I can upgrade the shelter

The situation in Lin City is indeed dire. Just a few hours after setting up the medical station, the rescue team had already filled the six tents initially prepared with various critically ill patients.

The emergency tents brought by the rescue team weren't small; each tent could accommodate eight beds, and squeezing six tents together could hold 50 to 60 patients.

Although this number isn't a lot, providing so many beds for a temporary medical station is quite a feat.

You have to know that even a health clinic in a shelter can only offer about the same number of beds.

Yet within a few hours, the beds in the six tents were quickly filled with various critically ill patients and those who had just undergone amputation surgery.

Meanwhile, more and more patients continued to be sent here.

Faced with this situation, a nurse approached the captain who was discussing matters with Chen Xin, reporting that the ward was already full: "Captain, all the beds are now full, but patients are still being sent in, and we can't accommodate anymore!"

Upon hearing this, both Chen Xin and the captain were taken aback, but neither showed signs of panic.

After assuring the nurse that he understood and asking her to return to work, the captain said to Chen Xin, "This won't do, it's only been a few hours! I didn't expect the situation in Lin City to be this severe. Our tiny rescue effort is like a drop in the bucket!

We must find a way to expand the medical station's capacity for patients; otherwise, our rescue won't be effective and will only drag us down too!"

"Let two supply trucks follow my car to the city to request more aid." In this scenario, Chen Xin hadn't anticipated it, and the only solution he could think of was sending someone back for more aid, to have the city send more supplies over.

However, besides asking for help, Chen Xin thought they couldn't just wait idly. After pondering for a moment, he said to the captain, "Besides asking for help, we also need to think of other solutions."

"Other solutions aren't that easy to think of! The tents are only so big, no matter how you cram them, at most, you can squeeze twelve people into one tent." The captain seemed experienced with such matters, shaking his head, clearly unable to fit more people into the ward: "A ward isn't like a shelter. In a shelter, you can stack bunk beds, and it doesn't matter if more people are crammed in, but you can't stack patients in the wards!"

"Can we ask Lin City's staff to find a way to clear some space in the shelter to accommodate patients?" Chen Xin thought for a moment and found this to be feasible.

Most patients accommodated in the medical station suffer from conditions exacerbated by prolonged exposure to low temperatures, which can gradually improve with proper rest and treatment by a doctor.

However, some of these patients require support from medical equipment and must remain in the medical station's wards.

Another group whose conditions are slightly better and do not require medical equipment support can be relocated elsewhere.

As for those who suffered frostbite leading to amputations, they can also be relocated elsewhere once past their surgery's danger period.

Most amputees didn't lose an entire leg or arm, but rather just fingers or toes. There's no need for them to occupy a hospital bed in the medical station.

Although this may seem harsh, moving these patients out of the medical station will allow it to more effectively treat other patients, making it worthwhile.

The captain had clearly considered this. After thinking it over carefully, he nodded, agreeing with Chen Xin's suggestion: "I'll go coordinate with Lin City's staff; we can indeed move some of the moderately ill patients."

This is indeed like establishing specialized hospitals and makeshift hospitals during a major epidemic, where specialized hospitals treat moderate to severe cases, while mild cases continue treatment in makeshift hospitals.

In this way, medical resources can be effectively utilized, allowing more patients to receive treatment.

However, the rescue team's current medical station can only treat the severely and critically ill, with mild cases returning to the shelter after treatment, and moderate cases being relocated to designated zones for follow-up treatment.

Most patients here do not have contagious diseases, and most mild and moderate cases can naturally recover after treatment without the need for hospitalization.

Seeing the captain busy coordinating with Lin City's staff, Chen Xin returned to his own vehicle.

In the car, only Han Ping was monitoring the in-car radar in case of any emergencies, while Qin Lan and Mo Qingyan went to see the "Drilling Master."

Although Qin Lan and Mo Qingyan accompanied Chen Xin and the rescue team to Lin City, the rescue team primarily needed professional medical personnel, and the two couldn't help much, so they sought out the "Drilling Master" and several other group friends in Lin City to check on their situation.

If they needed help, Qin Lan and Mo Qingyan could assist as needed.

As for their safety, Chen Xin wasn't worried. Qin Lan wore her Power Armor, and Mo Qingyan borrowed Chen Xin's set.

When making the Power Armor, Chen Xin designed the interior to be adjustable for comfort, so as long as the wearers' physical sizes weren't too different, it could be worn by multiple users.

Therefore, Chen Xin didn't mind lending his Power Armor to Mo Qingyan for her safety.

Entering the cockpit, Chen Xin greeted Han Ping, then pulled up the radar monitor from the console. Seeing the red dots representing Qin Lan and Mo Qingyan, he launched a reconnaissance drone from the vehicle, sending it to their location.

Even though he knew the two were safe, Chen Xin couldn't help but worry about them.

The drone flew quickly, yet before it reached Mo Qingyan and Qin Lan, it unexpectedly detected a heat source signal.

Chen Xin was surprised to find that this heat source signal did not come from Lin City's official shelters but from a private shelter.

This surprised Chen Xin as, besides the "Drilling Master," several other group friends in Lin City also built private shelters. Finding one now piqued his curiosity about whose shelter this might be, prompting him to steer the drone towards the heat source.