Du Heng felt incredibly wronged.
The way things had unfolded, it seed as if everyone were at fault, including the Health Clinic and the Township Governnt, but it also seed like no one was to bla.
Should the pregnant woman be blad for getting water? But this is how they always lived, as did 99.9% of people in the countryside. Who would have thought fetching water could trigger premature labor? So won were working in the fields in the morning, then gave birth to their children after returning ho at noon, and encountered no problems.
Should the mother-in-law be blad? She arranged for a car, a midwife, and even sought the village doctor. What was wrong with her hustling about? Should she have carried her daughter-in-law to the hospital herself? If there was any bla, it ought to fall on the mother-in-law for not contacting the village doctor and the Health Clinic in advance. However, as an elderly woman in the countryside, she relied on her experience. If this were twenty years ago, she wouldn’t have a single problem. The only issue was that she failed to keep up with the tis.
Should the midwife be blad instead? Was it her overconfidence that delayed the laboring mother? That cannot be further from the truth. Again, twenty years ago in the countryside, these midwives were considered living bodhisattvas. They had saved countless won in childbirth and delivered countless babies. In a crude sense, without modern tools, so obstetricians nowadays couldn’t match these midwives in terms of delivery skills. But who could have anticipated encountering a case of difficult Labor, where the birth could not be completed even after more than four hours? Her even being present was already a massive kindness to the laboring woman and her family.
As for village doctor Zhao Bin, what did he have to do with any of this?
And those with cars, could the bla really be placed on them? Nowadays, many vehicle owners are superstitious about bad luck. They won’t even transport people who have just given birth in a hospital, let alone soone facing a life-threatening situation at any mont. Besides, putting aside the superstition, if sothing went wrong and the family caused trouble, those trying to help could end up paying for their good deed.
The only ones to bla were the Health Clinic and the Township Governnt, for their unsatisfactory publicity and negligence in their work.
As the low-slung building of the Village Committee gradually ca into view, the people in the car grew more focused. They were ready to rush in as soon as the car stopped at the entrance.
The three won in the car, all mothers themselves, could readily empathize, unlike Du Heng, who was still mulling over other things.
BANG!
Just when they were about to reach the top of a small slope, a loud blast startled everyone. They then saw the swerving front of the car, and their rapidly beating hearts leaped into their throats.
Rural roads were unlike city roads. Although the road surface had been hardened, there was typically a wall on one side of the road and a ditch on the other.
Thankfully, the driver was skilled and ntally strong. Coupled with the fact that it was a small uphill slope, he managed to control the ambulance quite well from the mont the explosion sounded and the vehicle swerved.
However, seeing the ditch right at the front of the car turned everyone’s faces pale.
"Get out," the driver said, taking a deep breath. After applying the brakes, he hastily asked everyone to get out.
Once out of the car, they saw that the front tire had burst!
****, cursed Du Heng inwardly. It was truly a case of ’when it rains, it pours.’
Huo Yinhua’s face changed. "What do we do now? What if the patient needs to be transferred?"
The driver glanced at the tire. "You guys go ahead. There’s a spare tire in the car; I’ll replace it right away."
Du Heng didn’t grumble. Staring at the village committee courtyard on the slope, he barked, "Grab the gear! Let’s check on the woman in childbirth first."
Actually, even before Du Heng spoke, Wang Lili and Wei Wen had already taken out their portable equipnt. Huo Yinhua also casually picked up a piece of equipnt, and they all started running towards the laboring woman’s house.
Thankfully, Zhao Bin had given clear instructions over the phone earlier. Otherwise, they would have had to call and ask for directions.
Du Heng, being a man, reached inside and grabbed the heaviest item, the stretcher, and ran after them.
No sooner had they climbed the small slope than they saw an increasingly anxious Zhao Bin jogging towards them, waving frantically. "Over here, over here!"
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