Chapter 86. [Case Fourteen] The smell of corpse smoke
When Political Commissar Liang heard my question, he probably didn't understand what I meant, so he said to me, are you talking about the smell of formalin? There won't be that smell in the morgue, most of it is the smell of disinfectant. Since he
With this answer, I knew that I must have guessed wrong. I thought the smell they smelled was the smell similar to rotten eggs that is produced when ghosts appear. Political Commissar Liang went on to say that the smell our medical staff smelled, according to the
He said it smelled like smoke.
When he said this, it was my turn to be puzzled. Smoking is absolutely prohibited in this morgue. Speech should be prohibited in all working areas of the hospital. How could there be a smell of smoke? Political Commissar Liang said that when the other party reported it, we
We thought it was ridiculous, but what the staff member said later made us pay attention. He said that the medical staff followed the smell and realized that the smell was in the room and was not coming from outside, and then they found it.
A corpse. Everyone knows that corpses in morgues are stored in drawer-type freezers. Most of the corpses stored in them are stored because there is no way to contact relatives or because relatives have their own reasons. The medical staff
After opening the corpse's compartment, I found that the cotton balls that had been stuffed in the corpse's nostrils and mouth had fallen to the side, and the eyes were slightly open, as if they were not willing to die in peace.
In fact, I know that after a patient dies, doctors usually perform resuscitation first. If there is no other way, they will record the time of death, and then fill the nostrils and mouth of the deceased with cotton balls. This is said to prevent bacteria.
Because when a person dies, he only breathes out but not in. The germs in the body do not die with the host after the body dies, so several air outlets have to be blocked. Political Commissar Liang went on to say that our medical staff is already collecting air.
He has been working in the hospital for more than ten years, and he is a gay man. He has seen no matter how horrible the corpse is. He originally thought that maybe the reason for not closing the eyes was because the doctor forgot to deal with it, so he reached out and tried to close the eyelids of the corpse.
Political Commissar Liang said that the strange thing is that the temperature of our freezer is very low in order to prevent the body from rotting. At such a temperature, the body of the dead person, which would have been stiff, will become stiff due to freezing.
In this state, the eyelids have no bones, so they can still try to press them back. However, when our medical staff closed the eyes of the deceased, they found that the body of the corpse was still elastic. Even though it was frozen, it was still very easy.
He closed his eyelids.
Political Commissar Liang said that he didn't think much about it at the time. He closed his eyes and smelled it again. He found that the smell of cigarette smoke had dissipated, so he didn't take it seriously. He pushed the cabinet back again and went about his business.
, but not long after, he smelled the smoke again, so this time he walked directly to the previous corpse, intending to carefully check where the strange smell came from. Only to find that
The eyes of the corpse that had been closed by him before were opened again, but the black part of the eyes had already turned gray due to freezing.
Political Commissar Liang went on to say that he felt very strange at that time, but still did not think about it in this regard. Instead, he closed the eyes of the corpse again, but this time he checked other parts of the corpse a little more, and this time he found the corpse.
Not only are the muscles on the face still elastic, but even the joints on the body are still loose. Political Commissar Liang picked up the tea cup on the table and took a sip and said, in other words, in addition to losing the heartbeat and body temperature,
The body was not stiff at all.
The medical staff had been working for more than ten years and had never encountered such a situation. It stands to reason that even without cryogenic preservation, the corpse would naturally become stiff after death, so he regarded this problem as a difficult problem and pushed the corpse again.
He went back and carefully checked the temperature of the freezer. When he was about to call the department where the body was sent and why this happened, he smelled smoke again, and besides that,
I heard a "click-click" sound coming from the freezer.
I stretched out my hand and kneaded my ten knuckles. I made a clicking sound and asked Commissar Liang if it was like this. Because since I was a child, I often like to knead my fingers because of exercise. Every time
After the sound, my muscles and bones feel very comfortable. Occasionally, if one or two fingers cannot press it, I still feel uncomfortable. It seems that my ideal has not been achieved, obsessive-compulsive disorder, I know. Political Commissar Liang is hearing the sound I make.
Finally, he shook his head and told me that he didn't know, because he was not at the scene at the time and could not specifically confirm whether the medical staff heard such a sound.
Political Commissar Liang continued, but these are not the point. When the medical staff smelled the smell of smoke again, he opened the freezer again and pushed the body out. This time, he found that the body not only opened its eyes again, but also had swollen eyes.
Still looking at the side where the medical staff were standing, not only that, the mouth that was originally closed on the corpse also opened, the cotton balls in the mouth and nostrils fell out again, and bursts of water came out of the mouth.
White smoke came out of the mouth, but seemed to be poured into the nostrils.
After political commissar Liang said this, he paused. The sudden silence in the office made me very uncomfortable. But at this time, Hu Zongren laughed out loud at an inappropriate time, saying that this dead man is quite addicted to smoking, hahaha! I
After quickly kicking him, I asked Political Commissar Liang, so the smell of smoke came from the mouth of the corpse, right?
Political Commissar Liang nodded and said yes. He said that the medical staff was frightened at that time. He often walked by the river, how could he not get his shoes wet? Although medicine is rigorous and scientific, people have an innate fear of dead bodies.
No one can change it. Even a person who firmly believes that there are no ghosts in the world will probably be much more stimulated by seeing this scene than those who have always believed. I nodded.
What Political Commissar Liang said is indeed what I want to say. There is a saying that the ignorant are fearless. In fact, it is not necessarily so meaningless. Many people feel happy when they think they are living a peaceful and comfortable life, but it is just because they do not really
I have only experienced the terrible things in the world.
Political Commissar Liang told us that the medical staff immediately ran away from the morgue and did not forget to lock the door before leaving. Then they called us on their mobile phones. At that time, our people noticed that the medical staff were in a very emotional state after receiving the call.
Excited, in an environment like a hospital, if the medical staff collapsed, it would be a terrible thing for the patients who were still alive. So we immediately sent people to find the medical staff.
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I asked Political Commissar Liang, when did this incident happen? Political Commissar Liang told me that according to the report later submitted by the department, it was almost 2:30 at night. I asked Political Commissar Liang in confusion.
He said, I also went to the morgue when I was a child. The place was so scary during the day. How come there are still people there at night? Political Commissar Liang told me, how many years ago did you do that? Now the hospital is bigger. On average,
Within a few hours, a patient died due to various reasons. Our morgue is staffed 24 hours a day.
Political Commissar Liang went on to say that after understanding the situation, the hospital ordered several other medical staff to go to the morgue together, intending to verify the authenticity of the matter, because working in such an environment, no matter how strong the psychological quality is, people cannot be safe.
There will never be a day of collapse. We are also worried that the medical staff is under too much pressure at work and has some ridiculous hallucinations. However, after examining the body based on his description, we found that the shape of the body was exactly the same as what he said, except for the mouth.
There was no smoke coming out of the car, and there was no smell of smoke at the scene. The body was indeed soft and not stiff. So we began to investigate whether there were any problems in the process of handling the body. The dead are the most important, and we cannot
The body was damaged due to negligence, and the patient's family members were already in great pain because of the loss of their loved ones. Under such circumstances, how could you add salt to their wounds?
I secretly admired that Political Commissar Liang was well-spoken and well-spoken, and unlike many people I knew in the medical system, he seemed to have a more compassionate heart. I also have many friends in this system, and they
Most of them are a little numb to death because they have seen too much life and death. This is caused by their profession, and they cannot be blamed. Who stipulates that I should also feel sad when a patient dies? Political Commissar Liang went on to say, we don’t have this matter.
An open investigation was conducted, but chief doctors from several departments were invited to consult on the corpse. No one could figure out why the corpse was not rigor mortis after death, and kept opening its mouth and eyes. This situation is the result of several of us who have been doctors for decades.
Even the 20-year-old doctors couldn't answer it. Until this time, one of the doctors present said this, saying that the deceased was a previous patient in my department. When he died, the family was still arguing about funeral expenses and compensation.
You have reached the last step of your life and have to suffer once more. What a sin. This is really the end of the world. Political Commissar Liang said that it was the doctor's words of "he will not rest in peace" that made everyone start thinking in this direction. Is there a kind of evil?
Maybe the deceased really died unwillingly and then faked his body?
I have heard of corpse fraud, but I have never encountered it. If this case is a corpse fraud, it would be the first time I have encountered it. I asked Political Commissar Liang which department the doctor who said this was from.
Political Commissar Liang said it was from the thoracic surgery department, and the patient died of lung cancer.
What is the connection between dying from lung cancer and smoking after death?