A small cold cost nearly a thousand dollars

In the cold winter, strong winds and cooling are inevitable, and influenza is a common occurrence. However, in the current epidemic situation, a small cold is also taken extremely seriously, and it is no longer something ordinary people can bear.

It is common for classmates in my child’s kindergarten class to get sick and catch a cold. People often ask for leave. In such a crisis-ridden environment, children are not immune. Finally, they fell ill last Monday and took leave to stay at home for four or five days. . After taking cold medicine and anti-inflammatory medicine for four days, the cold symptoms were relieved and acute, and my mental state has been normal.

I finally made it to Saturday, and the child no longer had a fever. The mother of the child had to go to the hospital. I said you should try not to go to areas hardest hit by hospitals during special periods. People are afraid of catching a cold and it seems very troublesome. But they refused to listen. They wrapped the child tightly from head to toe in three layers, inside and outside, and drove to the hospital.

It must be said that the hospital has strictly implemented a series of prevention and control measures. There is no carelessness in the temperature measurement and bright code registration.

After paying the fee and applying for a card, I arrived at the pediatric clinic. A long queue had formed in the corridor. It was crowded with adults and children, and it was very lively.

The nurses took the temperature one by one and registered. As soon as I heard that my child had a fever recently, I immediately became alert and said there was no need to line up and I could go out and get a nucleic acid test. If you don’t do a nucleic acid test, you won’t be shown. No matter how much we explain, this is the hospital's policy.

Then we squeezed out of the outpatient clinic building with our children and came to the place where the nucleic acid test was performed. The side door of the building was in a very open area, with no obstructions and a strong wind. The line of people waiting to take samples was endless. I said this was not possible, the wind was so strong that I was freezing. I'll line up, you guys get in the car and wait. I waited in line at the air vent for an hour, and I finally arrived. I also heard that it is not possible here. If you don’t have a fever, you can take samples and check here. If you have a fever, go to the fever clinic.

I quickly carried my child through the path in the green belt and came to the fever clinic, a prefab house shaded by green trees. I really don't know it exists unless I look carefully.

After entering the door, he explained his intention, and the nurse registered and took the temperature. After the joint efforts of the medical and nursing staff, the child's resistance was finally ineffective. After the sample was taken successfully, there was a long wait of two hours. The slogan on the wall told us that people are not allowed to leave until the results are released, otherwise 110 will be called!

Two hours of suffering. During this period, several cases of persistent high fevers came to the fever clinic. They all had fevers of 40 and over and had not gone away after taking medicine. Most of them were children. I was secretly worried that since we were in a confined space for two hours, it would be terrible if there were any suspected cases. I prayed that they would not be infected.

I was relieved when I got the results. I got up and went to the clinic with my child. The sky outside the door was blue and the sun was shining brightly. A woodpecker on a branch was pecking at the trunk persistently in search of pests, making a rhythmic sound.

When we arrived at the pediatric clinic, most of the people who lined up in the morning had dispersed. The doctor asked a few questions casually, and then ordered a CT scan and blood collection. He would come back after the results came out. Good guy, the baby's mother didn't expect it. She thought that the baby didn't even have a fever and just got some medicine. After repeated explanations, the doctor became impatient. We had no choice but to exit the door and wait in line again. It was already afternoon and there were not many people at the blood collection place, but the child was scared to death. After some struggle and scolding, the blood collection was finally completed. It was still too early to wait for the results to come out, so I went to the imaging building to line up for CT scan. There were many people, and those in line were all elderly people. There were stretchers and wheelchairs, accompanied by family members. The old people are very quiet, without the excitement and vitality of the pediatricians.

Because it was break time, no doctor came to register. Everyone was sitting and waiting. Occasionally, there were patients with coughs, but everyone remained silent.

After finally registering, the young doctor was surrounded by everyone, scrambling to get there. Regardless of whether there was radiation or not, a young mother and daughter rushed in to check up with their child. In less than a minute, the money was spent as fast as a hospital money printing machine.

After waiting for the results for about a few hours, I returned to the car and took a nap. The child was tired after a long day and was very irritable. He came home noisily, and the temptation of roasted sweet potatoes was gone.

The results came out, and as expected, everything was normal!

When I came to the pediatric department, there were only a few people queuing up. The doctor looked at the order. The doctor who wrote the order had left work early. After asking a few questions, he started swiping his card to prescribe medicine. I prescribed anti-inflammatory drugs and cough syrup, which cost more than 200. The operation was as fierce as a tiger, and more than 800 yuan had been spent before and after the inspection.

As the sun sets, I take medicine and go home. There are too many traffic lights and intersections on the road, and I accidentally violated the traffic law once, which is estimated to be 100 or 200. Just enough to collect a thousand yuan, just a lot more! The child was also very successful. He ran around the different floors of the hospital without having a fever and was exposed to wind and sun for a whole day without getting tanned!