Chapter 1432: Chapter 1071: Fourth Uncle Chapter 1432: Chapter 1071: Fourth Uncle Nandu Affiliated Hospital No. 1 rabies virus patient is still in a coma, though it is an induced and controlled coma, also known as hibernation therapy, which allows the brain to stop functioning and avoid the impact of hypoxia on brain cells caused by complications. It’s like actively placing a piece of fresh meat in the refrigerator to freeze, to escape the damage brought by hot weather.

After several days of treatment, there is no significant change in rabies virus antibody titers, but Yang Ping is not in a hurry now, he can only wait patiently for a turning point in the illness. His new plan can only protect the brain from harm, combating the rabies virus still depends on the human body’s own immune system.

For this patient, leaders of the National Health and Wellness Commission have been calling Professor Su almost daily to understand changes in the patient’s condition, fully aware that the ultimate outcome won’t change, but still hoping for some miracle. If an accident happens to this young scientist, a critical national defense project would be delayed, making the leaders worry about the incurable disease.

Without vaccination, once rabies develops, the fatality rate is one hundred percent. The leaders, who are also medical experts, understand this very well.

However, upon hearing that Yang Ping is using a new method of treatment, the eyes of the leaders from the Health Commission light up again. This young man is considered a promising candidate in everyone’s mind; he has a new method which means there is a glimmer of hope for the patient.

Immediately, the leaders from the Health Commission cheered up: “Old Su, if you manage to save him, I’ll grant you a major commendation. From then on, when you deal with matters here, it will be smooth sailing, as long as it’s within my power and not against the principles.”

Old Su also seized this rare opportunity: “You said it, don’t go back on your word.”

These leaders and Professor Su are good friends and have a very good relationship, so their conversation is relatively relaxed.

In fact, Professor Su is very clear that there is no risk in using new methods for such a case from any angle, so he strongly encourages Yang Ping to use them. With a 100% mortality rate, there is nothing to lose by giving a chance to a faint hope.

Plainly speaking – if it works, you get the credit; if it doesn’t, there’s no harm, because without the new method the outcome would be the same.

Right after the leadership of the Health Commission finished their call, a call from Dean Liu of hospital 301 followed immediately. Dean Liu knows Yang Ping is leading the treatment now, so there’s nothing to be said; if he can’t handle it, then no one can. Dean Liu also sent experts, but it’s more of a formality, showing a kind of attitude. With Yang Ping there, who dares to direct.

Right after the leaders finished their calls, Professor Su’s phone was heated up with calls from the General Affairs, the Ministry of Science and Technology, among them one leader was his own family member, Old Su the fourth.

Because this young scientist is so important, Old Su the fourth decided to personally go take a look, and also to see his nephew-in-law, whom he had heard many great things about but had never met.

Regarding this nephew-in-law, Su Qinghe had heard a lot about him but had never met him, this time was a good opportunity to meet.

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Yang Ping participates in the daily treatment summary meeting, not only do experts from Nandu Affiliated Hospital No. 1 attend, but other external experts from hospitals like Xiehe, 301, Huaxi, etc., also join via video.

Now summing up, there are no problems in diagnosis, and the illness was detected very early.

Recalling this patient, the patient’s name is Chang Qirui, a 39-year-old male. The second day after he returned home to visit relatives, his right hand occasionally experienced bursts of tingling numbness, which he did not take seriously at the time, thinking it was just cervical spondylosis acting up, and took a diclofenac sodium to relieve the pain. On the third day, double vision occurred, and on the fourth day, dizziness, nausea, and vomiting set in. At this time, the patient realized something was wrong and immediately told his peers about his discomfort.

There was a general practitioner among the peers, who immediately arranged for Professor Chang to come to the emergency department of Nandu Affiliated Hospital No. 1. The whole diagnostic process was personally arranged by Professor Su; the ER immediately conducted an MRI scan, which found no anomalies. On the same day, the patient’s condition worsened: suddenly, he had a high fever, and the right side of his body couldn’t move.

This was a serious matter, thus the patient was immediately arranged to be admitted to the hospital. Where to stay? For convenient treatment, he was directly placed into the ICU. The first consult was by a neurologist, Director Qi from the Neurology Department consulted and found the patient’s right side trembling and paralysis, immediately conducted a routine and biochemical cerebrospinal fluid test, showing viral infection, but all viral test results reported were actually negative.

This made Director Qi a bit embarrassed. In order to leverage the strength of Affiliated Hospital No. 1, Professor Su immediately arranged for Director Yuan from the infection department for an urgent consult. When Director Yuan arrived, the patient was already bubbling at the mouth.

Due to the prevalence of rabies vaccines, rabies actually has very few cases each year, now only a bit more than a hundred cases a year, spread over all of China, that’s only a few cases per province, which is extremely rare.

But as is Affiliated Hospital No. 1, after pondering a while, Director Yuan immediately realized something was amiss: highly atypical neural symptoms, drooling, fever, viral infection.

Then a thought jumped into his head – rabies. He immediately contacted the patient’s family to ask if the patient had ever been bitten by animals such as dogs or cats.

The family was also clueless at that moment; however, his wife mentioned that she had heard the patient talk about, right after graduating with his doctorate, he went hiking with his roommate and was bitten by a wild dog. At that time, the injury was not serious, just a bit of broken skin with tooth marks, so they didn’t pay much attention to it and did not get vaccinated.