Accompanied by leaders of the provincial health system, the two young Australian doctors arrived at Yuezhou People's Hospital like stars surrounding the moon.
Robin Warren and Barry Marshall were in the car looking at the old hospital gate in front of them and the simple outpatient building behind it. They couldn't understand how such a small hospital in such a small place, which didn't look like it had any money, could have researched Helicobacter pylori?
How did you get the opportunity to publish it in The Lancet?
They had previously tried to submit their papers to Australian medical journals, but were rejected without exception, let alone the highest-ranking journals. So who was this small hospital?
With a lot of questions in their minds, they got off the car.
When they got off the car, they were stunned. What was going on? Why were there so many people waiting in front of the hospital outpatient building to welcome them? There were even elementary school students presenting flowers. And what the hell was that drum band over there?
Robin Warren and Barry Marshall looked at each other, both a little confused.
Were these Chinese people mistaken? Did they think it was the Australian Prime Minister visiting? They knew they were just low-ranking doctors at the hospital.
If this kind of academic exchange activity in the medical field took place in Australia, at most the head of the relevant department would greet us in the office and exchange a few pleasantries. But why is it so grand in China? It's almost like a diplomatic visit.
People are all vain. They now have a feeling that they are valued by others. This feeling is so good that their self-confidence has returned. It seems that this group of Chinese people are very easy to fool.
Dean Gu and Director Mao of the Health Bureau were waiting at the hospital entrance early, followed by a large group of incomprehensible cadres, many of whom even Chen Xia had never seen before.
Oh, Chen Xia is now standing almost at the stairs of the outpatient building. Ahem, this exposes his true position in the health system.
"Welcome, welcome what?"
The translator quickly reminded Dean Gu: "It's Dr. Robin Warren and Dr. Barry Marshall."
"Oh, yes, wele to China."
The old man showed off his not-so-fluent English, which made Director Mao so angry that he rolled his eyes. Because he couldn't speak English, how could he, the chief administrative officer of the health system, tolerate the limelight being stolen by someone else?
So he quickly squeezed in front of Dean Gu and extended his hands enthusiastically:
"Welcome Dr. Robin and Dr. Barry to Yuezhou. This represents the tremendous achievements our Yuezhou medical industry has made and its international influence. Haha."
As soon as these words were spoken, all the officials in Yuezhou's health system nodded, feeling proud. Of course, they didn't care whether the two foreign doctors understood it or not. The important thing was to brag.
While the two sides were exchanging commercial praise, the entrance to Yuezhou People's Hospital was packed with people. Don't get me wrong, the vast majority of people weren't there to welcome the event, but to watch the fun.
The small place of Yuezhou was relatively backward and closed before the 1990s, with almost no external exchanges. The only thing was the Lanting Gathering, which usually attracted some Japanese people to participate.
But these are all yellow people, and you can't tell anything from their appearance. At most, they dress better and have better temperament, and the women expose their arms and thighs. There is nothing special about them, and they don't attract the attention of ordinary people.
But white people are different. Their blonde hair, 190cm height, blue eyes, big nose and lush hair all over their bodies all make the people of Yuezhou curious.
It was simply like visiting a zoo. Even some doctors and nurses took off their white coats to watch the fun. If there weren't so few cars these days, it would have caused a huge traffic jam.
Robin Warren and Barry Marshall were accompanied by everyone to the laboratory on the 3rd floor of the outpatient clinic. They frowned as they walked on the way. This hospital didn't even have an elevator, and it didn't look like a wealthy institution.
When they entered the laboratory, they were even more surprised to see that it was so simple, with almost no decoration inside, just a layer of white lime scraped on the cement wall.
There is no independent central air conditioning and ventilation system, no constant temperature and humidity function, only four ceiling fans running at full speed, making the papers on the table rustle.
The two foreigners didn't know that these conditions were already the best in the hospital. Many offices in the outpatient department didn't even have ceiling fans.
What the hell is air conditioning? And what about a separate ventilation system? Can't we just open the windows and ventilate the room?
Robin Warren came across a refrigerator while he was in a daze. After taking a closer look, he found that this refrigerator was not up to standard. The refrigerators in the laboratory were all special-purpose, and the lowest temperature needed to be adjusted to dozens of degrees below zero.
The refrigerator in front of him was clearly for civilian use, just a makeshift one. However, the main components were good, being the latest Japanese models, so at least he wasn't completely broke.
At this time, the doubts in the minds of the two people became more and more serious. With such conditions and such equipment, what kind of groundbreaking research could they produce?
The potential for plagiarism also increases.
At this time, Chen Chun formally introduced Xuan Yongda, Chen Xia, and a research team of more than 10 people to the two foreign doctors.
Barry Marshall asked casually:
"Doctors, can I ask you a question? How did you discover the presence of an unidentified bacillus, a pathogenic bacillus, in the gastric mucosal specimen?"
Chen Chun had memorized the entire set of information long ago, so he spoke without hesitation:
"This discovery was quite accidental. Doctors often found some unknown bacteria when doing tissue specimens. Then the large number of them naturally attracted attention, and everyone thought they should study it."
This statement is consistent with the experience of two Australian doctors, and they both agree with it.
Barry Marshall asked again, "Excuse me, your paper only mentioned the discovery of an unknown bacillus. Do you have any further research?"
Chen Chun nodded and took some information and patterns from the side:
"These are the five different species of bacteria we have observed so far. We named them Helicobacter pylori canis, Helicobacter pylori gastricis, Helicobacter chennii, Helicobacter xuanyi and Helicobacter chenxia, and we have also drawn their shapes."
Robin Warren and Barry Marshall were both a little dumbfounded.
This research by China is too advanced. The international medical community is still trying to confirm the presence of unknown bacteria in gastric tissue specimens, but Chinese doctors have already observed 5 different types of bacteria. This research is not on the same level.
Pictures tell the truth, and the possibility of such falsification is very small because every researcher can look for bacteria based on these pictures, and the authenticity can be easily verified.
The two came here to "fight counterfeiting", but now they find that things are not as simple as they imagined.
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