"What is there to panic about? We can entirely follow the disaster dical grading system, set grade thresholds, transfer all inpatient and clinic doctors to the ergency departnt, establish a triage station, have patients queue up orderly, prescribe dication only for minor injuries without hospitalization; for moderately ill patients, lay down stretcher beds for treatnt, cure them on-site before departure, and transfer critically ill patients to the wards."
With just a few words, Gu Ji managed to stabilize Mr. Gupta on the spot.
An ordinary agricultural departnt officer wouldn't understand the dical ergency system, so he was sowhat uncertain about which governnt official Gu Ji actually represented.
"But... even if we can sort the patients, what about all these vehicles in front of the hospital?"
"Leave it to , just let the patients in first!"
Seeing the other party relent, Gu Ji gestured toward the couple with slicked-back hair, letting them lead their child into the hospital.
Their smiles barely concealed their moist eyes, as they repeatedly bowed to Gu Ji, knowing that entering the hospital at this ti was a rarity. This wasn't their first facility, as surrounding private hospitals and pharmacies either hadn't opened or were flooded, leaving them no choice but to co here.
"Thank you, sir! You must be Shiva sent to save our family..."
"No need to say so much, hurry and take the child inside!"
Through repeated conversations with passersby, Gu Ji learned that almost all local Assam residents worship Shiva, a deity in Hinduism. Along the way, many didn't even care for furniture, prioritizing the protection of their Shiva Statue, with related items even placed on car dashboards.
Turning back, he looked at the large block of vehicles ahead.
Gu Ji called down two local Indian guys from a vehicle, "You two, help clear the hospital traffic; otherwise, it will be more and more vehicles breaking down, and rescue cars can't get out, and patients can't get in!"
"Esteed Mr. Vidhi! Sander will do his utmost to help with any request from you! Be assured!"
Sander folded his hands, shaking his head in a humble manner.
The other companion also nodded.
So the three of them began knocking on windows one by one, directing vehicles to move, clearing a path at the hospital entrance, incidentally rescuing three broken-down cars.
Perhaps Gu Ji's repeated acts of rescuing people won him respect, as many Indians he helped sent patients into the hospital and then turned to join his team, led by the slick-haired driver.
Under Gu Ji's command, everyone worked together to push the broken-down vehicles to the side of the road, completely clearing the traffic congestion.
"Unbelievable, we really cleared it!"
"Thank Shiva, now everyone is saved!"
"Besides thanking God, we should also thank Mr. Vidhi; without him, we probably couldn't have gotten our sick family mbers to the hospital!"
"Esteed Mr. Vidhi, please allow to touch your right foot as a mark of my utmost respect!"
...
Buzz! Buzz...
Seeing an elderly Indian man bend down to grasp Gu Ji's leg, suddenly many people's phones vibrated from their chest pockets.
"Due to the impact of the tropical depression, the National teorological Departnt (IMD) states that within the next 12 hours, the average wind force in Assam will reach level 6, with gusts of 7-8 levels, accompanied by continuous heavy rainfall. Relevant units and personnel should prepare for preventative asures. According to the 'Assam Flood, Wind, and Drought Ergency Plan,' the state's disaster managent departnt decided to initiate a level IV rainstorm ergency response at 06:00 on October 11: halt gatherings, school sessions, business operations (except for special industries) across the state."
"The state governnt's action is too slow; the city's water level has already exceeded the safety alert level, and dical and transportation have been paralyzed throughout the city. They just now issued an ergency response?"
Gu Ji stared at the phone screen ssage, feeling indignant.
Like public health ergency response asures, natural disaster response asures are divided into four levels, set based on blue, yellow, orange, and red, with level IV being the lowest, but that doesn't an level IV response asures are weak.
According to international flood ergency response standards, level IV can only be initiated under one of the following situations:
When general flooding occurs simultaneously in multiple provinces (regions/cities), when a risk occurs on the main stream of large rivers, when risks occur in dium and large reservoirs, or when multiple large cities experience normal water supply disruptions due to floods.
As Gu Ji pondered the state governnt's next step.
Suddenly, the phone rang.
He initially thought it was a coworker calling and was going to mute it, but seeing the number, he rembered it's the call from Fatima, the expert from the disaster managent departnt he t last night.
"Hello?"
"Mr. Vidhi, may I ask where you are now?"
"I'm at Dispur Governnt Hospital."
"Are you injured, or... Oh, I see, Mr. Vidhi. Everything is as you predicted. The national teorological station just released information; currently, a strong tropical depression influenced by monsoon is continuously invading inland from Bengal Bay, causing widespread flooding in Bangladesh, and Assam is deeply affected as well. The state governnt is urgently convening an ergency managent eting, and I would like to invite you to attend as well; is that possible?"
"Yes."
Facing Fatima's inquiry, Gu Ji briefly recounted the situation on site.
It wasn't clear whether it was his display of professional knowledge yesterday or the phenona he discovered at the grassroots level before the disaster that led Fatima to proactively invite him to participate in the governnt ergency managent eting.
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