Chapter 636: There are too many disappointments in this world
Although Mew is very familiar with Heath, Mew is not used to appearing in front of other people. Besides, Mew is not his Pokémon after all, so Heath did not say much and let Mew make the decision by herself. Anyway, if Mew does not intend to come out, Heath will not force Mew to come out. In the past, Heath tried to use Mew to make money. After all, Heath did not have much money at that time. But now, Heath does not need it so much. After all, his savings are getting more and more. If he had not bought the secret seasoning of the Padia region, Heath felt that he could probably live a financially free life.
"Everything in this world needs money." Sirona sighed after finishing her meal. Heath looked at Sirona strangely. What happened to Sirona? Why did she suddenly sigh like that? To be honest, Heath thought that other people might be short of money, but Sirona would never be short of money. After all, Sirona's status was there. She was the league champion of the Sinnoh region. How could she be short of money? The league paid the champion very well, and if Sirona wanted, she could even take on commercials. Shooting commercials was also a lot of money.
Heath remembered that the champion of one region was a film and television star, which could be said to be a two-way development.
"What's wrong?" Heath looked at Shirona and asked in confusion. He knew that it was basically impossible for Shirona to need money for something, so there was only one possibility, that is, Shirona suddenly saw something, which made her sigh like this, but Heath was not sure what the specific situation was.
"That's the news." Sirona handed the phone to Heath. Heath didn't think much about it. He took it and took a look. It was an urban news. The content was about a young woman publicly asking for help on the street, saying that as long as there was a kind person willing to pay for her mother to get help, then this young woman was willing to marry the other person without asking for anything else. Heath couldn't help but smack his lips after seeing it. It was this kind of news again.
It has to be said that even in the world of Pokémon, the hospital is a daunting place, especially for families with difficult financial situations. They can only pray that their family members are safe and sound, because once they get sick, they may not even have the money to go to the hospital. Heath once heard from a classmate who was a doctor that doctors in the hospital are actually very realistic and have different opinions based on different patients. For example, he once met two patients with similar conditions. One patient came from a wealthy family, so he was willing to spend a lot of money to see a doctor and prolong his life.
The other patient's family was very poor. The money for medical treatment had to be borrowed, and he had no money to spend on it. He could only tell the patient's family that instead of using the borrowed money for medical treatment, it would be better to provide the patient with a better living environment and material enjoyment so that the patient could go peacefully in the last journey of his life.
When Heath first heard it, he wondered how this kind-hearted classmate could say such a cold-blooded thing. But later, he realized that this was actually the only way. For people from that family, seeing a doctor is a very expensive thing. Even the tens of thousands of dollars for seeing a doctor and hospitalization need to be borrowed from others, not to mention the money for expensive medical treatments such as surgery and targeted therapy. What should be done with the money? Even if the money is really collected by selling the house and asking ancestors for help, what about the patient's prognosis?
Prognosis also costs money, and the patient's life span may be shortened due to the circumstances of the operation. By then, the patient will die after a few months of pain, and the family can only live with the pain and heavy debts.
Medicine is sometimes a product of helplessness. Heath was still thinking at that time that it would be great if humans in the future could achieve mechanical ascension and replace their organs with mechanical ones, thereby achieving another level of immortality. Then perhaps there wouldn't be so many sad things. Heath even filled out his body donation application that day, intending to donate his body to a medical school to be used as a cadaver teacher after his death.
“Usually, even if that kind of disease is treated, the prognosis is probably only a few years. Spending so much money and living a life of debt, in exchange for a few years of survival, is really not as good as…” Heath’s old classmate sighed. When he became a doctor, he hoped to be able to cure diseases and save lives, but only when he really became a doctor did he realize that many times, whether or not one can cure diseases and save lives does not actually depend on the doctor. What the doctor can do is to provide a relatively better treatment method and make a decision based on the other person’s family circumstances.
The patient's family's financial situation and willingness for treatment are the main factors that determine whether a patient can survive.
“…After seeing more patients, I realized that I really have to work harder and harder, so that when my parents get sick, I won’t be helpless and can only watch them suffer.” While eating hot pot that day, Heath’s old classmate drank a can of beer for a rare time and talked more. Heath listened in silence. This is probably the most painful thing in the world. The most terrifying disease is actually poverty.
When others spend tens of thousands of dollars every day to maintain their lives, some families may have to watch their family members suffer and torture, and then die in pain because of tens of thousands of dollars in hospital bills. How sad and terrifying is it?
So when Heath saw the news that Sirona showed him, he couldn't help but sigh.
"Alas, in the past I often wished to make more money, to make more money, to become rich overnight or something like that, but now every time I make a wish I wish for good health. Money can be earned by myself, but good health is really..." Heath shook his head and handed the phone to Shirona. He was soft-hearted and couldn't bear to see these things. He would feel uncomfortable if he saw them too much.
"I plan to donate some money." Shirona also had a sad face. Humans are empathetic creatures, and the misfortune of their own kind often makes other people feel bad.
"I'll donate some too." Heath also took out his cell phone. Although he couldn't possibly afford all of the other party's medical expenses, Heath felt that he should try to help as much as he could.
Even if it wasn't for any reason, Heath felt that he couldn't just turn his head and pretend not to see the suffering of others.
