How Do I Treat a Broken Foot?

Liu Dunhe, a 44-year-old single farmer in Dingyuan County, Anhui, suffered injuries and infections in his feet. He had no money to treat the inflammation and necrosis of his feet. After being reported, it caused widespread concern. Liu Dunhe has been hospitalized for treatment, and the operation cost is paid by donation. ^[1]

Self-destructive foot

44-year-old Liu Dunhe, a single farmer in Dingyuan County, Anhui, injured his feet

Grinding the glass for more than 6 hours

Beijing News: What was the condition of your feet at the time that made you choose this extreme way?

Liu Dunhe: In February 2014, I got a strange disease. First, my feet started to blister, and then I became swollen and black-haired. I couldn't bear the pain. In April 2014, the condition was very serious, the ankle joints were loose, the meat was necrotic, and there were more than a dozen crickets in the meat. I pulled out the crickets with my fingers. The ankle joint is actually only connected with a few tendons, and the feet seem to hang up. Then I moved my mind and saw myself under the ankle and hung up.

Beijing News: Have you discussed with your family before breaking your foot?

Liu Dunhe: My elder brother lives next door. After my foot breaks and I can't move, my second wife brings me food every day. Their family conditions are not good. I don't want to give them trouble. I decided not to talk to them before I broke my foot. I was afraid they would scold me.

Beijing News: Did you think of using tea cup fragments from the beginning?

Liu Dunhe: I originally wanted to find a shaving blade to cut the tendon, but I didn't find it. During the search, I lost my hand and broke the glass tea cup next to the bed. I slowly scraped my tendon with a glass sheet, and I felt distressed. If I couldn't stand the pain, I took a few drinks and paralyzed myself. Saw while drinking and spent more than 6 hours before and after. I was afraid that my brother-in-law next door found that I could bear the pain without screaming.

Beijing News: What does sawing off your feet mean to you?

Liu Dunhe: It's a relief for me. I put my sawed feet in a black plastic bag and put them in the corner. I didn't tell my family at the beginning, but after more than a week, the wound was inflamed and pussy, and I couldn't stand the pain. I was afraid of dying, so I told my brother. My brother found it and buried it in the field to prevent it from being eaten by animals.

Beijing News: Why not go to the hospital and choose to saw it yourself?

Liu Dunhe: I am a bachelor, living alone, planting two acres of land, sometimes doing odd jobs, earning five to six thousand yuan a year, just enough to spend on my own, and have no spare money. I went to the township hospital for several injections when my feet were inflamed in the early stage. Later, the foot was necrotic. The doctor said that he needed amputation and more than 10,000 yuan for surgery. Wherever I had so much money, I couldn't afford a thousand yuan, so I decided to saw it myself.

Beijing News: Haven't you joined the NCMS?

Liu Dunhe: I have participated in the previous years. I paid 70 yuan a year and I didn't get sick. I think it is a waste. I will not pay it in 2014. I think I'm a porter, my health is good, and I don't want to waste that 70 yuan. ^[2]

A number of media and websites have intercepted the article "Dingyuan, Anhui: No Money to See a Doctor, Men Break Their Feet", and distributed several photos, which aroused widespread concern in the society. The local government has led the township and county departments of civil affairs and the Disabled Persons' Federation to investigate and handle the matter. The self-determined two-legged man Liu Dunhe has received social assistance. ^[3]

This is exactly the same as Zheng Yanliang's "Sewing Sick Leg" incident, which was exposed in the media in October 2013. It sounds exactly the same: they are all the poor and have no money to see a doctor. All have aroused public opinion, local attention, and social assistance.

In the end, Zheng Yanliang was rescued after being rescued by various parties. Liu Dunhe was also included in Dingyuan County Civil Affairs and Disabled Persons' Federation as the second-level aid recipient at the township and village levels, and the township government took the lead in donating ... There will also be a turning point. However, we must also see that the reversal of this fate, which relies on the spotlight, is both tragic and very state-of-the-art rescue mechanism. Just like Zheng Yanliang who was lying on the bed was worried: As the degree of attention cools down, he will return to the waiting state before the saw leg.

Unlike Zheng Yanliang, who has NCMS medical insurance but cannot afford the out-of-pocket medical care, Liu Dunhe did not participate in NCMS. This is regrettable: the treatment of foot inflammation and even amputation belongs to the basic protection of medical insurance. If it is included in the NCMS, and the special payment ratio can be reduced to a minimum, Liu Dunhe may not need to sorrow his foot. ^[1]