui's appearance is still good, but his face is haggard, and the

dark circles on his face are a bit heavy. Other doctors have even been soaked

and peeled because their hands have been helping patients with frostbite

massage and rubbing the frostbitten parts.

The doctors who were replaced to rest sat down on the lounge chair and fell

asleep. Ten hours of continuous work had already drained their last bit of

energy.

Looking at the colleague who was lying slumped in the chair and sleeping, Hong

Rui couldn't help worrying in his heart. If this continues, what should I do

if everyone is tired and paralyzed.

However, she did not have a good solution to this matter. In addition, after

working for more than ten hours continuously, Hong Rui could only go back to

her office to take a good rest, and she had enough energy to support more

during the shift. a while.

As she walked to the office, the corridors of the hospital were crowded with

patients.

Some of these patients have already received treatment or are under treatment,

and some are still waiting for treatment.

Quite a few of them are groaning in pain because of their illness, and the

crowding and cold make this place look quite uncomfortable, as if it is full

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Seeing this situation, Hong Rui's heart is even more worried. Obviously, the

patient cannot be treated in time. This is enough to show that the medical

system has exceeded its capacity, and this will only make things worse.

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crowd and returned to her office, she lay directly on the sofa in the office

to sleep without taking off her shoes, in order to be able to work better in

the future , She must hurry to sleep.

In fact, if Chen Xin knew what was happening in the refuge in the urban area,

he might sigh that "The Age of Ice and Vapor" does not deceive me.

Although "Age of Ice and Steam" is a serious game, the sentence "Is it really

worth it" is simply shit, it is a mockery of order is not as good as belief.

But many of the settings in the game are very real. At least if the living

environment is too low, it will cause more patients. Patients will leave their

jobs and cause the efficiency of various facilities to collapse. There are not

enough beds in the medical system, which makes patients feel relieved. The

disease becomes severe, and the critically ill patients will continue to die

after continuing to receive no treatment. This is really no different from

reality.

In the urban refuge, what is happening now is just such a scene. There are

even a few days to reverse the situation compared to the game. As long as more

medical facilities are built, the problem can be solved. In reality, it is

even more difficult to reverse the situation when encountering such things.

Unless the temperature rises again, this situation will only intensify, and

even become more terrible because of the tight coal supply.