Professor Anthony happily greeted the people from relevant departments in China:
"Hi, gentlemen, we are the members of the WHO expert team you are going to receive. My name is Anthony, next to me is Theodore, and the following are our assistants. We are all from Harvard University in the United States. ”
In order to welcome the WHO delegation this time, China specially sent people to Xiangjiang to greet them, including Xiao Wei from the Foreign Affairs Department and Song Baiyu from the Ministry of Health.
Xiao Wei also reached out and shook the white man's hand warmly:
"Professor Anthony, hello, warm welcome, we have prepared a car outside, please come this way."
Professor Theodore followed and looked curiously at the Chinese staff in front of him.
European and American propaganda has always regarded Red China as a savage beast that eats people without spitting out bones, has three heads and six arms, and is in short very scary and difficult to communicate with.
As a result, the Chinese people in front of me seemed to be quite polite and spoke fluent English. They did not seem to be demons as advertised in the media.
As a result, the lively and active Professor Theodore gradually became more talkative.
"Gentlemen, now that we have arrived in your country of China, how long will it take for us to reach your capital infectious disease hospital?"
Xiao Wei was happy when he heard this, because in the eyes of the Chinese people, Xiangjiang was the place of Eagle Country, but the foreigner directly said it was the country of China? They seem to be friends.
This made Xiao Wei's impression of the inspection team rise sharply. They were too sensible.
"Mr. Professor, we now need to take a bus to Luohu Port, and then take a train to Guangzhou. After staying in Guangzhou for one night, we will continue to transfer to our great capital, Peiping. The whole journey will take about 5 days."
"How much?"
Americans were all dumbfounded when they heard that they had to take a train for five days. They couldn't stand it after taking a plane for more than 10 hours. Wouldn't it be crazy to take a train for more than 100 hours?
Professor Theodore stopped and asked in horror:
"How far is Xiangjiang from the capital of your country?"
Xiao Wei thought for a moment and replied: "About the distance from Boston to Miami? More than two thousand kilometers."
"Fake, it's such a long distance, why don't we take a plane? Why take a train when we can get there in a few hours?"
Xiao Wei was a little embarrassed and could only patiently explain:
"Mr. Professor, we only have military aircraft in the country now. I can help you contact them if you need them, but I want to tell you that the riding comfort of military aircraft is too poor and the risk factor is high. I do not recommend it."
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Professor Anthony stopped his complaining companion and said with a smile:
"We are guests. According to your Oriental rules, guests do as they please. We are willing to cooperate."
The four assistants and two translators at the back also nodded repeatedly. They were newbies and had no business to speak, so they just pretended to be traveling to the mysterious red country.
Xiao Wei breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and then continued to explain:
"Gentlemen and ladies, when you arrive in our country, there are some things I would like to remind you to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings. First of all, our country does not allow taking photos and videos at will, nor does it allow private chatting with our citizens.
If you want to go somewhere, you must apply in advance and be accompanied by our staff before you can go. Our country cannot directly use US dollars or other foreign currencies. You need to exchange them into our country's currency. ”
Professor Anthony had already inquired about the rules of China before coming, so he had no dissatisfaction:
"OK, we will follow your arrangements."
Xiao Wei was very satisfied, "Thank you for your cooperation. Please go this way. Our car is in the parking lot."
After arriving at Luohu Port from Xiangjiang, foreigners need to cross the border on foot. In order to welcome this group of distinguished foreign guests, the Chinese government specially arranged a soft sleeper car to be hung at the back of the train.
This group of Americans were quite novel at first, looking left and right, looking here and there, and from time to time quietly opening the curtains to look at the scenery outside.
But as the train swayed longer and longer, the group of foreigners began to feel sleepy.
When we arrived at the Capital Railway Station on the fifth day, everyone's eyes were blurred, their legs were swollen, and they even doubted life.
The next day, the "WHO inspection team" was in high spirits again after a night's rest.
Accompanied by the leaders of the foreign affairs department and the health department, they happily visited the Capital Infectious Disease Hospital outside Chaoyang Gate for inspection.
As soon as the foreigners arrived in front of Dongyue Temple, they were shocked by the long queue of people on the road as soon as they got off the bus.
Where has Professor Theodore seen such a battle in a hospital? So I asked the accompanying Director Li Dequan strangely:
"Madam Minister, may I ask why there are so many people queuing in front of the hospital? Did they make some mistake and were punished by standing still?"
Minister Li’s head was full of black lines, thinking how many misunderstandings do you foreigners have about our country?
"No, no, no, Mr. Professor, these people are here to queue up for appointment registration. Now the infectious disease hospital only opens 750 number sources every day, but at least thousands of patients come from all over the country every day.
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Therefore, our infectious disease hospital has launched an appointment registration system, which determines the registration order based on the order of queueing. You see, the blackboard at the entrance of the hospital shows the number of remaining sources every day. Unfortunately, there are too many patients, and every morning it is a blink of an eye. ”
Minister Li could speak English. The foreigners followed her instructions and all looked at the big blackboard at the entrance of the hospital. The remaining votes under the date were all O.
At this time, Professor Theodore whispered to Professor Antongan:
"Anthony, could these people queuing up be actors? They are acting for us to show us how popular this hospital is."
Anthony nodded slightly: "It's possible. The media often says that Chinese people are the most cunning."
It’s no wonder that these two doctors are suspicious, because the medical system in the United States is that if you want to see a doctor, you must first go to a community hospital to make an appointment. If the community hospital feels that your condition is serious, it will give you an appointment number at a major hospital.
Therefore, patients do not need to queue up to register. They can make an appointment by phone in advance and just go to see a doctor at the right time.
If you don't want to make an appointment, you have to go to a private hospital, but the charges at such hospitals are very expensive and ordinary commercial insurance will not reimburse them. Ordinary citizens will not go to the hospital to queue up to register.
China and the United States have different national conditions. Failure to communicate in time will cause unnecessary misunderstandings.
Through this small incident, we can actually see that American doctors are very vigilant and still somewhat suspect that the Chinese are committing academic fraud. This is a condescending and arrogant attitude.
As a result, when he met Dean Lin Sanqi, Lin Sanqi directly gave these arrogant Americans a few insults.
Minister Li pointed to the group of people coming up and introduced:
"Two professors, this is Dr. Lin Sanqi, the director of our Capital Infectious Disease Hospital. He is also the director of the China Tuberculosis Research Institute. He also invented anti-tuberculosis drugs."
Fake, the young man in front of you?
American doctors were dumbfounded, thinking that young people like Lin Sanqi could only do odd jobs in laboratories in American universities, and were not even old enough to obtain a medical certificate.
Unexpectedly, he has become the leader of a global scientific research team in China. It is really amazing.
Lin Sanqi stepped forward and shook hands with the foreigners enthusiastically, and then said in English:
"Professors and researchers are welcome to come and inspect our Capital Infectious Disease Hospital. I believe this inspection will answer all your questions. I can assure you that we will never tell you everything."
Professor Anthony held Lin Sanqi's hand and couldn't help but sigh:
"Lin, we are very surprised to see that you have overcome tuberculosis, a problem that has plagued the international medical community for thousands of years, at such a young age. Therefore, we sincerely admire the outstanding contributions of your team and came here immediately to seek verification and study. .”
Lin Sanqi thought to herself, who said foreigners are all straight men? Look at their art of speaking. They are obviously trying to flatter you, but secretly they are naming the team just to see how good and capable your team is?
"Mr. Professor, the medical team I lead is indeed the best in the world. I am very confident about this. How about I introduce my team members to you? Some of them are your alumni."
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Lin Sanqi looked back at the doctors behind her and asked loudly in English:
"Gentlemen, please come forward for the doctors who studied in the United States."
Suddenly, 25 of the more than 70 doctors came out.
Lin Sanqi asked again: "Among the 25 of you, are there any who graduated from Harvard Medical School?"
At this time, Dong Xun, Zhang Shoujun, Wang Dazhong, Liu Qiang, and Sun An stood up again:
"Dean Lin, five of us graduated from Harvard Medical School."
Lin Sanqi then turned around and said to Professor Anthony with a smile: "Mr. Professor, as you can see, all of my team have experience studying abroad, and all of them graduated from prestigious schools.
These 25 people studied at major medical schools in the United States. Among them, these five doctors graduated from Harvard University, and you are still alumni. ”
At this time, Sun An smiled and greeted Anthony:
"Hello, Professor, when we were at Harvard Medical School, we all listened to your lecture on infectious diseases."
Professor Anthony looked shocked, and then quickly stepped forward to shake hands with these alumni and colleagues one by one:
"Lin, you have an excellent medical research team, no wonder you can achieve final success."
These more than 70 doctors were all trained in the Western medical teaching system. Professor Anthony and Professor Theodore naturally regarded them as their own, and the smiles on their faces became a little bit more.
Lin Sanqi thought to herself, hum, I make you look down on people.
"Okay, two professors and a few young researchers, let me take you to visit our infectious disease hospital."
When they heard that they were about to enter the infectious disease hospital and were surrounded by tuberculosis patients, the Americans quickly took out masks from their backpacks and put them on.
Lin Sanqi made a stop motion:
"NO, NO, NO, gentlemen and ladies, your mask is not good. It only has a thin layer of non-woven fabric and gauze. We have prepared anti-epidemic masks for you. No, here you go, one for each of you."
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Pan Ye acted as a secretary today, so he immediately took out a tray with green "pig nose" masks on it.
Professor Anthony was surprised when he heard it. He took an N95 mask, looked left and right, then put it on his face and fixed the corners with his hands.
Being a medical expert after all, Professor Anthony immediately realized the difference of this mask.
Although it feels a bit stuffy when worn, it is not completely suffocating like a plastic sheet. Does that mean that this mask has strong barrier properties against viruses and bacteria?
"Lin, I have never seen this mask before. What is its blocking rate against germs?"
Lin Sanqi said casually while wearing a mask:
"We have detailed research and data. This kind of anti-epidemic mask has an effective blocking rate of 95% of germs, and can protect against almost most microorganisms in the world."
Professor Theodore asked in surprise: "You mean, wearing this kind of mask, you will almost never get diseases transmitted through the respiratory tract?"
Lin Sanqi nodded seriously:
"Yes, the diseases we infectious disease doctors face are the most dangerous, and we can lose our lives at any time. But we doctors also have families and loved ones. If we can't even protect ourselves, how can we protect our patients?
So our country in China has specially invented this kind of anti-epidemic mask. You see, all medical staff in our hospitals wear these masks. So far, no medical staff has contracted tuberculosis due to work. ”
Lin Sanqi is bragging. How many days has it been since the infectious disease hospital was established? Who knows if any employees were infected.
But foreigners don’t know.
Professor Anthony held these green masks and thought that China's masks were far more advanced than those in the United States. Even this detail was done so well. It seemed that they were really capable.
Among the inspection team, a "translator" also quietly noted that China can produce the latest type of masks. Does this mean that China has made great achievements in the textile industry and chemical industry?
This is a very useful situation. Sure enough, this translator is not just a simple translator...
At this time, Minister Li quietly gave Lin Sanqi a thumbs up, praising him for showing off in front of foreigners when they first met and showing off our country's prestige.
When everyone walked into the gate of Dongyue Temple, they saw rows of bungalows. Only the Chinese-style building in the middle of the square looked huge.
There is a huge tent on each side, and you can see patients coming in and out, and volunteers are constantly calling.
Those who knew it was a hospital, but those who didn’t knew it thought it was a temple fair. How could a “hospital” that even Lin Sanqi looked down upon win the disapproval of several foreigners?
Seeing this dilapidated primitive social hospital, Professor Anthony and Professor Theodore straightened their waists again, feeling that they could fight again, and their arrogance returned.
As Lin Sanqi walked, he introduced the infrastructure of the infectious disease hospital to these foreigners.
Except for the advanced X-ray machines and testing equipment in the outpatient clinic area, there is nothing else that Americans can appreciate.
Then everyone came to the inpatient department. The spartan condition of the inpatient department made the Americans shake their heads.
Professor Theodore asked: "Lin, where is your emergency room? Where is the intensive care unit? How do you usually deal with critical and severe patients?"
Everyone in the know knows that the emergency department and critical care department are the best indicators of a hospital’s medical level.
For example, a city often has many hospitals with obstetrics departments that can deliver babies.
Many people find it difficult to choose and don't know which hospital is better. In the end, they often choose the hospital with the greatest reputation or the best ward conditions.
In fact, this is wrong. No matter how good the hardware facilities are, what’s the use?
What matters is the level of medical skills.
At this time, it depends on which hospital the city's neonatal intensive care center (NICU) and obstetric intensive care center (OICU) are located.
Because the process of giving birth to a pregnant woman cannot be smooth sailing. If a dystocia occurs, it will kill two people.
At this time, a hospital with an obstetric intensive care center can immediately carry out the best rescue, and the patient will have more hope of survival.
If a difficult delivery occurs in a hospital that does not have an obstetric intensive care center, you still have to ring the phone to call for external help. Perhaps by the time experts arrive, the pregnant woman will already be out of breath.
In the same way, some babies are dying due to problems of one kind or another right after they are born, and their lives hang by a thread.
At this time, hospitals with neonatal intensive care centers can immediately send the child to the intensive care unit for rescue. Time is of the essence.
Hospitals that do not have a neonatal intensive care center need to use ambulances to send babies to other hospitals for rescue. After this trip, they may die on the road.
Therefore, the emergency department or critical care center reflects the ultimate strength and comprehensive strength of a hospital, which is beyond the capabilities of ordinary small hospitals.
I have to say that Professor Theodore has a very vicious vision. It is really unjustifiable that a national-level hospital does not have an ICU.
Lin Sanqi slapped her forehead, thinking that something bad was going on. She was so busy planning the hospital's clean area for contaminated areas that she actually forgot about the emergency department.
In fact, Lin Sanqi has advantages in building an ICU. At worst, he needs to install ventilators, ECG monitors, defibrillators, Saab machines, etc. from 2014.
Just asking you guys from the United States, do you recognize me? Have you ever studied?
But Lin Sanqi was embarrassed to say that the infectious disease hospital had only been opened for less than two months and had not yet had time to set up an emergency room and intensive care unit, so she had to laugh:
"Currently we only accept tuberculosis patients. You also know that this is a chronic disease and does not require emergency equipment. If there are really critically ill patients, according to our country's medical classification, they need to be sent to Union Hospital."
Several foreigners shrugged, obviously not satisfied with this answer.
The consequences of being dissatisfied are just like an election. At this time, they will not vote for you, and at the same time there will be a crisis of confidence in you.
As soon as Lin Sanqi saw the expressions of these foreigners, he knew that his clinical department was not in the eyes of others, so it was time to make a big move.
"Gentlemen and ladies, maybe you will think that our hospital is very simple and the conditions are very difficult. It is difficult to compare with your hospitals in the United States. I do not deny this. Who said that our country has just experienced war.
But today you came to China mainly to investigate whether tuberculosis has really been conquered. If from this perspective, the clinical departments cannot reflect the level of our scientific research, I think you should visit our research institute. ”
Professor Anthony became interested now:
"Lin, you're right. It doesn't matter if the hospital is simple. During World War II, our field hospitals in the United States were not even as good as your hospitals. It is the research institute that invents drugs, and it is also the research institute that carries out research projects, so the research institute is the most critical part. .”
Lin Sanqi made a gesture of invitation:
"Then now I will take you to visit our national tuberculosis research institute, which is right next door."
Little ones, prepare to be shocked! (End of chapter)