Chapter 299: Chapter 299 Ambulance
Just when he had finished lunch and was ready to rest well, he didn’t expect a long queue to start forming outside the door again.
Everyone looked as if they were in great discomfort, appearing to be in extreme pain.
Not only that, but the symptoms of each person were similar to those of the people who had come in the morning.
He had not anticipated that so many people would be infected in such a short period of time.
This indeed made Liu Zheng feel incredibly incredulous.
He immediately prescribed medications for them and seriously instructed them on what they should do next.
And this time, he strictly prohibited them.
He hoped that everyone would stop going out, so he prescribed enough medication for many days all at once.
Because gatherings like this could potentially turn a flu that was not very serious into something much more severe.
And if they continued going to school or work, they might spread the infection to their colleagues or classmates.
Liu Zheng seriously explained to them just how grave the situation was, so they clearly understood what they needed to do.
After seeing that each person had been properly taken care of, Liu Zheng began to feel an increasing sense of unease.
Though everyone had already left,
And those who had to leave had almost all departed,
For some reason, once he sat down, he felt an overwhelming sense of panic.
This panic made him feel very uncomfortable inside.
He immediately got up and poured himself a glass of water, hoping to drink it and calm these heart palpitations.
However, he never expected that he would be completely unable to do so.
Just as he was puzzled about why he felt this way, someone suddenly shouted from outside the door.
"It’s terrible, it’s terrible, someone’s dead!"
Upon hearing this, their eyes widened like copper bells; they could hardly believe what they were hearing. What on earth had happened outside?
At this moment, his heart was indeed filled with doubts.
Quickly, he opened the door and found an elderly man lying face down on the street.
Not only that, but there was some blood from his nose and mouth.
After seeing this scene, many people crowded around in shock.
They were extremely curious, completely unaware of what had happened.
"My God, what happened to him, is he really dead? Is there a doctor here?"
"Yes, how could he suddenly turn out like this?"
"Heavens, what on earth happened!"
...
Everyone spoke up, expressing their inexperience with such events and their uncertainty about what to do.
Before long, Liu Zheng made his way through the crowd and reached the elderly man.
"I am a doctor, let me have a look," he said.
But when he bent over to check, he discovered the old man had already passed away.
Realizing this filled him with a profound sense of helplessness, never expecting things to end up this way.
How could this not be incredibly distressing for him?
After all, he was a doctor whose very purpose was to save lives and aid the injured.
Yet having this person die right before his eyes, and him powerless to help, was beyond imaginable.
He had no idea why he had felt such an irrational panic earlier, but now, seeing this scene, he finally understood what it was all about.
Then all he could do was to gently shake his head at the people nearby and say.
"He’s already dead."
Upon hearing these words, everyone couldn’t help but take a step back.
They had never imagined that they might end up with such a result.
At this moment, they truly felt very distressed.
"Who does this old man belong to? Does anyone recognize him?"
"Yeah, who is he? Let’s see if he has any children. We can’t just leave him here."
Faced with such an elderly gentleman, they didn’t know what to do.
It was mainly because they rarely encountered such incidents, so they didn’t know what to do now and had no experience with it whatsoever.
"Let’s do this, we should call emergency services first, and then let them take him back to see if any children will come to claim him."
Soon, Liu Zheng offered this suggestion.
After all, they were just ordinary people, and even if they wanted to help, they had to consider their own capabilities.
If a government agency took over, everything would probably be simpler.
Someone nearby spoke up.
"I’ve already made the call just now, they should be arriving soon."
Sure enough, as soon as the words were spoken, the sound of an ambulance could be heard.
But when they arrived, they found that the old man had already died.
Still, they took the body away with them.
Faced with such an incident, everyone lingered for a long time.
They didn’t know why this old man had mysteriously appeared here, nor what had happened to him.
"Did anyone see him suddenly fall down here?"
"I didn’t see anything; when I arrived, there were already a lot of people here."
"I don’t think I saw him fall either. By the time I saw him, he was already lying here."
"Yeah, seems like nobody saw it happen."
Everyone started discussing the matter among themselves.
Facing such an incident, they all felt truly upset in their hearts.
It seemed that this old grandpa was already of age. Who’d have thought that he would end up dying tragically on the street?
And to just drop dead while walking was quite terrifying.
At this point, everyone couldn’t help but shake their heads.
They talked for a while before finally dispersing.
At this moment, Liu Zheng returned to the clinic.
He had just taken a serious look at the old man.
Something felt off.
But what exactly was off, he couldn’t quite put his finger on it at the moment.
Because of this, he felt somewhat distressed and didn’t know what to do.
Soon after the hospital took away the old man’s body, they immediately began to investigate his next of kin.
But after much searching, they found that he seemed to have no children or spouse at all.
He was almost entirely alone and wasn’t even from the village; he came from a faraway place.
Left with no other choice, the hospital proceeded with a cremation.
And as there were quite a few people from the hospital in the village, the word about this incident spread.
