Haishi, eleven o'clock in the evening.

A car was speeding down the street, heading towards the nearest hospital.

Zuo Ying was sitting in the passenger seat of the car, her hands carefully placed on her bulging abdomen, with an extremely anxious look on her face.

While driving, the husband comforted her and said, "Honey, don't worry, we'll be at the hospital soon."

Zuo Ying said with a bitter face: "Hey, it's all my fault. I only found out my blood type during the prenatal check-up, and it turned out to be Rh-negative blood. I thought it was funny at first, but I didn't pay attention to it at all. I didn't even follow the doctor's instructions for a review."

"When I was about to give birth, I realized the seriousness of the problem. It turned out that what I was doing was not a good thing at all. Wuwuwu, the hospital heard that I was an Rh-negative mother and refused to accept her. How could this happen?

The husband wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Maybe small hospitals don't dare to accept her. Let's just go to a big hospital. There are so many tertiary hospitals in the city. If we go to a few more, there will definitely be hospitals willing to accept her."

"Honey, don't be anxious, take your time and don't get pregnant."

Zuo Ying sighed. When she learned during the prenatal check-up that she had rare panda blood, she was actually confused.

She had seen this blood in a TV series when she was a child, so she didn't care about it. After all, the TV series was more than 20 years ago, and she thought that the "blood problem" in the show must have been solved long ago.

I never thought that now in the 21st century, I would encounter blood problems again.

She lives in the suburbs of Haishi and originally didn't want to go to the urban hospital. It was too far and very inconvenient.

But she visited several hospitals in the suburbs. As soon as the hospitals heard about her blood type, they all refused to accept her. After three or four hours of running, she still couldn't find a suburban hospital willing to accept her.

You can only go to a big hospital in the city.

Fortunately, the last hospital that refused explained the reason, and she realized that she was not a special case. Many mothers with Rh-negative blood had similar experiences, especially in some grassroots hospitals.

Generally speaking, there is a potential risk of heavy bleeding during childbirth, so the hospital must apply for the required blood from the blood bank. If the mother has a rare blood type, she may face the problem of heavy bleeding and no blood transfusion.

Therefore, without sufficient blood sources, hospitals dare not easily accept mothers with panda blood.

"We're here, we're here." After a while, the husband drove the car to the entrance of Xinhua Hospital: "This is a top-level hospital, so they shouldn't refuse admission anymore."

"It's hard to say. I heard that my blood type is not available at ordinary blood stations, so I have to find a non-governmental organization called the Rare Blood Type Alliance." Zuo Ying raised her phone and showed her husband the information she found online.

"Husband, I will join this organization soon after I am admitted to the hospital. I heard that their members, like me, have Rh-negative blood and are willing to donate blood for free to help others."

"People with our blood type are so miserable. We can't even give birth to a child without blood supply, so we can only help ourselves together."

The husband nodded: "It seems that it is indeed not easy."

He parked the car and took his wife to the hospital emergency room.

"Hello, doctor, my wife is about to give birth. Because she has a rare blood type, several hospitals have refused to accept her. Is it okay at your place?"

The emergency doctor looked at the blood type report and his face suddenly became serious: "Rh-negative blood is very rare. You can collect it, but pregnant women must prepare blood before giving birth, just in case."

The couple suddenly became happy: "No problem, as long as you are willing to accept it, you can do anything."

"Let's do this. You should be admitted to the hospital first, and then go to the hematology department to prepare blood." The doctor explained: "For pregnant women with Rh-negative blood types, because blood products of the same type are scarce, they need to prepare 2 units of blood 2 days in advance. This is just in case.

First, if there is any abnormality during delivery or after surgery and a blood transfusion is required, you will not be completely unprepared."

"Understood." The two of them knew that this was the established procedure, so they nodded and walked towards the hematology department.

To their surprise, there were quite a few people waiting outside the hematology department, most of whom seemed to be family members of the patients.

The two sat down and waited. The husband looked around and couldn't help but feel curious.

"Honey, this is a bit strange. Why are there so many people waiting for blood transfusions in the middle of the night? I always feel so scared."

Zuo Ying shook her head blankly, she didn't know what was going on.

"Haha, these are the family members of patients waiting for surgery." A fat man next to him said with a smile: "There is a shortage of blood everywhere now, so if the family members can donate 400ml of blood, blood can be given priority to the patients."

"Ah? Is that so?" The husband asked in surprise: "Is this useful?"

The fat man shook his head: "How much blood can family members donate? Even if they line up to draw blood, it is not enough for one patient. A major operation like this requires a large amount of blood, often up to 1,000 ml. The blood is completely insufficient. Many patients suffer from

Surgery cannot be performed due to ischemia.”

He pointed towards a corner and said: "At this time, volunteers will be dispatched to donate blood for free. Look over there, but now only rare blood types are allowed to donate blood, and ordinary blood types are not allowed."

"By the way," at this point, the fat man asked with a smile: "Are you here to donate blood too?"

Zuo Ying nodded, then shook her head: "I was about to give birth. I went to several hospitals, but only here I was admitted, so the doctor asked me to prepare blood."

The fat man's eyes suddenly shone, and he showed an extremely bright smile. He came closer and asked, "Oh, I can't tell. It turns out that you still have a rare blood type. By the way, which type are you, Rh-A, B, or O?"

Zuo Ying suddenly felt a little uncomfortable with his sudden enthusiasm. She quietly leaned towards her husband and said softly: "RH-AB. Why is this blood type special?"

The fat man stared straight at her, a trace of greed flashing in his eyes.

After a while, he said in a low voice: "Sister, to be honest, I am an intermediary in this business. The patients are suffering from ischemia. I will help connect them and charge some information fees. But it is not easy to do ordinary blood business now.

, just to make ends meet.”

"To make money, you need a big girl with a rare blood type like yours. The price is not that expensive. Are you interested?"

Zuo Ying's curiosity suddenly became aroused, and she couldn't help but lower her voice and asked: "Then how much can I sell my blood?"

The fat man pondered and said: "General Rh-negative blood can sell for at least 15,000 ml per 400 ml."

"Sister, your blood type is Rh-AB. This is more expensive than ordinary ones. It can be said that it is priceless. 400 ml can be sold for 50,000. Of course, I have to collect an information fee from it. You may only get 40,000.

.”

"Fifty thousand? So expensive?" Zuo Ying and her husband were shocked at the same time. She almost thought that the other party was deceiving her, but looking at the fat man's calm eyes, she felt that there was no need for the other party to lie to her.

The fat man took out his mobile phone from his pocket: "Sister, if you are interested, please leave your contact information. I think it is definitely not convenient for you to donate blood now. You can wait until the child is born. If you raise a child in a place like Haishi,

The financial burden is also quite heavy. In fact, you can consider earning money from milk powder."

"This..." The price given by the fat man was really exciting, and Zuo Ying couldn't help but hesitate.

At this time, she suddenly remembered that she had searched for information about voluntary blood donation on the Internet on her way here.

"No, if you charge a fee to donate rare blood types, sooner or later, poor people like me won't be able to afford blood at all."

"Besides, this is illegal." Thinking of this, she finally became determined.

"Sorry, it seems it's our turn." She showed a cold and polite smile, and pulled her husband to leave.

The fat man seemed to be used to being rejected, so he didn't take it seriously. He smiled and said, "It's okay. I'm always here anyway. If you change your mind, you can come find me here."

Judging from his confident smile, he seems to be very confident in himself and feels that few people can refuse his offer.

Zuo Ying lowered her head and did not respond. Instead, she came to another corner and sat down.

The husband was silent for a long time, and then sighed: "Honey, you are doing the right thing. You cannot buy and sell your blood like a commodity. This is illegal. Only free donation can make it available to all those who need it."

Not long after, it was Zuo Ying's turn. She prepared the blood and felt completely relaxed.

However, when she gave birth two days later, she never expected that she would experience a hellish experience.

The husband waited outside the delivery room for a long time and suddenly saw the doctor walking over with a serious look on his face.

"The mother has bleeding during delivery and needs surgery. Please ask her family members to sign."

"What?" The husband was stunned for a moment: "Doctor, is the condition serious? By the way, I choose to stay alive."

The doctor immediately couldn't laugh or cry: "It's not that serious, just an operation. It may require a blood transfusion during the process, but both adults and children should be fine."

"Oh, I was shocked. I thought I was going to go through a soul torture that all men would go through. Is it better to protect your elders or your younger ones?

The husband touched his chest, looking terrified.

"By the way, my wife seems to have Rh-negative blood. Does she have enough blood?"

The doctor immediately pulled out another document: "It should not be enough, but if it is Rh-negative blood, we will give her artificial blood, so we need to sign another consent form."

The husband touched his forehead and was confused: "Artificial blood?"

"Yes, it is blood produced outside the body in the laboratory. The price is a bit expensive, but you can buy it with money. You don't have to wait for volunteers to donate. It is more suitable for emergency use."

The husband was immediately overjoyed: "If I had told you earlier, there would be such a high-tech gadget. If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have needed to prepare blood."

"Haha, because it is produced in a laboratory and has not been officially launched yet, the price is quite expensive. 400 ml costs more than a thousand yuan. However, at the current clinical trial stage, we only charge cost for the time being."

"It's not bad. It's much cheaper than blood dealers." The husband breathed a sigh of relief.

The doctor glanced at him in surprise: "You also know about blood dealers, that's right. With your wife's blood type, it's easy for them to target her."

"It seems that they have become more and more rampant recently, but now that artificial blood is available, they are like grasshoppers after autumn, and they can't jump around for a few days."

The husband nodded: "I hope so. I can't stand them either. Really, what do they think of people?"

After having artificial blood, the operation became very smooth.

Zuo Ying finally gave birth to a daughter, and the couple were immediately relieved.

"The doctor said that the child also has Rh-negative blood. Fortunately, now that artificial blood is available, the child will no longer be turned away from the hospital in the future." The husband said while teasing the child.

Zuo Ying is very weak now and can't move a finger while lying on the bed, but the smile on her face is very happy.

"When I was a child, I watched a TV series that told the story of panda blood. At that time, panda blood was difficult to transfuse and the blood source could not be found."

"Unexpectedly, more than 20 years later, this problem has finally been completely solved."

"This is the power of science and technology. The progress of the times has finally benefited us, the ordinary people."

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To be continued...