A family dispute led to a tragedy of life. A father and son in Xinhua County, Loudi City, Hunan Province, swallowed a deadly chemical substance - barium carbonate powder in anger because they disagreed with each other. As a result, the 19-year-old son died on the spot, and the father almost lost his life and is still being treated in the hospital. What's going on here? Is the hospital responsible? This incident has aroused widespread concern and discussion in society.
It is understood that the incident occurred at around 10 p.m. on February 15. At that time, Zhu Mouhui (pseudonym) and his son Zhu Moufeng (pseudonym) had a quarrel at home. Zhu Moufeng is a high school student who usually likes to do some chemical experiments and once bought some barium carbonate powder online. Barium carbonate is a white and odorless solid, often used in the manufacture of glass, ceramics, pigments, etc., but if ingested, it will react with gastric acid to form barium chloride, which is a highly toxic substance that can cause acute barium poisoning and be life-threatening.
During the quarrel, Zhu Mouhui and Zhu Moufeng were very angry and wanted to express their dissatisfaction in an extreme way. Zhu Mouhui first took out a bag of barium carbonate powder from his son's room and said that he wanted to eat it. Seeing this, Zhu Moufeng also picked up another bag of barium carbonate powder and said that he would die with his father. In this way, both father and son swallowed some barium carbonate powder, and then began to experience uncomfortable symptoms such as dizziness, nausea, abdominal pain, etc.
Zhu Mouhui's wife found out about the situation, immediately called the police, and sent the father and son to Xinhua County People's Hospital. After arriving at the hospital, doctors performed gastric lavage and blood tests on the father and son, and found that their blood contained a high concentration of barium salts, which had reached the standard of poisoning. The doctor suggested that both father and son should be transferred to Loudi Central Hospital for more professional treatment. However, Zhu Mouhui's wife refused, she thought that her son's condition was not serious, he just ate a little barium carbonate powder, and there was no need to transfer to the hospital. She insisted on bringing her son home, while his father was taken to Loudi Central Hospital.
This decision became Zhu Moufeng's death sentence. The next morning, Zhu Moufeng was found to have stopped breathing at home, and the cause of death was cardiac arrest caused by acute barium poisoning. Zhu Mouhui received timely treatment in Loudi Central Hospital and is still under observation in the intensive care unit with stable vital signs.
After this news came out, it caused shock and indignation in the society. Netizens left messages one after another, condemning the stupidity and impulsiveness of the father and son, and also questioning the responsibility of the hospital and the judgment of the family. Some people believe that Xinhua County People's Hospital did not fulfill its responsibility to treat and did not transfer Zhu Moufeng to the hospital in time, which led to his death. Some people believe that Zhu Mouhui's wife is the culprit, she did not follow the doctor's advice, and insisted on bringing her son home, which is killing her own son. Some people also believe that this is a failure of family education, Zhu Mouhui and Zhu Moufeng do not have the correct way to deal with family conflicts, and they are irresponsible to themselves and their families by gambling with their lives.
In response to these questions, the staff of the Xinhua County ** Office said that the incident is still under investigation and the results of the investigation will be announced as soon as possible, and at the same time call on all sectors of society not to spread false information, not to make personal attacks on the parties and their families, and to respect the dignity of the dead and the living. The staff of Xinhua County People's Hospital said that they had been treated in accordance with the norms without any negligence, and they reserved the right to pursue the accusations of the family.
This incident makes us feel how fragile and precious life is, and how important and warm the family is. We should cherish our lives, cherish our families, use reason and love to resolve family conflicts, and not use extreme ways to hurt ourselves and others.