Ren Yuanfei asked curiously, and several residents nearby also focused their attention on Chen Xia.
Chen Xia was speechless for a moment. It was almost certain that oseltamivir had not been invented yet in that era. He was now in a dilemma.
(Oseltamivir didn’t receive a US patent until 1998. It’s only 1980 now, so it’s a wonder they could have one.)
"This medicine is available overseas. I also saw it in an American medical journal at my sister's Zhijiang Medical University, so I wrote it down."
"Oh, you can read a foreign language? Which journal?"
"My English is OK. Basic reading and conversation are no problem. I don't remember which journal it was. There were a lot of them on my desk at the time. I just picked one up at random, glanced at it for a few seconds, and then threw it away to start another one."
Ren Yuanfei rolled his eyes in anger when he heard this.
He is a doctor trained in a military hospital. Due to this special reason, the learning environment is relatively closed and he is not very familiar with the latest medical developments abroad. The key point is that he does not understand English and only knows Russian.
"You, you missed such a great learning opportunity. Now, let alone oseltamivir, even amantadine is out of stock. This patient looks very critical."
Chen Xia thought of the patient in the bed just now. He was young but had been drowsy all the time. His breathing rate had obviously increased. All this showed that his condition was getting worse.
The only thing that could save him now was Oseltamivir, also known as Tamiflu. He had it in his own space hospital, but how could he take it out without arousing suspicion?
This made Chen Xia feel torn.
During the ward rounds this morning, Ren Yuanfei's group mainly saw influenza patients. It is already the end of August. Normally, influenza is more common in winter and spring, but this year's influenza broke out in the summer.
So what if the virus doesn’t play by the rules?
Patients with mild influenza are generally treated on an outpatient basis, while those who need to be admitted to the hospital are often in more serious condition.
The treatment plan was mainly symptomatic, only treating the symptoms and not the root cause. The family members were very anxious and pulled Ren Yuanfei's hand several times to beg him to save their lives, which made all the doctors on the scene feel very heavy.
Back in the office, the residents were busy giving medical orders and writing medical records, while Ren Yuanfei pulled Chen Xia aside to continue chatting about the flu.
"Xiao Xia, tell me more about this oseltamivir matter,"
"I vaguely remember some of it, for example, this drug is a specific inhibitor of neuraminidase. By inhibiting the action of neuraminidase, it can prevent mature influenza viruses from leaving host cells, thereby inhibiting the spread of influenza viruses in the human body and playing a therapeutic role."
Ren Yuanfei felt a little dizzy after hearing this.
"The drug targets neuraminidase, which is distributed on the surface of influenza viruses. This enzyme catalyzes the hydrolysis of sialic acid, breaking the connection between mature virus particles and host cells, allowing them to move freely and invade other healthy host cells. Inhibiting the activity of neuraminidase can prevent the release of virus particles, thereby cutting off the virus's spread chain."
Well, Ren Yuanfei felt that his decades of medical work were all in vain. Chen Xia had been introducing everything for a long time, but he only had a vague understanding of it.
This made him feel a little uneasy. Was it because he had lost his ambition after retiring from the army and was just living a mediocre life?
This made him secretly determined to pick up the books again and take the initiative to learn the latest medical knowledge, otherwise it would be really embarrassing to be outdone by his little apprentice.
"Ahem, Xiaoxia, it's great that you have such a strong desire to study. Keep it up. Judging from your performance today, I'm very satisfied. Like father, like son. Your father is amazing, your sister is amazing, and I didn't expect you to be so amazing too."
Generally, when a leader says this, it means the conversation is over.
After Chen Xia came out of the director's office, sweat dripping from exhaustion, "Oh my god, I have to make up so many lies every day to cover myself up. When will it stop?"
But he didn't want to pretend that he knew nothing. Medical training lasted at least three years, and he really couldn't stand such a long training period. He wanted to graduate as soon as possible.
Intern Chen couldn't help but miss the happy days as a grain merchant.
A monthly salary of only 28 yuan also became a hurdle for him.
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