On December 28, the European Community countries held a grand awarding ceremony at its headquarters in Brussels.
It seems that Europeans like to do this the most, with a military band playing, a group of celebrities gathered together, and then there are flashes of light, and leaders award medals, making them look very upper-class.
In order to thank Chinese doctors for their selfless dedication, the European Community awarded 38 doctors the "White Knight Medal".
Among them, Ren Yuanfei and Shi Yuping were awarded the higher-level "Olan Medal". After all, these two are the team leaders of the two hospitals.
Finally, Viet Chau Hospital and Margaret Hospital each received a special grant of US$50 million from the European Community to continue their research on infectious disease drugs and contribute to international medicine.
Of course, the company that benefited the most was Pumpkin Vine Pharmaceutical Company. In just over a month, Yuezhou Pumpkin Vine Pharmaceutical Factory generated sales of $1.2 billion.
Special planes from various countries are waiting at Lin'an Airport, and the pumpkins are immediately loaded onto the planes as soon as they are produced, without even having to pay for the shipping.
This is just the pharmaceutical company's sales, but don't forget, there is another patent licensing fee.
They charge $2.5 for each pill, and European countries and the United States are expected to receive more than $1 billion in patent fees after the epidemic is over. Of course, all this money will eventually go into overseas accounts.
So rather than saying this is a disaster for European and American countries, it is more like a carnival of harvesting pumpkin vines.
This also shows from another perspective how high the profits of pharmaceuticals can be. Compared with those international pharmaceutical companies, those people in the Golden Triangle are simply younger brothers.
Chen Xia was so happy that she almost woke up laughing in her dreams. She had earned back the money she spent on milk powder for her six children.
By the time the Chinese medical team returned to China, it was already 1988, the ninth year since Chen Xia was reborn.
The domestic media has already exploded
You should know that in the past, even if China wanted to provide foreign medical assistance, it would only go to poor African countries to treat some basic diseases, and there was no demonstration of any superb medical skills.
This time, Yuezhou Hospital rushed to Europe to provide medical support, and the special medicine produced by a Chinese pharmaceutical factory became a magic weapon to fight against influenza. This is really a reason to brag.
Chen Xia didn't need this credit, so he gave the opportunity to show off to his master and others.
He has more important things to do, which is how to keep the $50 million sponsorship fee.
This money was not directly transferred to Yuezhou Hospital's account.
The US dollars must first be received through a special account of the Ministry of Finance, converted into RMB through the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, and then transferred to the Ministry of Health. Then they are transferred to the Health Department of Zhijiang Province, then to Zhijiang Medical University, and finally to Yuezhou Hospital.
With so many twists and turns, not to mention the bank's exchange rate, the currency exchange has already resulted in a huge loss.
But now it has to go through layers of departments, which is a very "dangerous" thing. There is no guarantee that they will allocate the funds in time?
The unspoken rules are that it takes some time.
More importantly, the higher authorities will definitely charge a certain amount of "management fees". After all these rounds of transfers, it is still unknown how much of the US$50 million (186 million) will be left.
How could Chen Xia not be anxious? He was a well-known money-grubber.
Anyway, his bottom line is that Yuezhou Hospital must at least retain 150 million yuan. After all, building an international hospital is not just talk, it requires real investment.
Dozens of doctors who have received further training at the Mayo Clinic will be back soon. To maximize their abilities, they need more advanced instruments and equipment as a foundation.
These are all for purchase.
On the contrary, Chen Xia didn't have to worry about the 50 million for Margaret Hospital. According to convention, the investors would take half of it first, and the remaining 25 million would be given to President Li Zhibai for hospital expenses.
So during this period, Chen Xiatian went to the Ministry of Health every day. Fortunately, the leaders also thought that it was rare for China to have such an internationally renowned hospital, so they stopped allocating funds, but they also didn't want to make things difficult for them.
So the money was smoothly passed through the Ministry of Health.
Things were easy when we arrived in Zhijiang Province. My future father-in-law was the second in command, so his words still counted. He left 6 million yuan for the Health Department and 10 million yuan for Zhijiang Medical University.
In the end, Yuezhou Hospital received a total of 170 million yuan, far exceeding Chen Xia's psychological expectations. This was also the first gift of the new year in 1988.
The hospital held a director's office meeting to discuss how to use the money.
Although Chen Xia is nominally the vice president and the second in command, everyone knows that he has the final say in this hospital.
Chen Xia also thought about it and decided to use this huge sum of money in two parts.
The first is to build a new Yuezhou Hospital.
The current Yuezhou People's Hospital was built under relatively difficult conditions. The outpatient building was rebuilt on the basis of the original First Hospital, which was in turn rebuilt on a temple called "Kaiyuan Temple".
The inpatient department was converted from a junior high school building next door.
It is conceivable that the entire hospital, whether it is the outpatient building or the inpatient department, can only be described as mediocre.
But now Yuezhou Hospital is a first-class domestic and internationally renowned hospital. There are more than 30 doctors from various countries and regions who are training in the hospital.
In addition, several laboratories are located in offices with poor conditions, without even basic air conditioning, let alone ventilation equipment, sterile equipment, sewage and pollutant treatment equipment, etc.
This also restricts the further development of scientific research in Yuezhou Hospital. Without a standard laboratory, how can we talk about research?
So building a new hospital is an urgent matter.
The three presidents, Zhao Xiaoying, Xu Shuangli and Liu Changsheng, had no objections. Infrastructure construction is what leaders love the most, not to mention that this is a large project involving an investment of over 100 million yuan.
Chen Xia either didn’t build it or if he did, he wanted to build an international hospital that wouldn’t fall behind for at least 20 years.
If the construction funds are not enough, with Chen Xia's connections, he can beg for money from higher-level departments.
In addition, some money must be set aside to purchase the latest equipment.
For example, a brand new operating room, a full set of surgical instruments, and auxiliary examination equipment cannot be neglected. You can buy some of them yourself, or you can sponsor some from several other foreign hospitals that have formed partnerships with you.
This is the best opportunity for Yuezhou Hospital to achieve leapfrog development.
When word spread among the staff that the hospital would be built in another location and would be a world-class hospital, they were overjoyed.
Now every employee of Yuezhou Hospital has a very high degree of self-recognition. They used to envy Peking Union Medical College Hospital and Ruijin Hospital, but now Yuezhou Hospital has far surpassed these hospitals in terms of reputation, technology, and scientific research.
What Yuezhou Hospital lacked was foundation, and this shortcoming was gradually made up by Chen Xia.
If you don’t have any foundation, then create one. Are there any special breeds of kings, princes, generals, and ministers?
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