The hospital, like other companies, operates on a cost-effectiveness basis. Medications expire when left unused for too long. If these expensive drugs are reserved for cases rarely seen and ultimately discarded unused, it results in a cost loss. Small clinics often face financial constraints and absolutely cannot afford such harmful costs.
All they can do is rush the child to a large hospital with a dedicated neonatal department for further emergency care.
Doctor Hu went out to quickly discuss the next steps of the childās transfer and rescue plan with the family.
Upon learning of his wifeās passing, the patientās husband cried until he could cry no more, his tears all dried up.
"You need to decide quickly." Doctor Hu urged the family again.
The family might feel Doctor Hu is cold, as he didnāt offer even a single comforting word at this moment.
What Doctor Hu was thinking is that the childās mother gave everything she had to protect her child, making a huge sacrifice. If the child isnāt saved now, itās as if the motherās legacy is directly cut off.
Only if the child inherits the motherās genes, it is equivalent to continuing the motherās life.
This is truly not the time for mourning and tears.
The patientās husband wiped his tears while trying hard to compose himself, making a request to the doctor: "Can I see the child?"
Premature babies have weak immune systems and are most afraid of infections. This is a special situation, and the child is going to be taken out to the car anyway. Doctor Hu nodded and agreed that the childās father could take a distant look at the child.
Upon hearing this, the childās father immediately craned his neck to glimpse the small figure of the baby.
Premature infants have significantly lower body temperatures compared to normal babies. In the absence of an incubator, medical staff can only do their best to wrap the child tightly with blankets and such to preserve the small lifeās body heat.
The child was breathing rapidly and weakly, with oxygen tubes already inserted into the tiny nostrils, connected to a respiratory bag to substitute for a neonatal ventilator and provide oxygen to the patient.
A ventilator is very important for treating patients with respiratory distress syndrome, whether adult or neonatal.
Xie Wanying told the nurse in charge of squeezing the airbag: "The frequency needs to be fast, and the volume of gas squeezed out should be low."
For children with respiratory distress syndrome, it is better not to use a regular frequency ventilator but a high-frequency ventilator. High-frequency ventilators cause much less damage to the lungs, and the small tidal volume helps reduce the pressure on the patientās airway.
Hearing her words, the clinic nurseās mind couldnāt process it immediately. After all, they had almost never encountered such cases in this place, and didnāt know if Xie Wanying was correct, or understood the principle, feeling unsure how to act according to her instructions.
"Let me do it."
It was Shen Xifei who spoke, shoving aside the clinic staff and grabbing the respiratory bag herself. She had been so hungry that she started seeing stars, and after gulping down a cup of sugar water to replenish her energy, she could run back again and not let Xie Wanying handle everything alone.
No matter what, she was from Guoxieās graduate program; she wouldnāt be outdone by a mere clinic staff. She knew how to use her hands to squeeze a respiratory bag for a premature baby.
The clinic staff saw this and simply let them escort the child and didnāt follow, staying behind to handle aftercare duties. The medical staff remaining had plenty to do as well. The deceased pregnant woman needed to have her abdomen stitched up before handling the body, contact the funeral home, and the doctor was required to write the death record promptly according to regulations.
Xie Wanying carried the child out.
The childās father hastily moved forward to get a glimpse of the child.