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Chapter 148 The era of shortage of medical treatment and medicine

In the past six months, as the scale of the fighting has expanded, many wounded have appeared.

They all made sacrifices for the liberation of China and the fight against foreign aggression.

Some of them are in critical condition; some have become disabled after recovery and have lost the ability to work.

Our leaders at all levels see these current situations in their eyes and are anxious in their hearts.

Since receiving the support of Sysenthem Company, our army has no shortage of medicines: Li Yunlong can exchange many medicines and medical equipment, even thoracoscopes, laparoscopes, CT machines, ultrasound machines, etc. can be exchanged.

But there is a shortage of medical staff.

No one can use these supplies if they are empty.

No one can argue with advanced equipment such as the ZTZ-41A tank and fifth-generation aircraft.

A medical system often requires the cooperation of doctors, nurses, medicine, technology, administration and logistics.

But now many nurses just randomly find someone who wants to work in this industry, and they start working after two or three days of training.

Doctors are more strict in their requirements, but most of them are just rushing to get things done, and they have to do whatever they can.

Even a veterinarian is treated as a treasure - a veterinarian is a "doctor" after all, and he repairs animals after all. He is better than his farmer friends who use hoes to repair plants.

There are no specialized talents in the field of "medicine". Doctors and nurses work part-time, and even random people who are literate are hired to manage medicines.

The "skills" aspect is completely lacking.

Even if someone tested the blood of the wounded, no one could understand the report. Even among modern people, how many people know what “cystatin C” is?

The medical level of such a patchwork medical team can be imagined.

In most cases, the wound can only be bandaged and not even disinfected thoroughly.

With the exception of traditional Chinese medicine, some diseases can still be treated with traditional Chinese medicine and traditional Chinese medicine. Even for trauma, it can prevent infection, promote wound healing, stop bleeding, and relieve pain.

Although the level of medical care at this time was low, there was one good thing: there were almost no doctor-patient disputes.

The higher the level of medical care, the greater the patient's hope, and the easier it is for there to be a gap in the understanding of the results between doctors and patients.

From the perspective of patients, it seems that modern medicine is omnipotent. As long as the disease is not cured or even worsens, it must be the doctor's responsibility!

In the eyes of doctors, most diseases are not curable. Some recover naturally; some cannot be cured regardless of treatment.

The epitaph of a famous Russian doctor reads:

“Sometimes to heal, often to help, always to comfort.”

Some hospitals have hung these three sentences on the wall of the ward, so that the patients can see their scalp numbing - it turns out that the doctor has been comforting me! That means you can live a little longer, right?

In that era, it was not easy for patients to find doctors to see them, and the requirements were not that many.

At that time, if the doctor said: There is not much hope!

Patients will say: Just be a dead horse and become a living horse doctor!

In that era, for example, a person had a stomachache or a fever and went to the doctor.

After seeing it, the doctor said: "Based on my experience, I think it is appendicitis, which is commonly known as appendicitis. This requires surgery."

The patient's family said: "Then please do it."

"But, I haven't had any appendicitis surgery! I used to be a butcher. Maybe if I open my stomach, I won't even be able to find the appendix!"

"It doesn't matter, just feel free to treat him. He can't hold on any longer and it's too late. He will definitely die if he is not treated. Only with treatment can he survive!"

So, the pig-cutter put the scissors and kitchen knives in a pot, boiled them, and then performed the surgery on the patient.

What about now?

The doctor said: There is little hope in your case!

Snapped! Just slap him!

"How can you be a doctor if your skills are so poor?"

I turned around and sued the hospital, saying that the doctor's words had aggravated my psychological burden and that I had to pay compensation.

What about the doctor saying, "You have a good chance of doing this?"

It didn’t heal completely after a while, snap! A big mouth slapped him: "Do you know how to cure diseases? You can't cure such a simple disease!"

I turned around and sued the doctor, saying that the doctor made a mistake and caused the condition to worsen, and he had to pay compensation.

It is impossible for the doctors in the hospital to have a pig cutter now. Even if he has done this job, he would not dare to say it!

The fundamental cause of the tense doctor-patient relationship lies in changes in supply and demand; and changes in how people view the value of life.

From this perspective, the tense doctor-patient relationship is also an improvement.

From a supply and demand perspective, it shows that patients have a choice.

In the past when there was a shortage of medical treatment and medicine, it was called "seeking medical treatment", and patients had to beg doctors to treat themselves;

And now? It's also "seeking medical treatment", but the two sides have switched places. The hospital requires the patient to let itself be treated.

If no one comes to see the doctor, the hospital will have no income and cannot survive.

The patient becomes the customer, and the customer is God.

In this way, patients have become the leader in medical matters, and doctors have to listen to patients.

The doctor said: "In this case, you need an electrocardiogram."

The patient said: "You conduct random examinations and have no conscience. You think about making dirty money all day long. I don't do that!"

The doctor had no choice but to say: "Okay, then I won't do it. You can sign and bear the consequences of not doing the electrocardiogram."

So are there any consequences of not doing an ECG? There may be no consequences for thousands of people if they don't do electrocardiograms. But, as long as there is a consequence, it may be a human life.

Therefore, there will be thousands of people saying that this hospital is making shady money and conducting random examinations: Look, I didn’t do an electrocardiogram, and nothing happened! That doctor is a liar!

One of the people who had an accident without an electrocardiogram turned around and sued the hospital.

I am a patient and I don’t understand. Why don’t you force me to do an electrocardiogram? If you strongly requested it, wouldn’t I just do it?

From the perspective of changes in the value of life, at that time, people were used to seeing life and death, and they did not care that much about human death. It could even be said that they were numb.

The demographic characteristics of that era were generally: high birth rate, high death rate, and low growth rate. After the beginning of the all-out war of resistance against Japan, the population showed a downward trend.

The average life expectancy at that time was around thirty or forty years, and there was no authoritative large-scale statistic.

The infant mortality rate is as high as about 17 to 20 percent.

A real example:

When my grandma was a child, an elder of a close relative passed away. One of my grandma's aunts got up in a hurry and bumped her child under the kang, causing him to fall to death.

The aunt didn't care about dealing with her own children. She thought they were all dead anyway, so she should take care of the adults first, so she went to deal with the funeral of the adults.

After my grandma saw it, she kneaded and kneaded the child, and it came back to life.

Later, my grandma's younger brother treated her more affectionately than his own mother!

This shows the attitude of people in that era towards death. In fact, it was also a kind of helplessness.

If given the choice, would anyone remain indifferent to the death of their child?

The infant mortality rate has now dropped to less than 0.5 percent.

If another baby dies, it will be a huge disaster for a family!

Due to low medical standards, many warriors who should not have been sacrificed died; many warriors who should not have been disabled lost their ability to support their families.

Now that Li Yunlong is the God of Wealth, the headquarters has immediately put the construction of a medical school on the agenda.

However, there are no suitable teachers.

The first point is that there is a shortage of medical staff. As I said before, even those who have been veterinarians are treasures. But teaching new medical students, can you get veterinarians to do it?

The second point is that the limited medical staff are either on the front line or in the hospital and are extremely busy. I don’t have time to teach. With the wounded waiting for surgery one after another, how can there be time to write lesson plans?

The third point is that doctors and nurses engaged in clinical work are not necessarily good at teaching. Some doctors are very good at performing surgeries! Many warriors were snatched back from the hands of death by him. But he is not good at expressing himself and cannot express what is in his heart.

It’s hard to find good medical staff; it’s even harder to find qualified medical teachers!

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