Wellington Hospital in London, England is the largest and most authoritative private comprehensive hospital in Europe, and is also a top-notch hospital worldwide.
All the doctors in the gastroenterology department are holding a weekly meeting.
The topic of today's meeting is somewhat special, because everyone is holding a copy of The Lancet magazine, which contains five papers on Helicobacter pylori published by Chinese doctors.
Everyone looked at it carefully, without whispering to each other, only their deeply furrowed brows revealed their inner unrest.
Every doctor here has a Doctor of Medicine degree, and each one of them is a top elite in the medical circle, so their IQ is absolutely impeccable, and their professional level is top-notch.
So when these doctors saw these five papers, they all had only one thought in their minds:
"If the Chinese doctor's paper is true, it will be revolutionary for the research and treatment of stomach diseases. However, this research comes from poor and backward China, which has to raise a big question mark in their minds."
The director of the gastroenterology department is Dr. Gregory, who is also the vice-dean of the Oxford University Medical School. As one of the top medical experts in England and one of the judges of The Lancet, he was one of the first experts to see these papers.
Unlike other judges who take money to do their jobs, Professor Gregory is more professional and ethical.
When he received the paper, he immediately conducted a "replication" experiment.
According to the suggestions in the paper, he also found the presence of "Helicobacter pylori" in some patients' gastric tissue specimens, so he allowed the publication of the first paper.
But the four subsequent papers surprised him more than the last. The papers actually suggested that these unknown bacteria were the culprits causing gastritis, gastric ulcers, and even gastric cancer.
The paper has clearly stated the pathogenic mechanism of the unknown bacteria, and it is obvious that Chinese doctors have conducted in-depth research.
What made him even more incredible was that in a subsequent paper, the Chinese doctor actually claimed that he had found an effective treatment and invented several drugs that could completely kill these pathogenic bacteria and cure certain stomach problems.
This is why he felt that it was a "fairy tale", but as a judge or a doctor, he would not easily deny others, but instead continued to replicate the research in the paper.
It doesn't matter if he doesn't study it, but once he studies it he becomes nervous.
Because he and his small team found that every idea and every step in the paper could be replicated, and every piece of data matched.
This made him more and more curious. As a pure technology geek, he, like the two Australian doctors, had an urge to go to China to take a closer look, but his heavy teaching and clinical work prevented him from leaving.
It was not until China's official media officially announced that Chinese doctors had found a cure for certain stomach diseases that he was forced to take it seriously, because with official endorsement, the authenticity of the paper was likely to be correct.
So today he specially copied these five papers separately at the department meeting and handed them over to the department for academic discussion.
Dr. Vogt, the attending physician in the department and also a professor at Oxford University, was the first to speak: "Professor Gregory, do you believe the authenticity of the paper?"
"Yes, The Lancet has already conducted relevant replication experiments based on the paper. At least this unidentified bacillus does exist in gastric tissue samples. Oh, or to use the name given by Chinese doctors, it is called Helicobacter pylori."
"But Professor, this isn't the first time this type of unidentified bacteria has been found in the stomach. I think someone mentioned it decades ago."
Professor Gregory tapped the magazine and said:
"It's been suggested before, but no one has ever suggested that this bacillus is the cause of certain stomach diseases. This is the first time this paper has proposed it, and they've even found a cure. Do you think it's credible?"
Dr. Vogt shrugged. "If it were a paper published by a doctor from the United States, I'd think it would be credible. But China is so backward. I doubt they have the ability to do this."
As soon as these words were spoken, the doctors below nodded.
Professor Gregory is inclined to believe that the paper is true, but now only one Chinese company is researching it, and he dare not use his own reputation as a guarantee to gamble on the authenticity of the paper.
"I can't guarantee it, but if this paper is true, it would definitely be a revolutionary breakthrough for our gastroenterology department, so we should all take it seriously. How about we send someone to China to take a look?"
At this time, Dr. Pierce next to him suddenly said:
"The International Gastroenterology Congress is being held in London, and we're one of the organizers. How about we send an invitation to the Chinese doctor? I think the best gastroenterologists in the world will be there, and having the Chinese doctor personally introduce the conference and conduct relevant experiments would be more convincing, right?"
Dr. Vogt was stunned for a moment. "Is this okay? All the speakers at this international conference are qualified only by the world's top doctors. Chinese doctors..."
Professor Gregory chuckled. "I think so. The Department of Gastroenterology has been lacking innovative research for years. It's time to stimulate everyone. Besides, if the paper is true, does that mean Chinese doctors are no longer qualified to stand on this podium?"
After hearing this, everyone nodded.
Whether abroad or at home, people who choose medicine as their major are a group of technical geeks. They are relatively less scheming and less snobbish. They only admire those high-level experts.
Therefore, although they have doubts about the backward China, it has not reached the level of "discrimination", so scenes of pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger or being slapped in the face on the spot will not appear in medical academic conferences.
Medicine is different from other industries. It is based on strength. Incompetent and counterfeit doctors will be easily exposed.
To use a Chinese saying to describe it: Whether it is a horse or a donkey, you will know it by taking it out for a walk.
In this way, the doctors at Wellington Hospital reached a unanimous decision to invite Dr. Hua Guo to speak in person at the annual meeting.
And they are already prepared. It is not enough to just speak. It would be best if they could conduct clinical treatment in person in front of doctors from all over the world to verify the authenticity of the fourth and fifth papers in The Lancet.
This is not difficult to say, because if a new technology or invention cannot even pass the test of its peers, then there is no point in promoting it.
In this way, Wellington Hospital sent an invitation letter directly to China from London in the name of the Preparatory Committee of the International Congress of Gastroenterology.
The Ministry of Health's eyes lit up when they received it.
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