A, poverty - 16 square meters of the house is their home
From the traffic, colorful Red Star Road. turn down a narrow, dank alley where a residential area is located. Through the narrow staircase, the reporter on the third floor of a house of only 16 square meters, met the current owner of the house, is also the main character of this article Zhou Meirong. Not tall, very thin, seems to be little difference with the healthy people, but a closer look will find, smiling face to welcome her but still have to hide the powerlessness and fatigue, slightly pale face a trace of the disease is pity.
In this small can no longer be small house, the original left is the kitchen, the right is the bathroom, outside is an 8 square meters the size of the living room, should be suitable for a bachelor to live in the house is now living with Zhou Meirong family of three, no choice but to change the left side of the kitchen into a bedroom. The reporter saw, a bed put down in addition to can close the door has no space. The right side of the house at the same time to play the kitchen and bathroom "duties", a few pieces of simple furniture has been stuffed the whole house full. In the heat of the summer, only a small fan brought them a little coolness.
In the living room and kitchen, the Chinese medicines are visible outside, simmering in jars, packed in paper bags and cooled in cups. Because there is no more money to buy expensive drugs, her husband, Liu Cunping, had to ask around for prescriptions, but also invited a lot of "jianghu doctors" for Zhou Meirong to prescribe drugs to maintain.
This year's 34-year-old Liu Cunping, used to work in the South China Rubber Group, but in June 2002 because of layoffs and laid off, and later, he did the Jiefang Road footbridge traffic wardens, rely on the monthly 300 money to support the family. Now that his lover is sick, the 300 yuan is undoubtedly a drop in the bucket in front of the huge medical expenses.
B, shocked - 31-year-old Zhou Meirong was diagnosed with leukemia
Zhou Meirong family in Jiangnan side, formerly in a printing factory to do bookbinding work. 1997, she and Liu Cunping married, followed by more than a year, the birth of his son, she did a full-time mother, carefully taking care of the husband and son of the She was a full-time mom, taking care of her husband and son. However, when her husband was laid off in 2002 and the family faced many difficulties, she decided to go out and look for a job. On December 31 of the same year, Zhou Meirong was recruited to work for a company in the city. The company mainly produces wooden parts, at first, Zhou Meirong was arranged to work in the "water grinding" workshop, she did every day is to parts of the paint, 8 hours a day, in addition to the occasional feeling a little choking, she quickly adapted to the work here.
Later Liu Cunping also found a job as a traffic warden. The family earns about 1,000 yuan a month, and their kindergarten-aged son is cute and understanding. If Zhou Meirong hadn't gotten leukemia, the family of three would have had a very happy life.
Eight months later, Zhou Meirong was transferred to the "spray paint" workshop, because of the more frequent contact with paint, so she felt very uncomfortable after working in this workshop.
Working not long, Zhou Meirong often feel dizzy, fatigue, but she did not pay too much attention, thought it was not a good rest. But after a month or so, Zhou Meirong herself felt more and more serious, frequent dizziness, weakness, and teeth began to bleed, half of the face also began to swell. She thought her gums were inflamed, so she went to the hospital for 4 days to get an infusion, however, the situation did not improve, and seemed to have a tendency to get worse and worse. In the hospital for injections and she did not want to spare the money, so she found a private clinic to continue injections, but the doctor felt that it was not so simple, he did not dare to prescribe medication, and advised Zhou Meirong to go to the hospital to check the blood. October 20, 2003, Zhou Meirong went to the hospital to do a detailed examination, who knew that this check, but the conclusion was found to be: Acute Myelogenous Leukemia, the family was shocked by the results of this diagnosis! . She was hospitalized.
C, fishy - the factory environment is very different compared to the previous
Zhou Meirong in the factory during the work of the factory, the factory working conditions are not very good. Zhou Meirong told reporters that in the "spray paint" workshop, "the factory for the consideration of product quality, in order to avoid damage to the paint, so she worked in the workshop doors, windows are closed, air circulation, the whole room is not airtight, there is no exhaust equipment. Although wearing a mask, but 4 people work in a studio of about 8 square meters, the smell of paint is very thick. Often half a day down, take off the mask, inside all the black layer."
Just during Zhou Meirong's first hospitalization? smoked her colleagues came to the hospital to visit? Smoke Zhou Meirong asked colleagues: "Today is not Sunday, (usually Sunday only have a break) you have a vacation?" The colleague said, "These days the workshop is installing exhaust ducts, as if under renovation."
In the process of Zhou Meirong hospitalized chemotherapy, November 16 Zhou Meirong wrote a material handed to the CDC Occupational Disease Clinic, requesting identification of their own leukemia is related to the benzene in the paint. 18 City Epidemiological Station a staff member of the lawyers with Zhou Meirong Deng Yuan to Zhou Meirong work together with the place to take samples to identify the concentration of benzene, toluene, xylene situation. At that time, Deng Yuan wanted to find Zhou Meirong previous work in a specific place, but according to Zhou Meirong said but always did not find, Deng Yuan said on the phone, and now this place has been renovated, not like Zhou Meirong said, and later with the staff of the epidemic prevention station also confirmed that he saw that the factory does have a rectification.
20, Zhou Meirong first hospitalized chemotherapy at the end of the second day, Zhou Meirong came to the outpatient department of the city epidemic prevention station to do occupational health checks. 2004 April 7 Zhou Meirong health check diagnosis results report, the diagnosis is: occupational chronic benzene poisoning observation object, half a year after the re-examination.
This result reinforces the confidence of Zhou Meirong's family in their efforts to seek justice.
D, cold - the factory's attitude is cloudy
October 20, the hospital results came out after the suspicion that may be related to the nature of Zhou Meirong's work, because of constant contact with paint, benzene poisoning caused by leukemia is possible. "A word to wake up the dreamer", that afternoon, Liu Cunping came to his wife Zhou Meirong work of the company, to the factory office of a leader to reflect the situation. The company said it would respond.
Zhou Meirong did another chemotherapy, but because the first two chemotherapy has used more than 10,000 yuan, the family's savings have been exhausted, the house was sold. When the mountain is exhausted, on the one hand, Zhou Meirong to the city epidemic prevention and health departments to do occupational disease identification, on the other hand, her husband Liu Cunping had to find the factory many times, hoping to get some help.
While the factory has repeatedly affirmed that "the factory will not ignore you" and "you have to believe that the factory will give a satisfactory answer". But there has been no solution to the most urgent problem of medical expenses. Zhou Meirong also twice to the city labor dispute arbitration committee, the first time to withdraw their own, the second time in 2004 after July 19 labor arbitration committee ruled that: the factory reimbursement of Zhou Meirong medical expenses of more than 19,000 yuan, but the factory did not fully implemented. late June 2004, Zhou Meirong to the city health epidemic prevention station outpatient department of the occupational disease outpatient clinic re-examination, the results of the 21st of July: does not support the diagnosis of benzene-induced leukemia. The results came out on July 21: the diagnosis of benzene-induced leukemia was not supported. The factory's compensation is once again at an impasse.
In Zhou Meirong diagnosed during the beginning of chemotherapy, the factory at the end of last year gave 1000 yuan, in July this year, Zhou Meirong relapse into hospital, Liu Cunping to find the factory, the factory gave Zhou Meirong medical expenses 5000 yuan for the second time. As of press time, the factory total **** paid Zhou Meirong medical expenses 6000 yuan.
Reporters tried to get in touch with the factory to learn more about the situation.
The afternoon of August 3, two reporters came to the factory door, in the identity of the guards to explain the intention of the reporter was told that the reporter to look for the person is not in the reporter asked to find the other leaders, the same was refused to leave the door.
August 4 afternoon, the reporter again contacted the factory by phone a leader, but did not say a few words on the convenience of the phone hung up, and then call again, has been another staff member to answer, and was told that he and just answered the phone is not the same department, answer the phone to the person who has been off work to go.
Failure to contact the factory, the reporter in contact with Liu Cunping learned that, at present, Zhou Meirong is trying to reach a new agreement with the factory, if the agreement can be reached, at least to ensure that she must be done in recent years of chemotherapy.
E. Warmth -- more than 10,000 yuan of donations to warm the desperate family
Zhou Meirong was diagnosed with leukemia at the age of 31 is unfortunate, but also this diagnosis, has Zhou Meirong family hovering on the verge of a few desperate. How many times, high fever, the endless pain of the disease Zhou Meirong tormented the human form, but aside from the husband in addition to the pain and have no choice but to helplessness; how many times, looked at the young son crying by relatives to take away that kind of ineffable guilt; how many times holding a few hundred dollars left and right counting, but still with the cost of chemotherapy and the difference between the helplessness of the far....... ...
But they were lucky. After Zhou Mei was struck down with leukemia, her relatives contributed what they could to help take care of the child while helping to raise money for the next chemotherapy treatment.
The first chemotherapy, Zhou Meirong all the belongings have been used almost, as with Zhou Meirong **** a few months of colleagues, in her most difficult time to lend a helping hand. 2003 November, Zhou Meirong's colleagues for her fundraising 7,740 yuan, which is a sum of money as a charcoal in the snow, the Liu Cunping couples are finally at a loss Liu Cunping finally feel the cost of the second chemotherapy and there is a place to go.
The traffic wardens only 300 more than a monthly salary, but in July this year, Liu Cunping's colleagues took out their hard-earned money, piece by piece for Zhou Meirong to raise donations of more than 500 yuan, took over the hundreds of dollars, Zhou Meirong once again feel the warmth of the world. This society has not abandoned her because she has an incurable disease.
August 3, Xiling District Traffic Police Brigade Captain Yu Ping and his party of seven people came to the hospital to visit Zhou Meirong, and sent 2000 yuan of condolences, as the following a common traffic warden, the traffic police brigade as a family, Zhou Meirong excited tears.