Chapter 326 Pregnant Woman Hemorrhage
"Dr. Carter! Something's wrong! The pregnant woman is bleeding out, she's not gonna make it!"
"What? Take me to her, now!" Zach said, panic in his voice.
'A pregnant woman bleeding out? Could it be the same woman everyone was celebrating earlier for having a healthy baby?' Brooklyn thought as she heard the commotion outside. She pushed open the door and followed Zach to the patient's house.
The medical setup here was pretty basic; if they hadn't brought the necessary gear from Libertya, many more people would have died.
A pregnant woman hemorrhaging—if they weren't here, it would've been a disaster.
Zach ducked to enter the patient's home. The low ceiling showed just how poor the family was.
The woman lay on a wooden bed, blood spreading like a flood, soaking everything. Her clothes were drenched, the sheets were soaked, and the blood on the floor was even more shocking.
The small room reeked of blood and a foul stench, enough to make anyone faint.
The woman had congenital heart disease, making childbirth super risky, but the locals didn't get that. Honestly, it was a miracle she made it to delivery.
The baby had just been born, and the mom had passed out right after, not even getting to see her child.
"Inhale! Breathe! Don't forget to breathe!"
"Hemostatic forceps! Quick, stop the bleeding!"
"The patient's heart isn't pumping enough blood, and it's not circulating. She's also super exhausted. We tried to stop the bleeding earlier, but it didn't work."
"Let me do it!" Zach patted the woman's face and urged, "Don't sleep. Think about your newborn. He needs his mom, do you hear me?"
Zach spoke the local language fluently, having volunteered in Jabari during college, so he could easily talk to the locals.
The woman weakly nodded, clutching the sweat-soaked sheet, tears streaming down her face.
Her life force was fading, and the severe blood loss made her look like she was on the brink of death.
"She's lost too much blood and needs a transfusion now, or she won't make it," Zach decided quickly, but his words left everyone silent.
"Dr. Carter, she has RH-negative blood. There's no matching blood available, which is why it's so urgent!"
As soon as the doctor spoke, Zach froze, his hand dropping to his side. Brooklyn leaned heavily against the door frame, almost unable to move as she thought, 'I have the same blood type. So, only my blood can save her? How can this be?'
Zach remembered. When he saw Brooklyn's medical report, it mentioned her blood type. Although it was surprising to learn she had the rare RH-negative blood type, this paled in comparison to finding out she was HIV positive.
Suddenly, he looked at Brooklyn by the door in shock. They exchanged a glance for just a second, but they understood everything in each other's eyes.
"Dr. Carter, she's fainted!"
Zach snapped back to reality. The woman was already in shock. "Oxygen, cardiac resuscitation!"
Two doctors worked simultaneously, but her vital signs were fading fast. Her heart couldn't keep up, and the blood loss was killing her. If she didn't get a transfusion soon, she wouldn't last another hour.
The woman's husband and mother both knelt down, their knees hitting the hard ground heavily. They couldn't understand what the doctors were saying, but anyone could see how terrifying the blood-filled room was. They clung to Zach's legs, pleading in the local language, their words incomprehensible, but their tears said it all.
This family couldn't afford to lose the child's mother.
Zach painfully grabbed the mother's wrist, trying to help her up, but the seventy-year-old woman clung to his pants, desperately begging.
The room was filled with cries. The woman's cries affected the newborn, who responded with loud wails. The room echoed with the sound of crying and pleading.
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