I am Li Shen and Li Shimin, the free kings of the Tang Dynasty

"Doctor Sun means the infected patients?"

Li Shen quickly understood what Sun Simiao meant.

I have never heard of a medical school admitting infectious patients. The main reason is that most infectious diseases in this era are terminal illnesses.

The local method for dealing with infectious patients is isolation. If someone in a village is infected with a certain infectious disease, the entire village will be isolated.

If someone in a county has an infectious disease, then quarantine the county.

Some corrupt officials even resorted to killing people in a pit.

It is almost impossible to reach Chang'an.

Plus, this kind of thing doesn't happen often, otherwise people would have died out long ago.

If it weren't for Princess Wen'an, Sun Simiao would not have mentioned this matter.

"Yes, my lord, that's what the old Taoist meant.

The medical school now lacks isolation wards, and the medical consultation process also needs to be revised.

Fortunately, there has been no major epidemic in Chang'an City in recent years, otherwise there would have been a big mess."

Sun Simiao nodded and expressed his needs.

But it's a bit embarrassing. Prince Ji invests countless amounts of money in the medical school every year.

Although the First Hospital could make a lot of money, he felt it was not a good idea to ask Prince Ji to fund the construction of the ward.

"Is there a shortage of isolation wards?" Li Shen stroked his chin and thought.

It seems that all large hospitals in the past had infectious disease areas.

There are even specialized hospitals for infectious diseases. How could a hospital as big as the Datang First and Second Hospital not have them?

Thinking of this, Li Shen raised his head and said:

“I understand what Divine Doctor Sun means. We do need to build an isolation ward, and we can’t have so many patients coming to see a doctor.

I don't understand the hospital's medical procedures, and I need Doctor Sun and Li Xiu to modify it for you two based on the actual situation.

What I can do is to build a special isolation hospital for you.

Shitou, please write this down and remind me when Wang Hongfu comes back."

Li Shen now has great doubts about his memory, so Shi Tou always carries a notebook with him to write down what Li Shen wants to do.

"Thank you, Your Highness Prince Ji. Your Highness is righteous and has benefited the people. I admire you."

Li Xiuwei and Sun Simiao stood up and saluted.

“Thank you for your praise, Doctor Sun. I am also doing this for the people of this world. After all, this world belongs to my Li family.

The people of the world are also the people of my Li family.

However, the construction of the isolation hospital cannot be rushed. It is winter now, and we need to wait until next spring when the weather is warm and the flowers are blooming before we can start construction.

Moreover, this time, I plan to build a four-story inpatient ward to accommodate more patients.

You have to know that there is not much land belonging to Prince Ji’s Mansion in this area.

If you can take up less space, then take up less space.”

Occupy the sky but not the land. This is what Li Shen thought. He wanted to build a ten-story building, or even higher.

However, firstly, the inpatient area was not suitable for climbing stairs, and secondly, he was not sure that it would not collapse.

If building a tall building were that easy, there would be no profession called architecture.

"Four floors?"

Sun Simiao and his companion were a little surprised to hear about the four-story building. Currently, all medical school buildings are three-story.

It’s not that there were no taller buildings in the Tang Dynasty, but they were all made of wood or stone, and their structures were very complicated.

Unlike the cement brick and tile house built in the Prince Ji’s Palace, it has a simple structure and a large usable space, but it has never been proven to be too tall.

“Don’t worry, Doctor Sun, our craftsmen in Prince Ji’s Mansion have already figured out a way to make the fourth floor.

It is guaranteed not to collapse.”

Seeing Sun Simiao's encouragement, Li Shen explained.

It's not like he didn't do anything these years. He just put forward his own requirements and let these people study it themselves.

If the research is successful, he will naturally be rewarded handsomely by Li Shen, which may be enough to make three generations rich.

Under this temptation, everyone is working hard to complete it.

"Dr. Sun, you said that penicillin can cure typhoid fever. Should we make this known?

Let all doctors in the world know about this so they can know how to treat it."

Li Shen suddenly thought of penicillin.

"Your Highness, I'm afraid that won't work." Sun Simiao shook his head.

"Oh? Why is that?"

“Your Majesty, the first problem is that our production is too low. Even though we have expanded production over the years, we still cannot meet the demand.

The hospital can still barely hold on, but it is impossible to supply the whole world with supplies.

At that time, some people will think that we don’t give them the medicine, or that there are too many people asking for it, which will delay the patients coming for treatment.

Secondly, there is the phenomenon of allergies.

I think it’s better not to make it public.”

In fact, there is one point that Sun Simiao did not mention, which is that the cost is too high and the price is too low.

This is also what Sun Simiao admires most about Li Shen.

In Sun Simiao's view, penicillin is absolutely a miracle drug, and many diseases can be cured with just a few injections.

Such a miraculous medicine, which was said by everyone to be money-loving King Ji, actually sold it to ordinary people at a low price.

Not only does it not make money, it even loses money. The money given by the people is not even enough to cover 10% of the cost.

King Ji was almost paying for the people's medical treatment.

If it were any other noble, ordinary people wouldn't even be able to see this kind of miraculous medicine, and the price would be sky-high.

“You are right, I am too anxious.

Alas, there are tens of millions of people in the world, if you can save one, save it.

As for the research on medical skills, I would like to trouble Doctor Sun to take more care of it. You can organize a team specializing in drug research.

It doesn't matter if the salary is a little higher.

If he can develop a good prescription, I will reward him handsomely and ensure that he will be rich for three generations.

If I can develop a prescription that can benefit the people, I will report it to Your Majesty, and even conferring a title on you will not be a problem.

Tell them that this is something that will benefit the present and future generations, and that they should do it well. In the future, it may be recorded in history and become famous for generations to come."

Li Shen needs to be clear about justice, he hopes the world will become a better place.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will tell them. With Your Majesty's encouragement, I believe our medical skills will be even more perfect."

Sun Simiao was quite moved by Li Shen's attitude.

He has spent his entire life curing illnesses and saving lives. If Li Shen was really a profit-seeking person, he would not have followed Li Shen for more than ten years.

“That’s good. The construction of the medicine garden should also be carried out as soon as possible, using Dongshan as a pilot.

We should try to grow common medicinal herbs ourselves, which will greatly reduce the cost and make it cheaper for people to see a doctor.”

Li Shen thought of another kind of medicinal herb.

Since I'm here today, I'll arrange everything properly. I don't know when I will come next time.

Sun Simiao agreed, and Li Shen began to ponder again, wondering if he had anything else to say.

The hospital is developing very well now and everything is on the right track. It is not convenient for Li Shen, an outsider, to interfere too much.

After thinking it over, I felt that it was about enough, so I prepared to leave.

(Typhoid fever was indeed a major epidemic in ancient times, and it caused the most deaths.)