Professor Anthony happily greeted the people from the relevant Chinese departments:

"Hi, gentlemen, hello. We are the WHO expert team you are going to receive. My name is Anthony, the person next to me is Theodore, and the ones behind us are our assistants. We are all from Harvard University in the United States."

In order to welcome the WHO delegation, China specially sent people to Hong Kong to greet them. They were 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 enthusiastically:

"Hello, Professor Anthony, hello, warm welcome. We have a car ready outside. Please come this way."

Professor Theodore followed, looking at the Chinese staff in front of him curiously.

European and American propaganda has always portrayed Red China as a monstrous beast that eats people without leaving any bones, and has three heads and six arms. In short, it is very scary and difficult to communicate with.

As it turned out, these Chinese people in front of me seemed quite polite and could speak fluent English. They did not seem to be demons as the media portrayed.

So the lively and active Professor Theodore began to talk more and more.

"Gentlemen, now that we have arrived in your country, how long will it take us to reach your capital's infectious disease hospital?"

Xiao Wei was amused when he heard this, because in the eyes of the Chinese people at that time, Hong Kong was a place called Eagle Country. But this foreigner directly said it was China? It seemed like he was a friend.

This made Xiao Wei's impression of the inspection team soar. They were so sensible.

"Professor, we now need to take a bus to Luohu Port, then take a train to Guangzhou. After staying in Guangzhou for one night, we will take another train to our great capital, Peking. The whole journey will take about five days."

"How many?"

When Americans heard that they would have to take a 5-day train ride, they were all dumbfounded. They couldn't even stand a 10-hour flight, so wouldn't it be crazy if they had to take a train for more than 100 hours?

Professor Theodore stopped and asked in horror:

"Excuse me, 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? Over 2,000 kilometers."

"Fuck, it's such a long distance, why don't we take a plane? It can only take a few hours, why take the train?"

Xiao Wei was a little embarrassed and could only explain patiently:

"Professor, we only have military aircraft in the country right now. I can help you contact them if you need anything, but I have to tell you that military aircraft are not very comfortable to ride on and are very dangerous. I don't recommend it."

Professor Anthony stopped his companion from complaining and said with a smile:

"We are guests. According to your Oriental customs, guests should follow the host's wishes. We are willing to cooperate."

The four assistants and two translators behind him nodded repeatedly. They were newbies and had no right to speak. They just regarded it as a trip to the mysterious red country.

Xiao Wei breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and then continued to explain:

"Ladies and gentlemen, now that you're in our country, there are a few things I'd like to remind you of to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings. First of all, our country doesn't allow you to take photos or videos at will, nor does it allow you to chat with our citizens privately.

If you want to go somewhere, you must apply in advance and be accompanied by our staff; our country cannot directly use US dollars or other foreign currencies, you need to exchange them into our currency."

Professor Anthony had already inquired about the rules in China before coming here, so he had no complaints.

"OK, we will follow your arrangements."

Xiao Wei was very satisfied. "Thank you for your cooperation. Please come this way. Our car is in the parking lot."

After arriving at Luohu Port from Xiangjiang, the foreigners need to cross the border on foot. In order to welcome this group of distinguished foreign guests, the Chinese side specially arranged a soft sleeper car to be hung at the end of the train.

This group of Americans were quite curious at first. They looked around and occasionally quietly opened the curtains to look at the scenery outside.

But as the train swayed longer, the group of foreigners began to feel drowsy.

When we arrived at the Capital Railway Station on the fifth day, everyone's eyes were blurry, their legs were swollen, and they even doubted their lives.

The next day, after a night's rest, the "WHO inspection team" was full of energy again.

Accompanied by the responsible leaders of the foreign affairs department and the health department, they happily came to the Capital Infectious Disease Hospital outside Chaoyangmen for inspection.

As soon as the foreigners arrived in front of Dongyue Temple and got off the car, they were shocked by the long queue of people on the street.

Professor Theodore had never seen such a scene in a hospital before, so he asked the accompanying Director Li Dequan curiously:

"Madam Minister, may I ask why there are so many people queuing at the hospital entrance? Are they standing there as punishment for something they did wrong?"

Minister Li was frowning, thinking to himself, how many misunderstandings do you foreigners have about our country?

"No, no, no, Professor, these people are all here to queue up for appointments. The Infectious Disease Hospital only has 750 appointments available each day, but there are at least several thousand patients coming in from all over the country every day.

Therefore, our infectious disease hospital has introduced an appointment registration system, where appointments are determined based on the order in which they are queued. You can see the number of remaining appointments each day on the blackboard at the hospital entrance. Unfortunately, there are so many patients that they are sold out in seconds every morning.

Minister Li can speak English. Following her instructions, the foreigners all looked at the big blackboard at the entrance of the hospital. The remaining tickets under the date on it were all marked with O.

Professor Theodore whispered to Professor Antonan at this time:

"Anthony, could it be that these people in the queue are actors? They're performing for us, trying to tell us how popular this hospital is."

Anthony nodded slightly. "That's possible. The media often says that the Chinese are the most cunning."

It is no wonder that the two doctors were suspicious, because the medical system in the United States is that if you want to see a doctor, you must first make an appointment at a community hospital. If the community hospital thinks the condition is serious, it will make an appointment for you at a large hospital.

Therefore, patients do not need to queue up to register. They can make an appointment in advance by phone and then go to see the doctor at the appointed time.

If you don't want to make an appointment, you have to go to a private hospital, but the fees of this kind of hospital are very expensive and ordinary commercial insurance will not reimburse them. Ordinary citizens will not flock to the hospital to queue up for registration.

China and the United States have different national conditions. If there is no timely communication, unnecessary misunderstandings will arise.

Through this small incident, we can actually see that American doctors are very vigilant and still have some suspicions that Chinese people are committing academic fraud. This is a condescending and arrogant attitude.

However, when they met Dean Lin Sanqi, Lin Sanqi directly gave these arrogant Americans a few warnings.

Minister Li pointed to the group of people coming over and introduced them:

"Professors, this is Dr. Lin Sanqi, the director of our Capital Infectious Disease Hospital. He is also the director of the Chinese Tuberculosis Research Institute and the inventor of anti-tuberculosis drugs."

Fuck, the young man in front of me?

The American doctors were dumbfounded, thinking that a young man like Lin Sanqi could only do odd jobs in the laboratory at an American university, and was not even old enough to obtain a medical license.

I never thought that I would become the head of a world-class scientific research team in China. It’s really amazing.

Lin Sanqi stepped forward and enthusiastically shook hands with each of the foreigners, then said in English:

"We welcome all professors and researchers to visit our Capital Infectious Disease Hospital. I believe this visit will answer all your questions. I can assure you that we will not hold back on our knowledge."

Professor Anthony shook Lin Sanqi's hand and couldn't help but sigh:

"Lin, we are very surprised to see that you, at such a young age, have conquered tuberculosis, a problem that has plagued the international medical community for thousands of years. We sincerely admire the outstanding contributions made by your team and came here immediately to verify and learn from them."

Lin Sanqi thought, who said that foreigners are all straight men? Look at their speaking skills. They are flattering you openly, but actually pointing out the team secretly. They just want to see what qualifications your team has.

"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."

Lin Sanqi turned around and looked at the doctors behind him, and asked loudly in English:

"Gentlemen, the doctors who studied in the United States back then, please step forward."

Wow, 25 doctors came out from more than 70 doctors.

Lin Sanqi then asked, "Among the 25 of you, is there anyone 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, the five of us graduated from Harvard Medical School."

Lin Sanqi then turned around and said to Professor Anthony with a smile:

"Professor, you see, all my team members have studied abroad and graduated from prestigious universities.

These 25 people studied at major medical schools in the United States, and five of them graduated from Harvard University, so you are alumni."

At this time, Sun An greeted Anthony with a smile:

"Hello, Professor. We all attended your infectious diseases lecture when we were at Harvard Medical School."

Professor Anthony was 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 were able to achieve the ultimate 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 people, and they smiled more.

Lin Sanqi thought to himself, Humph, you guys look down on me.

"Well, professors and a few young researchers, let me show you around our infectious disease hospital."

When the American heard that he was going to enter an infectious disease hospital and that there were tuberculosis patients all around him, he quickly took out masks from his backpack and put them on.

Lin Sanqi made a stop gesture:

"No, no, no, gentlemen and ladies, your masks are not good enough. They are only a thin layer of non-woven fabric and gauze. We have prepared anti-epidemic masks for you. Let's make a noise. Here, one for each of you."

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 this. He took an N95 mask, looked left and right, then put it on his face and fixed the edges with his hands.

As a medical expert, Professor Anthony immediately realized the difference of this mask.

Although it is a bit stuffy when worn, it is not completely suffocating like plastic sheeting. Does this also mean that this type of mask has a strong barrier against viruses and bacteria?

"Lin, I've never seen this mask before. What is its germ-blocking rate?"

Lin Sanqi put on a mask and said casually:

"We have detailed research and data that shows this type of mask has an effective barrier rate of 95% against pathogens, which means it can protect against almost all microorganisms in the world."

Professor Theodore asked in surprise, "So, if you wear this kind of mask, you will hardly get any respiratory diseases anymore?"

Lin Sanqi nodded seriously:

“Yes, the diseases we infectious disease doctors face are the most dangerous, and we could 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 we in China have invented this kind of anti-epidemic mask. You see, all the medical staff in our hospital wear this mask. So far, no medical staff has contracted tuberculosis due to work."

Lin Sanqi is bragging. The infectious disease hospital has only been established for a few days. Who knows if any employees have been infected?

But foreigners don’t know.

Professor Anthony held these green masks and thought that China's masks were far more advanced than those of the United States. Even this detail was done so well, it seemed that they had real skills.

Among the delegation, a "translator" also quietly noted that China can produce the latest type of masks. Does this represent that China has made great achievements in the textile and chemical industries?

These are all very useful situations. Sure enough, this translator is not just a simple translator...

At this time, Minister Li secretly gave Lin Sanqi a thumbs up, praising him for showing off in front of foreigners and enhancing my country's prestige as soon as they met.

When everyone walked into the gate of Dongyue Temple, what came into view were 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, with volunteers constantly calling out numbers.

Those who know that this is a hospital think it is a temple fair, while those who don’t think it is a temple fair. How could a “hospital” that even Lin Sanqi looks down upon catch the eyes of several foreigners?

Seeing this dilapidated primitive society hospital, Professor Anthony and Professor Theodore straightened their backs again, feeling that they could fight again, and that kind of arrogance returned.

As Lin Sanqi walked, he introduced the infrastructure of the infectious disease hospital to these foreigners.

Apart from the X-ray machine and testing equipment, which can be considered advanced, there is nothing else in the outpatient area that would be worthy of attention by Americans.

Then everyone came to the inpatient department, and the simplicity 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? If you encounter a critically ill patient, how do you usually deal with it?"

Insiders know that the emergency department and the intensive care unit are the best reflections 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 good. In the end, they often choose the hospital with the greatest reputation or the best ward conditions.

In fact, this is wrong. What’s the use of having good hardware facilities?

What is important is the level of medical skills.

At this time, it depends on which hospital the city’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and obstetric intensive care unit (OICU) are located in.

Because the process of childbirth for pregnant women cannot be smooth sailing. If a difficult delivery occurs, it will result in two deaths.

At this time, if a hospital has an obstetric intensive care unit, it can immediately carry out the best rescue, giving the patient a better chance of survival.

If a difficult delivery occurs in a hospital without an obstetric intensive care unit, the hospital will have to call for help. By the time the experts arrive, the pregnant woman may have already died.

By the same token, some babies are born with life-threatening conditions and their lives hang by a thread due to one problem or another.

At this time, the hospital with a neonatal intensive care unit can immediately send the child to the intensive care unit for rescue. Time is life.

Hospitals without neonatal intensive care units need to use ambulances to send babies to other hospitals for emergency treatment, and the babies may die on the way there and back.

Therefore, the emergency department or intensive care center reflects the ultimate strength and comprehensive strength of a hospital, which ordinary small hospitals simply cannot afford.

I have to say that Professor Theodore has a very sharp vision. It is really unacceptable that a national-level hospital does not have an ICU.

Lin Sanqi slapped his forehead and thought, oh no, he was so busy planning the hospital with contaminated areas and clean areas that he actually forgot about the emergency department.

In fact, Lin Sanqi has advantages in ICU. At most, we can take out the ventilators, ECG monitors, defibrillators, Saab machines, etc. from 2014 and install them.

I just want to ask you, these old fools from the US, do you know it? Have you ever learned it?

But Lin Sanqi was too embarrassed to say that the infectious disease hospital had only been open for less than two months and had not yet had time to set up an emergency room and intensive care unit, so he could only laugh it off.

"Currently, we only accept patients with tuberculosis. As you know, this is a chronic disease and does not require emergency equipment. If there are truly critically ill patients, according to our country's medical classification system, they need to be sent to Union Hospital."

Several foreigners shrugged, obviously not satisfied with the answer.

The consequence of dissatisfaction is just like an election: people will not vote for you, and at the same time, they will have a crisis of trust 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, and it was time to use his ultimate move.

"Ladies and gentlemen, perhaps you may think that our hospital is very simple and the conditions are very difficult, and it is incomparable to your hospitals in the United States. I don't deny this. After all, our country has just experienced war.

But today you came to China mainly to investigate whether tuberculosis has truly been conquered. From this perspective, the clinical department cannot reflect our scientific research level. I think you should visit our research institute."

Professor Anthony is now interested:

"Lin, you're right. It doesn't matter if the hospital is a little rudimentary. During World War II, our American field hospitals were not even as good as yours. The research institute invents drugs and conducts research projects, so the research institute is the most critical part."

Lin Sanqi made a gesture of invitation:

"Well, let me show you our national tuberculosis research institute, which is right next door."

Prepare to be shocked, my dears! (End of this chapter)