The chief could understand the English spoken by Suno, but he frowned tightly after listening to Suno's request.
After a while, he finally said: "Are you a doctor who wants to cut open a person's belly?"
"Yes, I am a surgeon. But I am a thoracic surgeon, not an obstetrician." Although Su Nuo knew that explanations were of little use, as a doctor, she knew that the patient's family had the right to know.
Su Nuo continued: "Although caesarean section is not my specialty, I don't have the conditions for the operation at all now. But your wife can't hold on anymore. If you delay it for even one minute, it will kill two people."
Sunuo touched the woman's belly again and shook his head, with a look of regret on his face.
If the operation was performed immediately, there was still hope for the woman to survive, but the child in her belly might... It took too long, and Suno could only rely on luck.
The chief apparently had little regard for his wife's life.
In the village, a good hunting knife or a domestic animal can be exchanged for a woman.
But looking at Suno's increasingly insistent eyes, the chief hesitated for a while and finally nodded.
"I need an assistant." Suno looked around and saw the chief's other three wives, and then asked: "Which of you is willing to help me? There may be more blood, but you may be able to save her. life."
The other three women didn't move. They had been trying to deliver the baby to the eldest wife, but without success.
Now because I couldn't understand what Suno was saying, I felt that the poor woman in front of me must be dead.
At the same time, they felt that they might have the same fate in the future, so they were each grieving.
"Tell them," Suno said to the chief, "They can't understand me."
The chief looked unhappy, then spoke a few words in Aboriginal language, and looked at the three wives again.
Su Nuo looked at these numb and cowardly women and simply had no hope.
Su Nuo rushed to the window, opened the window and shouted to Gu Chenglan outside: "Bring me my backpack."
Gu Chenglan made an "OK" gesture, turned around and ran back to get the bag, and threw it to Su Nuo from the window.
Suno knelt on one knee, took out the first aid kit and another surgical instrument kit.
These are all prepared by Lilith and can cope with simple surgeries. There was also a more complete set of surgical instruments, but unfortunately they were left in the car.
At this time, the youngest woman stood out from the others and took a step forward.
The chief said a few more words, and the woman, who was also the chief's youngest wife, nodded hesitantly.
Suno looked up at her. She was still a little girl. She was as dark and handy as all African girls. She has a lot of braids and a pair of big dark eyes.
"Is she going to help?" Suno couldn't believe that this little girl would be the most courageous one.
The chief nodded: "Her mother is a wizard in the tribe and can help people see doctors. Maybe she is the only one who can help."
"Okay, hurry up." Su Nuo waved to the girl. When the girl came to him, he said to her seriously: "Thank you."
The girl didn't understand English, but she showed her neat white teeth and smiled, then squatted down next to Suno.
This operation was destined to be difficult, and it was a situation that had never occurred in Suno's imagination.
The dirty blanket served as a makeshift operating table, a thin African girl became an assistant, and the surgical tools were simple enough to cut an appendix.
(End of chapter)