"Misha, at noon, political commissar Dmitry was still fine. He also told us that he planned to return to the army tomorrow." Asiya said with an anxious look: "Who knows, not even two hours later,
He suddenly had difficulty breathing, his skin turned yellow, and he soon fell into a deep coma."
"What does Dmitri look like? You don't need to tell me. I have eyes myself." Sokov impatiently interrupted Asya before she could finish her words: "I just want to know, he
Why did you suddenly fall into a deep coma, and why did your whole body turn brown?"
Sokov's series of questions left Asiya speechless. This was the first time she heard Sokov speak to herself in such a stern tone. Her heart was filled with grievances, and tears flowed down her cheeks.
.
Seeing Asiya crying, Sidorin who was on the side quickly stepped forward and gently pulled the corner of Sokov's clothes, signaling him to pay attention to his tone and not to make Asiya sad.
As soon as Sidorin pulled the hem of his clothes, Sokov realized that the tone of his just words was a bit wrong. He quickly grabbed Asya's hand and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, Asya, I'm also worried about Dmitri."
The safety of the political commissar was the reason why you lost your temper, so don’t blame me. Tell me, what did military doctor Pavlov say after seeing the political commissar Dmitry?"
"Poisoned. After examination by military doctor Pavlov, he felt that Commissar Dmitri was poisoned." Asiya replied: "He is now in his office, questioning the people who last came into contact with Commissar Dmitri to find out.
What happened?"
Knowing that Pavlov was interrogating the relevant personnel, Sokov could not stay still. He turned to Sidorin and the others and said, "Let's go, let's go find Pavlov's military doctor and find out what's going on?"
Under the guidance of Asya, Sokov and his party arrived outside Pavlov's office. Before entering, Sokov heard a voice coming from inside: "... Tell the truth, Commissar Dmitry's
What happened to the poisoning? If you tell the truth, I can intercede for you when the higher authorities investigate. Otherwise..."
Recognizing that the person speaking inside was Pavlov, Sokov opened the door curtain and walked in. Pavlov, who was lecturing his subordinates, saw someone breaking in from the outside. He was about to have a seizure, but
Realizing that it was Sokov, Sidorin and others who were coming, they quickly stood up from their seats and walked around the desk to greet them: "Division Commander, Chief of Staff, why are you here?"
Sokov glanced into the room and found two health workers, a man and a woman, standing in a corner of the room in horror. He did not speak, but went directly to Pavlov's seat and sat down, looking up.
Two health workers said: "It seems that you are the last people to see Political Commissar Pavlov. Tell me, what happened?"
"Comrade Commander," as soon as Sokov finished speaking, the male health worker cried out: "I went to check the ward half an hour ago and found Commissar Dmitri lying motionless on the bed. When I stepped forward to see him, he
The whole person had fainted, so he immediately notified military doctor Pavlov..."
After the male health worker finished describing his contact with Dmitry, Sokov turned his attention to the female health worker next to him: "Comrade female health worker, now it's your turn. When did you last see Demetri?"
From Commissar Mitri?”
"At noon, political commissar Dmitry told me that he wanted to return to the army tomorrow. Since his injuries have not healed yet, I asked a military doctor to prescribe him some anti-inflammatory sulfonamides," the female health worker said tremblingly.
: "After I gave him the medicine, he asked me to pour him a glass of water, saying it was for taking the medicine."
After hearing the male and female health workers' explanations, Ivanov frowned and said, "According to your statement, political commissar Dmitry was not poisoned by others, but was poisoned by himself inexplicably?"
"That's right, Comrade Deputy Division Commander." The two health workers nodded vigorously and said in a positive tone: "What we are telling the truth is indeed true."
"Comrade female health worker," Sidorin interrupted and asked: "Where is the medicine you gave Commissar Dmitri now?"
"I don't know." The female hygienist shook her head and replied: "I found out that Commissar Dmitry was poisoned. I carefully looked for the pills given to him. But unfortunately, I didn't find any."
"What, you didn't find any pills?" Hearing this, Ivanov couldn't help but sneered and said, "Did he take all the pills?"
"Probably not." The female health worker said in an uncertain tone: "The military doctor prescribed him a five-day supply, three times a day, two pills at a time. There are a total of thirty pills, and he can't take them all in one go.
"
Pavlov, who was standing aside, saw Ivanov looking at him inquiringly, and nodded slightly, indicating that what the female health worker said was true.
The speaker is unintentional and the listener is intentional. Ivanov originally just said this casually, but Sokov thought of a roommate he had when he was studying. The roommate had a bad cold and was allergic to penicillin, so the school doctor prescribed it to him.
Three days of sulfonamides. But my roommate wanted to get better quickly, so he ate all the sulfonamides in one go. Not long after eating, he fainted and his skin became scorched and yellow. Later, he was sent to the hospital for examination and found that it was
Due to excessive use of anti-inflammatory drugs, liver failure occurred. After some rescue efforts, he stayed in the hospital for another half a month before being discharged. Is this the same situation for a non-Dmitry political commissar?
Thinking of this, Sokov turned his attention to Pavlov: "Comrade military doctor, I want to ask you, what are the side effects if a person takes an overdose of sulfa?"
"If the wounded take an overdose of sulfonamide, they will feel extremely thirsty and drink water constantly..." Pavlov had just mentioned the side effects of taking an overdose of sulfonamide, and suddenly guessed what Sokov wanted to say, and he tentatively said
Question: "Comrade Commander, you don't think that Commissar Dmitry's symptoms are caused by an overdose of sulfonamides, do you?"
"It's possible."
"Although sulfa has been around for a short time, it is currently the best anti-inflammatory drug in the world." Regarding Sokov's statement, Pavlov was skeptical: "In use, we only found that the wounded had some symptoms after taking sulfa.
Severe thirst. As for the signs of poisoning you mentioned, I have never seen it before."
Hearing Pavlov say this, Sokov did not argue with him. Because this drug has only been out for a few months, some serious side effects have not yet appeared, so experienced Pavlov
The military doctor did not think that Dmitry's severe coma might be caused by an overdose of sulfa.
Sokov reorganized the vocabulary in his mind and thought about how to persuade Pavlov, then continued: "Comrade military doctor, sulfa is a new drug that has not been around for a long time, so some serious side effects may
We can't detect it yet. But judging from the confessions of the two health workers just now, Dmitry's coma must be related to sulfa."
In order to confirm his point of view, Sokov asked the female health worker again: "Comrade female health worker, are you really sure that you personally handed thirty pills of sulfonamide into the hands of political commissar Dmitry?"
"Yes, I'm sure." The female health worker nodded and said, "After I gave the medicine to political commissar Dmitri, I also recorded the matter in the memo."
"Memo?!" Sokov heard this and realized that the memorandum mentioned by the female hygienist might be able to clear their suspicions. He quickly asked: "Where is the memo you mentioned now?"
Before the female hygienist could answer, Asiya said first, "I know where it is, I'll go get it right away." After that, she opened the curtain at the door and walked out.
In less than two minutes, Asiya ran in from the outside holding a notebook, panting. She quickly came to the table, patted Sokov's face, and said: "This is our memorandum, please read it carefully."
Let's see."
Sokov quickly opened the book, quickly turned to the last few pages, found what the female hygienist had written, and read it out softly: "...Dmitri requested to be discharged from the hospital early. Considering that his injury has not healed,
Comrade Pavlov, the military doctor, prescribed him a seven-day dose of sulfa..."
"That's right." Seeing this, Sokov raised his head and looked at the female health worker opposite: "The records in the memo prove that what you just said is true."
Hearing what Sokov said, the female health worker breathed a sigh of relief. She knew that she could clear her suspicions. Just as she was happy, she heard Sokov asking: "Comrade female health worker, are you really sure?"
, are all the sulfa drugs you gave to Commissar Dmitri gone?"
"Yes, Comrade Commander." When the female health worker heard Sokov's question, she hurriedly replied: "There's not even one left."
"Comrade military doctor," Sokov turned to look at Pavlov after getting the exact answer from the female health worker, and said to him: "Comrade military doctor, we have figured it out. Political Commissar Dmitri may want his injury to heal quickly.
, he took seven days’ worth of sulfonamides in one go, which led to a deep coma caused by liver failure..."
"Comrade Commander, are you saying that Political Commissar Dmitry suffered liver failure and a deep coma due to an overdose of sulfonamides?" Although Sokov's statement is not professional, Pavlov, as a military doctor,
, but he was thinking seriously: "After your reminder, Commissar Dmitry's whole body turned yellow, which indeed seems to be a symptom of liver failure." At this point, he looked up at Sokov and asked, "What can I do?
, can you treat Commissar Dmitry?"
When Sokov heard Pavlov's question, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. He thought to himself, let alone a tunnel with such poor medical conditions, even in a big hospital decades later, what kind of treatment would be available for patients with such symptoms?
The means available are also very limited, and the chance of rescuing him is not very high.
Seeing Sokov's silence, Sidorin couldn't help but feel a little in his heart: "Comrade division commander, are you saying that we have no way to rescue political commissar Dmitry?"
"No." Sokov shook his head and said in a positive tone: "Unless a liver transplant is performed and there is still a glimmer of hope, we can only watch Commissar Dmitry die slowly."
"What, Comrade Commander, what did you say?" Sokov's casual words stunned Pavlov: "How can a human liver be transplanted? This is simply too fantastic."
Pavlov's reaction was expected by Sokov. You must know that the world's first liver transplant was completed in 1963. The American doctor who performed the operation, Dr. Thomas Erstaz, was also
The medical community respects him as the "Father of Liver Transplantation".
Sokov stood up and said to everyone with a heavy heart: "Comrades, political commissar Dmitry's time is running out. Let's take a last look at him."
Half an hour later, Sokov, Sidorin, and Ivanov returned to the headquarters with a heavy heart. After Sokov sighed for a while, he asked Sidorin: "Comrade Chief of Staff, political commissar Dmitri died.
Should you or I inform Belkin of the news?"
Sidorin hesitated for a moment, and then said decisively: "Comrade Commander, you should make this call to Commander Belkin."
"Okay." Seeing Sidorin's helpless expression, Sokov did not embarrass him and took the initiative to inform Belkin: "Let me call Captain Belkin."
The call was dialed, and Belkin's voice soon came from the receiver: "I am Belkin, where are you?"
Sokov, who was holding the microphone, didn't know what to say for a moment when he heard Belkin's voice. When Belkin heard that there was no sound in the receiver, he thought there was something wrong with the phone line, so he quickly raised his voice and asked:
"Hey, hey, can you hear me? Can you hear me? You should say something!"
"Comrade Political Commissar, it's me." Sokov took a deep breath and said in a hoarse voice: "I am Sokov."
"It turns out to be Misha." Belkin thought Sokov was calling to inquire about the situation at the barricade factory, so he took the initiative to report to him: "Not long ago, we just repelled a German attack. You are new
The troops we supplemented performed particularly well in the battle."
Belkin talked happily for a long time, but found that there was no movement here in Sokov. He immediately realized that something might have gone wrong and quickly asked: "Misha, I think you seem a little abnormal today. Did something happen?
?”
Seeing that he couldn't escape, Sokov gritted his teeth and said bravely: "Comrade political commissar, I'm calling you to tell you some bad news. Comrade Dmitry can no longer serve as the political commissar of the downsizing regiment.
"
Belkin did not hear Sokov's voiceover, and said magnanimously: "Misha, have you arranged for him to be a political commissar in another regiment? Since he has left, you can
Send me another political commissar as soon as possible..."
"My comrade political commissar, you are wrong. I said that Comrade Dmitry can no longer serve as political commissar of the downsizing regiment, not because he was transferred, but because..." Sokov said in a difficult tone: "Because he died
!”
"What, what did you say?" Hearing what Sokov said, Belkin almost threw the phone away: "Misha, you can't joke about this kind of thing. He even called me at noon and said
The injury is almost healed and I can return to the army tomorrow..."
"Really, I didn't lie to you." Sokov continued: "Comrade Dmitry has really sacrificed his life."
This chapter has been completed!