Three days later, Kubal stood beside the hospital bed with a livid face, while Mags lay on the bed, looking at him with his eyes open.
There was a fierceness in those eyes that were so cloudy that they turned yellow. Mags was in an unprecedented rage, but he could do nothing.
"After our examination..." The doctor in charge of the report glanced at Kubal, and then glanced at Maggs with some sympathy. Seeing that neither of them showed any expression, he continued, "We think Mr. Maggs Because he accidentally fell down while defecating, and in a very, very coincidental situation, he suffered some damage to his brain, damaged his prefrontal lobe, and lost part of his behavioral ability.”
Kubal closed his mouth tightly, nodded, and after a while turned his head to look at the doctor, and asked softly as if he was afraid of disturbing Mags, "Is there any possibility of recovery? "
The doctor used the action of pushing up his glasses to hide his inner embarrassment. He smiled reluctantly. Before he could say anything, Kubal said "I know" to avoid these answers.
He knew very well that doctors could not solve these problems. When he learned the news two days ago, he had already read part of the medical report on brain damage.
In today's medical field, even if an organ is broken, it can be replaced with a new one, but people still have no way to deal with the most mysterious brain, and there are not many places that can be explored, let alone in-depth operations.
Mags was diagnosed with Nerve Injury Impairment Syndrome. In other words, he is actually very healthy and has not become stupid or mentally retarded. It is just that part of his brain tissue has been damaged and he cannot perform some actions as he used to. coming.
For example, he has no way to control his limbs, nor can he control his ability to speak, and even the movement of his eyes has been damaged to a certain extent.
He can only lie in bed or sit in a wheelchair, and he needs someone to monitor him 24 hours a day to prevent him from suffocating due to breathing obstruction in the mouth and nose due to sudden turning over.
This is a very painful symptom, because the thinking part of his brain, the part that manages memory, and the part that manages emotions are all good. It is like he is living in a shell, as if he has lost his freedom!
He kept looking at Kubal, hoping to communicate some issues with his eyes. In the past, they had a tacit understanding and could often complete face-to-face private communication through subtle changes in their eyes.
But now, Kubal didn't respond, or Magus's eyes didn't have the ability to communicate. It just looked like it was in a daze.
The five major medical groups in the empire invited top brain experts from their respective medical schools to form an expert group. The expert group believes that it is difficult for humans to perform interventional treatment for such injuries. They can use a scalpel to cut open the brain tissue - in animals. They have tried many times.
But they couldn't use needles and threads to sew the brain tissue together. Doing so would have no meaning or value except causing more serious brain damage.
If this happens to an infant or child, there is still a possibility of cure, but if it happens to an old man whose hormones have stopped secreting in all aspects, the possibility of self-healing is basically zero.
Maybe he felt a little ashamed that as the most authoritative researcher in the field of brain in the empire and even the world, he could do nothing but give up. The doctor raised a possibility, "Based on some of our recent studies, we have reached a conclusion. Humans secrete a special hormone during the embryonic period to stimulate the development of the embryo’s brain tissue. This hormone will gradually disappear from the human body as the embryo grows until it is eight or nine years old.”
"Our laboratory has been working hard to study this hormone and its effects. In fact, it can be used on Mr. Magus." After saying this, the doctor obviously felt much more comfortable, and his words became more serious. Speaking fluently, "There was once a case of congenital brain defect. Although the child died in the end, the proportion of his brain defect was more than 70% when he was born, and only 50% when he died. "
He gradually increased his tone. These detailed data and cases gave him more confidence, and the confidence in him was also disturbing other people in the room. "We have reason to believe that this is a solution to the current difficult problems in brain science." One of the best ways, there is no medical method more suitable for the human body than self-healing and redevelopment, and it is harmless!”
Kubal stared at Mags for two minutes, but still couldn't figure out what this old guy with unfocused eyes wanted to express. He glanced back at the doctor and asked softly, "Is it safe and reliable?"
The doctor nodded vigorously, "Yes, Your Excellency Prime Minister, we extract this hormone directly from the mother's baby bag, and then try to use it on animals and volunteers to ensure that there are no uncontrollable risks. , will be used by Mr. Maggs.”
Every year, the five major medical groups recruit a large number of volunteers from the public to conduct clinical trials of drugs, including some practical operations on surgical innovation.
Volunteers do not need to pay even a penny to the medical group in this process. Not only that, the medical group will also pay these volunteers at a price of five to twenty times the weekly minimum wage in the empire.
Among them, volunteers who need to undergo surgery will receive an additional one-time remuneration ranging from 5,000 yuan to 30,000 yuan, and the medical group will sign a contract to ensure the personal safety of all volunteers.
This allows some people in society who are unwilling to work and are in urgent need of a large amount of money in a short period of time to find new places to make money. Among these volunteers, except for about 30%, they are really in urgent need of new drugs or new surgical methods. Most of the patients who come for treatment come to make money.
Of course, even with various guarantees and safeguards, hundreds to thousands of people will still die in a certain laboratory every year due to clinical trials of drugs.
For some time now, human rights organizations in society have been calling out the use of human beings as drugs in experiments, which is inhumane and contrary to ethics. However, without this part of the experiment, it will be difficult for various new medicines to be released to the public. , no one will try that new drug that has not been clinically proven.
What’s ridiculous is that those human rights fighters are calling on people not to give up their health and lives because of money, and at the same time they are reprimanding the medical groups for squandering people’s health and lives with money. At the same time, they are trying to improve the food that may cause many people to die from allergies or become disabled. Drugs that are safe only after several times.
It has become a social norm to pick up the bowl to eat and smash the bowl after eating. However, after all, the consequences of death and severe disability are so terrible that a large number of people also enthusiastically called for an end after learning the news. Clinically proven safety.
But the problem is that clinical validation is never safe, especially for new drugs.
Due to pressure from society, some people have proposed to stop using humans as the clinical verification group for drugs and replace them with animals that are closer to humans. The medical group does not have many good methods but can only stop this. No bill was passed.
But if... there are some big shots willing to lend a hand, then everything will become easier to solve.
Kubal also heard about some recent troubles. The reason is that a new anti-inflammatory drug has some serious problems in the clinical process. More than 20% of the people taking the drug have suffered from some unidentified problems. Acute organ failure has killed dozens of people.
This incident was disclosed by a young medical student who had just joined the job, and it immediately aroused huge repercussions and panic in society. Those social activists almost pointed at the nose of the medical group and said that they were deliberately murdering.
Kubal knew what he meant. After a moment of silence, he looked at Mags and sighed, "Every time human civilization advances, countless people are paying for it, and even making sacrifices.", he Glancing sideways at the doctor, his voice became deeper, "We cannot let the process of civilization stop at this moment just because we are afraid of death or injury. We will be the sinners of history."
"Tens of millions of people take drugs every year and get rid of their diseases. A few people cannot shake this society. Arrange clinical trials as soon as possible. I am waiting for your good news."
The doctor breathed a sigh of relief and left quickly. Kubal closed the door of the ward and sat on the edge of the hospital bed. He looked at Mags, and Mags looked at him, but it happened that this old man There was no focus in the boy's eyes, he seemed to be in a daze.
"I will try my best to help you recover, but if...", he fell silent again, now there is some trouble, or a big trouble.
But there is no need to tell Mags these things. He is already like this, so he should be in a good mood and maintain a good mood. There is no need to worry him too.
Kubal stood up and was about to leave. After taking two steps, Magus, who had been lying on the bed, suddenly snorted twice. His body twitched like a twitch, his eyes looked at the ceiling, and occasionally he said "Humph" "The sound was a little painful and a little anxious. He seemed to want to express something.
But Kubal watched for a long time without guessing what he wanted to express. Finally, he stroked the old man and turned to leave.
In fact, the first person who jumped out after the news about the attack on Magus was the eldest prince. He formed an imperial party to fight against the old emperor's trick of passing the throne to the third prince, and it was very successful.
Although the third prince is regarded as His Majesty the Emperor, in fact all the real royalists are swarming around the eldest prince.
In fact, the reason is very simple. Even if the third prince has all kinds of good things, it is not as practical as the eldest prince to be in power. For the third prince..., no, following the young majesty has no actual benefits other than gaining some fame. .
But the Imperial Party is different. Once the Imperial Party is formed and begins to operate, it may not be impossible to squeeze into the current political landscape and occupy its own place.
As long as it can win two, three, or three or four states, the imperial party will have a climate. It will have several more governors and a dozen or more mayors and congressmen in the party. These things are real. The benefits are the visible future, which His Majesty the Emperor does not have.
Although the eldest prince won this round, his sudden action caused some problems in the political structure of the empire. Now there are not only the new party and the old party, but also the Imperial Party and the Labor Party. The two additional parties also mean more Uncertainty is not a good thing.
If a country wants to grow healthily and develop rapidly, the best way is to have only one voice from top to bottom. From the time Magus overthrew the old society to the present, this is the best example and proof. The entire empire is highly based on the empire. The leader is the core, and there is no wrong use of power. This is the reason why the empire is rapidly reviving and powerful!
Everyone's dissatisfaction with the eldest prince gave him a sense of crisis. He now urgently needs to strengthen himself to fight against these dissatisfactions. He didn't have a good idea before, but Mags' injury made him see an opportunity.
If they can annex some members and institutions of the new party organization, as long as these are digested, he and his imperial party will be qualified to fight against the new party and the old party.
He didn't dare to think this way before, but when Mags was injured, he dared to think so. He even prayed that Mags would die in Sallyville. Although God did not hear his prayers, the good news was that Mags Si was unable to recover in a short time.
Now that he has decided to take action, the eldest prince is not the kind of person who looks forward and backward. Otherwise, there would be no such thing as the emperor announcing his abdication in the morning and the formation of the imperial party in the afternoon.
It is not possible to poach the new party's family, it is best to poach the old party as well. His Royal Highness the eldest prince refused to meet with Kubal and others twice on the grounds of being "busy with official duties", and his confidants were betrayed by him. , contact people from the new and old parties everywhere, as well as some capitalists and active and influential people in society.
The Imperial Party had just appeared, and the political landscape in the empire had undergone uncontrollable changes. Kubal was also very anxious. It happened that Mags encountered such a thing, and he could only deal with it alone.
If one of them fails, their secret meeting will be in danger of being separated.
It would be nice if there was someone more reliable, someone who doesn't need to be more powerful than Mags, but just a little closer.
Kubal always thinks this way, but there are no such people around him, they are all idiots!
That night, after Kubal finished his official duties, he came to the hospital again. He still wanted to see this old man. As soon as he opened the door, he saw two figures standing and sitting next to the hospital bed.
It's Dulin, and Ophelia!
(End of chapter)