In Chen Xia's previous life, he was only 6 years old in 1988, so he had no impression of the influenza A outbreak in Mingzhu City.
If he had any impression, he would know that when the epidemic in the city was at its peak, the number of confirmed cases reached more than 300,000, and there were also suspected cases, and an unknown number of people who had no money to see a doctor.
Perhaps 300,000 or so seems okay for a city with a population of tens of millions.
But if this number is applied to Yuezhou, a small city in the 18th tier, it means that all citizens in the entire Yuezhou urban area are infected with hepatitis A.
After such a comparison, everyone broke out in a cold sweat.
There was also a cholera epidemic in Yuezhou city that year. At that time, there were only one or two hundred people infected, but the entire Yuezhou health system was in a state of emergency.
Mingzhu City now reports more than 200,000 patients. You can imagine how heavy the burden on the hospital is.
The epidemic is an order, and there is no need for mobilization. Everyone in Yuezhou Hospital immediately packed their luggage, not even digging a corner. Everyone indulged themselves for once and hurriedly took a civil aviation flight back home.
This train takes at least two days and two nights, and no one can wait.
Only the leaders of Xiangya Hospital almost cried. These leaders of Yuezhou Hospital were not human beings. If they continued to dig like this, all the backbone doctors of the younger generation would be poached.
On the plane, Chen Xia keenly realized that this wave was a good opportunity for Yuezhou Hospital's newly established "Hepatology Department" to make its debut.
Hepatitis A is often called icteric hepatitis. Its characteristics are yellowing of the face, body, eyes, acute hepatitis, etc.
There is no specific medicine for treatment, and the main focus is on protecting the liver and maintaining stable water and electrolyte levels.
But don't forget that these days there are quite a few people suffering from hepatitis B. Hepatitis A and hepatitis B occur at the same time, which will lead to a sharp deterioration of liver function and rapid acceleration of viral replication.
That would be a serious problem. If not handled properly, the person may die. Even if not killed, it could easily develop into cirrhosis of the liver.
In this way, combined with the hepatitis B treatment that Chen Chun is currently conducting clinical trials, the combination of the two may be a good opportunity to promote it nationwide.
Inside Yuezhou Hospital.
As soon as Chen Xia returned to the hospital, he immediately organized a total of 15 doctors from the infectious disease department and the hepatology department to go to Mingzhu City.
There were also 30 doctors from the emergency department, ICU, gastroenterology department, and pediatrics department.
Including nurses, pharmacists, logistics personnel and others, Yuezhou Hospital dispatched a total team of 100 people this time, and the scale can only be described as huge.
ICU is a strong point of the People's Hospital. Among the more than 200,000 patients, the vast majority have mild symptoms. Although the proportion of severe cases is not high, the number of patients cannot be accommodated.
In this way, the ICU can play its full role, which is unmatched by other hospitals. How many hospitals in China have intensive care units now?
Before departure, Chen Xia held a mobilization meeting for the group. Chen Xia personally led the team. The leader of the diagnosis and treatment team was Ren Yuanfei and the deputy leader was Chen Chun.
Ren Yuanfei seemed very relaxed: "It's just hepatitis A, it's no big deal, don't be nervous."
Chen Xia curled her lips and said, "Master, this isn't a matter of whether it's serious or not. It's that there are too many patients. We're going to be exhausted to death by then."
Doctors are the group of people who can withstand the most pressure. They are all strong men after working the night shift. However, even strong men cannot withstand the bombardment of hundreds of thousands of patients.
Ren Yuanfei thought about it and became a little worried: "That's true. If the epidemic lasts too long, we will have to rotate shifts."
Chen Xia glanced at Chen Chun again:
"Director Chen, this time, treating hepatitis A is key, but I also have a task for you: how to treat hepatitis A combined with hepatitis B. How to minimize the damage the virus causes to the liver? This topic is very important."
Chen Chun nodded to show that he understood.
How could she not understand? Chen Xia had already discussed it with her last night.
During this epidemic, if the viral replication and liver damage of hepatitis patients can be controlled and the clinical efficacy is proven to be reliable, then the Pumpkin Vine Company can openly launch drugs such as lamivudine and interferon.
To be honest, Chen Chunping had limited energy in clinical practice in the past and did not admit enough patients with liver disease, which led to insufficient number of clinical trial subjects and unconvincing data.
Even if you present these hundreds of data, the mainstream medical community won’t accept them.
Now, there are hundreds of thousands of hepatitis A patients waiting for treatment. Even if only 10% of them have hepatitis B, there are still tens of thousands of cases waiting for Chen Chun to develop.
When the epidemic is over, Chen Chun will present this firsthand data. Once thousands or tens of thousands of cases are published, the clinical effectiveness of antiviral drugs and their side effects will become clear.
That's why Chen Xia felt that this wave of epidemic was a good opportunity for Chen Chun, the Hepatology Department of Yuezhou Hospital, and Pumpkin Vine Pharmaceutical.
When the epidemic is over, I will quickly write a paper like this and publish it abroad. It will definitely cause a sensation.
Not only can several articles be written on hepatitis A, but more importantly, a groundbreaking treatment plan can also be introduced for hepatitis B. Wouldn't that make Chen Chun's Nobel Prize, which he is currently promoting, even more promising?
At the same time, Pumpkin Vine Pharmaceutical Company can also make a lot of money by selling this hepatitis B treatment drug, opening up a new source of income.
Chen Xia felt happy in his heart, but on the surface he still pretended to be the leader of the hospital.
"This time when we go to Mingzhu City, all medical workers will be paid overtime, and the hospital will give you triple your salary. I hope everyone will put safety first and protect themselves first."
When the doctors heard that they would be transferred to Mingzhu City to fight the epidemic, they said they would obey resolutely, but they were unhappy in their hearts.
Now that the triple salary policy has been released, everyone is delighted.
Why do we go to work? Isn’t the purpose of going to work to make money? Not paying overtime and only asking for dedication is a hooliganism.
A leader who cannot protect the interests of employees is not a good leader.
Pumpkin Vine Company also proactively donated a large number of liver protection drugs and antiviral drugs to Yuezhou Hospital.
Among them are liver protection drugs such as diisopropylamine dichloroacetate, compound glycyrrhizin injection, water-soluble vitamin injection, etc.
In order to cooperate with his elder sister's hepatitis B treatment, Chen Xia prepared these patented drugs early and took this opportunity to contribute them.
Don’t think that it’s a big deal that Pumpkin Vine said it sponsored 10 million drugs. As mentioned earlier, the high cost of drugs lies in the research and development costs. The cost is actually not that much, maybe only two or three million.
But this reputation is nice. The patriotic Hong Kong businessman Chen family supported the motherland at the first time.
On the other hand, except for Run Run Shaw who has been making selfless donations, the other wealthy people in Hong Kong are trying every means to purchase land in the mainland, store land, or buy some high-quality companies.
The bad intentions are very obvious.
At the same time, Yuezhou Hospital became the first hospital from other provinces to support Mingzhu City.
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