The butcher head carried a box of medicine on his shoulders, gritted his teeth and walked to the pharmacy.
Although he was physically tired, he was in a very happy mood. He had been suffocating because of the food problem before, but he finally breathed a sigh of relief at work.
As a doctor of Western medicine, he must firmly believe that only Western medicine can save China, which is in the interests of the people and is in line with the needs of the country's conditions.
As for traditional Chinese medicine, for an intellectual like him who has studied abroad, let alone witch doctors, it can at best be regarded as backward, ignorant, and placebo-style metaphysics.
The yin and yang, the five elements, and the internal organs are exactly the same as fortune tellers.
As the president of Xiehe University, he took the initiative to come to the Changping area where the plague was most serious, and competed face to face with the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital.
On the one hand, it is to save people, but on the other hand, it also means to make the hospital of traditional Chinese medicine look embarrassed, and then let the whole city, the people of the country, and the superior leaders see it. If there is no comparison, there will be no harm, right?
The fact was just as Director Tu expected. Both hospitals were carrying out plague treatment work at the same time. The high efficiency, good cure rate and low mortality rate of Western medicine suddenly became outstanding.
On the other hand, the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital is in dire straits, and its reputation among the common people has dropped again and again.
If there weren't so many fever patients that neither hospital had time to treat them, Union Medical College would have taken away all the patients.
Dean Tu was very motivated. As soon as he put down a box of medicine, he saw Vice Dean Ye Yongan waving to him:
"Old Tu, come here and take a look. There is a change of formation at the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital."
While patting the ashes on his body, the butcher director walked to the window and looked out curiously.
Sure enough, we saw the employees of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital placing rows of tables in the yard, and further away, many people were digging holes in the fields to build small stoves.
"Hey, what new tricks are the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital doing? Are you ready for a picnic?"
Vice Dean Ye tapped his hand on the other side:
"Look over there, the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital is organizing patients to queue up. It's obviously a clinical adjustment, it doesn't look like a picnic."
"That's strange."
By the window, the doctors at Union Medical College were all full of questions. They didn't know what kind of medicine was being sold in the gourd at the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital.
At the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Lin Sanqi held an aluminum loudspeaker and started shouting to the crowd:
"Let me tell you some good news. Dr. Lin Sophora Lin, a nationally famous Chinese medicine practitioner from the Lingnan School, has come up with several unique secret recipes. Now the secret medicine has been produced, which can ensure that most people will reduce their fever within one day and recover within three days. ”
Lin Sanqi came from a later generation and did not shy away from advertising, and the advertising was illegal because the advertising law stipulated that drugs could not brag about their efficacy.
But who said this is 1960? No one cares.
Some patients also don’t believe it:
"Comrade, is this okay? Even Xiehe University cannot guarantee that the fever will be reduced in one day. Do you Chinese doctors have this ability?"
"That's right, I've been taking traditional Chinese medicine for three days and I'm still burning. I just came here for a follow-up consultation."
"When did Kuanjie Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital learn to brag?"
Faced with doubts from many patients and family members, Lin Sanqi was not in a hurry, but walked out of the room behind him with more than 100 people.
These people stood behind Lin Sanqi one by one. There were men and women, old and young. They were all patients who had taken Lin Sanqi's secret recipe yesterday. Their fevers had gone away today, so they volunteered to testify for Dr. Lin.
(Of course, Dr. Lin did not treat them badly and returned all yesterday’s medical expenses to them in exchange for their willingness...)
"Look, everyone, these more than a hundred patients came to our traditional Chinese medicine hospital yesterday with high fevers, body aches, and extreme pain. As a result, all of them had their fevers subsided in one day, just one day. Do you think it's miraculous? ? Isn’t it a good thing? ”
(Those who have not recovered from their fever are not eligible to appear here, and therefore their money cannot be refunded...)
When Lin Sanqi said this, many of the patients who were watching started talking.
Changping, or several counties and districts near Changping, has such a large circle. Everyone knows each other more or less.
So no one suspected that Lin Sanqi was talking. After all, this matter was easy to investigate. Besides, the onlookers didn't think Lin Sanqi could bribe so many patients.
Then there is only one answer. The traditional Chinese medicine hospital does have a secret recipe.
At this time someone in the crowd asked an important question:
"Doctor, is the secret recipe expensive? If it is expensive, we will still not be able to afford medical treatment."
Lin Sanqi felt unhappy after hearing this and asked:
"What is more important, people or money? Do you know what is the most painful thing in life?"
"What?"
"The person is dead, but the money is still there!"
"Uh..."
"If you are reluctant to give up money and want money over your life, do you know what the consequences will be? That is, after you die, another man will sleep with your wife, spend your money, and beat your children. Think about it. Which green turtle can bear such humiliation? ”
The scene was silent, and many of the male patients were breathing heavily, obviously a little drunk.
Lin Sanqi continued to lie:
"Besides, this is not a matter of money. We are a people's hospital and a people's doctor. Of course we have to serve the people. Every penny we charge is material fees. Now we don't even charge registration fees. The purpose is to reduce the burden on the people. In this way, we will unify a standard of 5 yuan per person for children under 14 years old and 8 yuan per person for adults. It is a one-time fee to ensure that all your subsequent medications will be available until you are pregnant. Until the fever subsides and the patient recovers, everyone thinks this is reasonable.”
"Wow, 5 yuan and 8 yuan, so expensive."
"Expensive? Why are you keeping this money? Is it for other wild men?"
"That's right, I must take care of myself. Besides, I've got a good medical treatment, so what's the point of not giving up this little money?"
But some people also raised different opinions: "Doctor, what if the money is spent and the disease cannot be cured? Can the money be refunded?"
Lin Sanqi clapped her hands:
"This comrade said it well. Of course, our traditional Chinese medicine hospital has the confidence to cure everyone's disease. If the disease cannot be cured, I hereby guarantee to everyone that all treatment costs will be refunded!"
As soon as Lin Sanqi said these words, the scene was in an uproar, and the patients and family members who were watching applauded.
"Wow, this is great. If you can't cure the disease, you will get your money back!"
"This way there is no risk when we treat the disease!"
"That's right, I won't go to Union Medical College because of my confidence in the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital!"
Since ancient times, it has been natural to pay money for medical treatment, but has anyone ever heard of a guarantee that money will be refunded if the disease is not cured?
This is a great guarantee of credibility. People who were originally doubtful about traditional Chinese medicine now firmly came to queue up at the traditional Chinese medicine hospital.
Dean Shen was very happy at first, but when he heard Lin Sanqi said that he wanted to refund the money, he almost fell down.
He quickly ran to Lin Sanqi and cursed anxiously:
"How dare you guarantee that the treatment will not be cured and refund the money? In medicine, there is no 100% guarantee that the treatment will be cured. If you want to refund the money when the time comes, we will really lose both money and money, and lose our face."
Lin Sanqi turned around and asked softly:
"Uncle Shen, what do you think is the standard for incurable disease?"
Dean Shen said without thinking: "If it can't be cured, the fever won't go away."
Lin Sanqi smiled slightly:
"To put it bluntly, most people can reduce their fever even without taking medicine. The medicine is just to help the patient recover as soon as possible, so we will definitely make money without losing it. Of course, there is also a situation where refunds are required It means we really can’t cure it.”
Now it was Dean Shen's turn to ask: "What's going on?"
"The patient dies after treatment. When a person dies, it means that it cannot be cured. We have to refund the money. But the question is, how many will die?"
Dean Shen suddenly understood that Lin Sanqi had this idea.
Recently, more than ten or twenty people died a day. Compared with the hundreds or thousands of patients a day, the mortality rate is not too high, so even if you want to refund the money, you won't be able to get much back.
And if so many secret medicines are used, the number of deaths will only be smaller.
I have to say that Lin Sanqi really traveled through time in 2023. He is still a southerner, has a business acumen and can make a lot of money.
"Haha, you kid, you have already thought about it. Okay, let's treat it quickly. Are the patients waiting?"
Lin Sanqi nodded, picked up his loudspeaker again, and shouted to the densely packed patients in the small square in front of the hospital:
"Now follow my instructions. The patient first pays at this entrance, then walks to the inner square and pays once. Once inside, there is no need to pay any more."
Lin Sanqi had no choice but to set up this first "payment" gate. Although he would keep the poor out, he could only continue to operate the hospital only if he received most of the money first and had the money to purchase medicinal materials.
As for the patient who said he had no money and was seriously ill, Lin Sanqi planned to organize it, and then secretly deliver the medicine at night, keeping the whole process confidential to avoid affecting his ability to rob the rich and give to the poor.
The patients were divided into five teams and began to take out money, just like buying tickets. How much did each patient pay? After the staff at the fee office collected it, they punched a confirmation stamp on the back of the patient's hand to prevent anyone from mixing in.
In just half an hour, more than 500 patients, including men, women, old and young, have gathered in the inner square.
Lin Sanqi picked up the loudspeaker again and conducted the command:
"We are now conducting pre-examination and triage. There are 20 doctors here. Everyone listen to my instructions. Children should go to the 10 doctors on the left for preliminary examination. Adults should go to the 10 doctors on the right."
Pre-examination and triage is actually a step in the diagnosis and treatment process of Western medicine, which is to screen patients with different conditions and then carry out different treatments according to priority.
Lin Sanqi's purpose is also this, not to let doctors treat patients, but to let them screen out patients of the same type and then focus on treatment.
The advantage of this is that the efficiency is doubled, but the disadvantage is also obvious, quantity is guaranteed but quality is not guaranteed.
At this time, the doctors from the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital and Union Medical College Hospital who were watching the excitement all had the same idea in their minds:
Just messing around.
Traditional Chinese medicine doctors feel that this goes against the essence of tradition. How can there be an assembly line operation in medical treatment? This is clearly irresponsible to the patient.
The doctors at Xiehe also felt that what Lin Sanqi was doing was too childish. How could he drive patients back and forth in groups like ducklings? (End of chapter)