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Chapter 441 The Price of Buying Life
Chapter 441 The Price of Buying Life
In the store of Guangming Eye Hospital.
"Hello, our doctor has done a comprehensive examination for your child, and it can be confirmed that it is congenital eyeball dysplasia." The nurse at the guidance desk said with a newly released report, "Has your son been blind since he was a child?" ?”
"Yes." The young father replied, "Congenital? Is it genetic? But both the mother and I have normal eyesight."
"It's not necessarily genetic." The nurse shook her head, and looked at the thin mother of the three, especially the latter's fingertips that were dyed into colored nails, "May I take the liberty to ask, what kind of job does the mother do?" Is it?"
"I work as a dyeing worker in a balloon factory..." my mother stumbled - she seemed not used to talking to strangers, "that is, the raw material workers will pour white rubber into the raw material pool, and I will be in charge of pouring the colorful Pour the rubber into the raw material pool, and then stir it evenly... Then, the child's father will dip the mold into the colored rubber pool to make colorful balloons."
"How long have you been doing this job?"
"More than ten years. I have been working there since I was 8 years old."
"Did you work there when you were pregnant? Did you take any relevant protective measures?"
"Yes, I worked until one week before my delivery...Protection? The boss has given us masks, but the factory is too hot, so I seldom wear them."
The nurse showed a clear look: "According to our judgment, your son's illness is probably caused by environmental factors - because the mother's body stayed in the polluted environment for a long time during pregnancy, which affected the growth and development of the embryo."
The mother's eyes widened: "Me? Is it my fault? I don't know, no one told me, we are all like this over there..."
The young father seemed to have expected it a long time ago, and grabbed her hand tightly, preventing her from blaming herself: "Stop talking about this. We can change a pair of normal eyes for the child here."
As if he had grasped the last hope, he stared into the nurse's eyes: "Really?"
"Yes." The nurse smiled, "We can replace your child with a pair of healthy, bright eyes with normal vision."
"Then the price..."
"9998 gold." The nurse said.
The young mother and father looked at each other with surprise and surprise in their eyes.
Obviously, the price is not high for them, but low - a little lower than their budget.
"Eyeball transplantation is different from corneal transplantation. It is a very difficult operation, and only a handful of large hospitals in the world can complete it." Bailu said silently, "In Tianzhou, double eyeball transplantation usually takes 80 hours. Ten thousand yuan... converted into the currency of the Maurya Dynasty, it is about 10 gold, which is ten times the price quoted by the hospital here."
"So cheap?" The young father obviously had a certain understanding of this type of surgery, "Compared to what I know, the surgery in other countries is much cheaper, so cheap that I can't believe it.
"Well... I mean, can you guarantee the success of the operation?"
"Of course." The nurse at the front desk wore a professional smile on her face, "The organ transplant surgery in the Maurya Dynasty has always been much cheaper than in other countries. I believe you have heard about it, and you are also rushing to this point.
"The main reason is because the cost of performing this surgery in our country is lower.
"Because of the existence of the personified AI 'Peacock', we can replace some human work with high-precision medical robots. A skilled doctor can even command four robots at the same time and complete four transplant operations at the same time. This saves a lot of cost."
Technology is productivity—and that sounds like nothing to blame.
Cornerstone Technology Group also has similar medical robotics technology, but due to various reasons, it has not been introduced to the market for the time being, and it is only used internally by Blackstone Research Institute.
The young mother nodded again and again. Although she half understood, she had already accepted the explanation. At the same time, she secretly squeezed the child's father's hand, her eyes full of hope.
However, the father, who knew a little more, did not place an order immediately, but asked again: "Then, can you guarantee the healthy eyes?
"I've heard that organ transplants require matching..."
"Match?"
"Yes, that's the word. I heard that healthy organs are not so easy to get. If you have an operation in other places, you usually have to wait in line for a long time...Many people have been waiting for many years and can't get it."
"You don't have to worry about this." The nurse smiled, "Our country has abundant sources of donors. If you place an order now, you will usually find a suitable donor within three hours.
"In other words, the transplant operation for your child can be performed tonight."
"So fast?!"
"Efficiency is our number one pursuit."
"There is one last question." The young father asked again, "We came here through a friend's introduction and on a tourist visa. We can only stay in this country for seven days."
"Besides, we are traveling in a group, and the tour guide doesn't seem to be very talkative..."
"Don't worry, there are many tourists like you, and our hospital will be responsible for coordinating them." The nurse at the front desk said, "Under the new technology of our hospital, most patients with double eye transplantation can get a certain degree of medical treatment the next day." Light sensitivity, the vision can return to above 1.0 on the third or fourth day. If the condition is good, I can be discharged from the hospital on the fifth day.
"You can even use the last two days to take your children on a real trip."
The last sentence completely moved the young father.
"I... bought it!" said the father, took out a small package wrapped in several layers of oilcloth from his arms, and handed over a bank card that seemed to be rarely used, "This is me, and my grandpa Grandma has saved half her life's money...you must ensure that the operation goes smoothly."
"Any operation has risks, but don't worry, we are a regular hospital..."
In less than ten minutes, this family of three from a small backward country completed a large amount of consumption that would satisfy the tour guide in this place that looked like an ordinary shopping mall.
They bought a pair of eyes.
The mother hugged the blind child tightly, stroking his head, weeping with joy.
Although my father spent all his savings, there was a smile on the corner of his mouth.
Even the child who seemed particularly introverted because he couldn't see was dancing happily.
They are all looking forward to that beautiful future, looking forward to the light and colors that will emerge in front of their eyes in the dark vision after tonight.
They have so little experience, they have been imprisoned in the balloon factory of their own country all their lives, so that they seem to be unaware that this carefree decision, these smiling nurses, this lively shopping city, for others , How weird and incredible.
And looking around, it was not just the family of three who were shopping wildly in this mall.
A young man on a ventilator with lung cancer who bought himself a fresh lung is laughing uncontrollably.
A woman who lost her ability to conceive due to an accident bought a healthy uterus for herself and nestled happily in the arms of her lover.
A middle-aged man lying in a low-temperature life-support cabin with blood all over his body and not knowing whether he is alive or dead, his family members ordered nine human organs for him, and they are about to refill his body with these vibrant internal organs.
When they came in, they were lifeless, but when they left, they seemed to be full of life, as if they had been reborn.
They bought a life here.
(End of this chapter)
In the store of Guangming Eye Hospital.
"Hello, our doctor has done a comprehensive examination for your child, and it can be confirmed that it is congenital eyeball dysplasia." The nurse at the guidance desk said with a newly released report, "Has your son been blind since he was a child?" ?”
"Yes." The young father replied, "Congenital? Is it genetic? But both the mother and I have normal eyesight."
"It's not necessarily genetic." The nurse shook her head, and looked at the thin mother of the three, especially the latter's fingertips that were dyed into colored nails, "May I take the liberty to ask, what kind of job does the mother do?" Is it?"
"I work as a dyeing worker in a balloon factory..." my mother stumbled - she seemed not used to talking to strangers, "that is, the raw material workers will pour white rubber into the raw material pool, and I will be in charge of pouring the colorful Pour the rubber into the raw material pool, and then stir it evenly... Then, the child's father will dip the mold into the colored rubber pool to make colorful balloons."
"How long have you been doing this job?"
"More than ten years. I have been working there since I was 8 years old."
"Did you work there when you were pregnant? Did you take any relevant protective measures?"
"Yes, I worked until one week before my delivery...Protection? The boss has given us masks, but the factory is too hot, so I seldom wear them."
The nurse showed a clear look: "According to our judgment, your son's illness is probably caused by environmental factors - because the mother's body stayed in the polluted environment for a long time during pregnancy, which affected the growth and development of the embryo."
The mother's eyes widened: "Me? Is it my fault? I don't know, no one told me, we are all like this over there..."
The young father seemed to have expected it a long time ago, and grabbed her hand tightly, preventing her from blaming herself: "Stop talking about this. We can change a pair of normal eyes for the child here."
As if he had grasped the last hope, he stared into the nurse's eyes: "Really?"
"Yes." The nurse smiled, "We can replace your child with a pair of healthy, bright eyes with normal vision."
"Then the price..."
"9998 gold." The nurse said.
The young mother and father looked at each other with surprise and surprise in their eyes.
Obviously, the price is not high for them, but low - a little lower than their budget.
"Eyeball transplantation is different from corneal transplantation. It is a very difficult operation, and only a handful of large hospitals in the world can complete it." Bailu said silently, "In Tianzhou, double eyeball transplantation usually takes 80 hours. Ten thousand yuan... converted into the currency of the Maurya Dynasty, it is about 10 gold, which is ten times the price quoted by the hospital here."
"So cheap?" The young father obviously had a certain understanding of this type of surgery, "Compared to what I know, the surgery in other countries is much cheaper, so cheap that I can't believe it.
"Well... I mean, can you guarantee the success of the operation?"
"Of course." The nurse at the front desk wore a professional smile on her face, "The organ transplant surgery in the Maurya Dynasty has always been much cheaper than in other countries. I believe you have heard about it, and you are also rushing to this point.
"The main reason is because the cost of performing this surgery in our country is lower.
"Because of the existence of the personified AI 'Peacock', we can replace some human work with high-precision medical robots. A skilled doctor can even command four robots at the same time and complete four transplant operations at the same time. This saves a lot of cost."
Technology is productivity—and that sounds like nothing to blame.
Cornerstone Technology Group also has similar medical robotics technology, but due to various reasons, it has not been introduced to the market for the time being, and it is only used internally by Blackstone Research Institute.
The young mother nodded again and again. Although she half understood, she had already accepted the explanation. At the same time, she secretly squeezed the child's father's hand, her eyes full of hope.
However, the father, who knew a little more, did not place an order immediately, but asked again: "Then, can you guarantee the healthy eyes?
"I've heard that organ transplants require matching..."
"Match?"
"Yes, that's the word. I heard that healthy organs are not so easy to get. If you have an operation in other places, you usually have to wait in line for a long time...Many people have been waiting for many years and can't get it."
"You don't have to worry about this." The nurse smiled, "Our country has abundant sources of donors. If you place an order now, you will usually find a suitable donor within three hours.
"In other words, the transplant operation for your child can be performed tonight."
"So fast?!"
"Efficiency is our number one pursuit."
"There is one last question." The young father asked again, "We came here through a friend's introduction and on a tourist visa. We can only stay in this country for seven days."
"Besides, we are traveling in a group, and the tour guide doesn't seem to be very talkative..."
"Don't worry, there are many tourists like you, and our hospital will be responsible for coordinating them." The nurse at the front desk said, "Under the new technology of our hospital, most patients with double eye transplantation can get a certain degree of medical treatment the next day." Light sensitivity, the vision can return to above 1.0 on the third or fourth day. If the condition is good, I can be discharged from the hospital on the fifth day.
"You can even use the last two days to take your children on a real trip."
The last sentence completely moved the young father.
"I... bought it!" said the father, took out a small package wrapped in several layers of oilcloth from his arms, and handed over a bank card that seemed to be rarely used, "This is me, and my grandpa Grandma has saved half her life's money...you must ensure that the operation goes smoothly."
"Any operation has risks, but don't worry, we are a regular hospital..."
In less than ten minutes, this family of three from a small backward country completed a large amount of consumption that would satisfy the tour guide in this place that looked like an ordinary shopping mall.
They bought a pair of eyes.
The mother hugged the blind child tightly, stroking his head, weeping with joy.
Although my father spent all his savings, there was a smile on the corner of his mouth.
Even the child who seemed particularly introverted because he couldn't see was dancing happily.
They are all looking forward to that beautiful future, looking forward to the light and colors that will emerge in front of their eyes in the dark vision after tonight.
They have so little experience, they have been imprisoned in the balloon factory of their own country all their lives, so that they seem to be unaware that this carefree decision, these smiling nurses, this lively shopping city, for others , How weird and incredible.
And looking around, it was not just the family of three who were shopping wildly in this mall.
A young man on a ventilator with lung cancer who bought himself a fresh lung is laughing uncontrollably.
A woman who lost her ability to conceive due to an accident bought a healthy uterus for herself and nestled happily in the arms of her lover.
A middle-aged man lying in a low-temperature life-support cabin with blood all over his body and not knowing whether he is alive or dead, his family members ordered nine human organs for him, and they are about to refill his body with these vibrant internal organs.
When they came in, they were lifeless, but when they left, they seemed to be full of life, as if they had been reborn.
They bought a life here.
(End of this chapter)
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