As Lin Sanqi expected, when the newspaper published the good news that China had officially overcome the difficulty in treating tuberculosis, it did not cause a sensation around the world.
Even if the various overseas agencies have already officially informed the governments of various countries.
Even our staff at the WHO handed the information to experts from various countries, just like handing out flyers on the streets in later generations, it was still useless.
Most of these paper materials ended up in the trash.
How to describe it? It's like we suddenly hear Rwanda announce that they have conquered HIV and invented a drug that can cure AIDS.
I believe that most people will not be surprised after hearing this, but will look like they are kidding me.
Rwanda is a poor and backward African country that cannot even provide basic medical services. And you tell me they can cure AIDS?
If you say this, ten out of ten people will not believe it, even if it is released by the Rwandan official.
China actually faced this embarrassing situation in 1961. So when China announced the news, no media outlet in the world reprinted it, and no medical research media outlet commented on it.
The whole world ignored this good news from China.
Lin Sanqi didn't know that a medical school in the United States had actually taken notice of him and was even preparing to come to China in person. However, he was unable to leave because of the complicated visa procedures.
Sunday, April 16, 1961.
The Capital Infectious Disease Hospital has a regulation that it will suspend services on Sundays. This is a benefit that Lin Sanqi has fought for for the employees.
Of course, the reason cannot be to rest. The country does not encourage rest these days. Employees need to work in two shifts of 12 hours. Some units with stricter requirements cannot leave after get off work and need to study business.
Don't even think about sleeping in on Sunday. Some companies will ask employees to work overtime or go back to the company to clean up, etc.
In short, you have to treat your unit as your home. Since it is your own home, you have to stay there day and night and have a spirit of dedication.
Lin Sanqi is a modern man, and his thinking is different from that of people in the 1960s. He believes that employees' right to rest must be protected. For example, there cannot be too many outpatient patients during working hours, and the number of patients must be limited.
The working hours are set, and when the time comes, everyone except the on-duty personnel can leave work on time without having to look at the dean's mood.
For example, there is one day off every Sunday. If it weren’t for the fear of causing public outrage, other Dean Lin would want to have two days off.
The excuse is that the infectious disease hospital is in a special situation. After six days of outpatient clinics a week, various viruses and bacteria are hidden in every corner of the hospital, and they need to be thoroughly disinfected, so they are closed for one day on Sunday.
Then find a few logistics personnel to carry disinfection barrels and carry out comprehensive disinfection in the hospital. The rest of the medical staff can do whatever they want. Spring is here, so why not go for an outing?
In the dean's office, Lin Sanqi was listening to the report from Zheng Meimei, head of the Finance Department.
This section chief was recruited by Lin Sanqi from the Chinese Medicine Hospital. Although Zheng Meimei is 50 years old, she was a talented student who graduated from the Economics Department of Yenching University. She is very organized and capable in doing things.
Accountant Zheng was seen using an abacus in his left hand and taking notes with a pen in his right hand, able to do two things at the same time.
Finally, when the abacus sound fell, Accountant Zheng breathed a sigh of relief and reported with a smile:
"Director Lin, in the first month of our hospital's operation, we received a total of 19,500 outpatients, including 1,300 inpatients, and our total operating income reached 450,000 yuan.
Among them, 200,000 yuan of loans from the Chinese Medicine Hospital need to be repaid. This money was originally used mainly to purchase three new X-ray machines and the cost of internal decoration of the hospital, etc., so the remaining balance is 250,000 yuan.
We currently have 320 regular employees. Because the salary standard you set is relatively high, the monthly salary we need to pay to employees is 150,000 yuan, which leaves 100,000 yuan.
Then there are the drug costs, which account for the bulk of the costs, as well as the X-ray film costs, laboratory supplies costs, administrative office costs, etc., which add up to at least 200,000 yuan. Even with this calculation, we still had a deficit of 100,000 yuan last month.
In addition, our infectious disease hospital is still under expansion. Although the superiors have specially approved that the construction and material fees can be owed, according to your five-story design, the cost of falsifying the project will be at least 500,000, which is another deficit."
Lin Sanqi scratched his head, thinking that the speed at which he made money was really not as fast as the speed at which he spent it.
It is very difficult for hospitals to be self-sufficient without government investment.
This was in 1961. If the competition were even more intense in 2014, wouldn't those hospital directors be worried about getting more business even if their hair turned gray? They would have to find ways to get money from patients.
But now Lin Sanqi is not worried at all:
"What are you afraid of? We have no money now because we have outstanding debts and need to build infrastructure. Look, our hospital has no shortage of patients. The 750 appointments are filled up in seconds. You have to wait a month to make an appointment.
"Sister Zheng, you're an economics major, so you should understand our hospital's profitability. We'll definitely be a money-printing machine in the future. So don't be afraid of running a deficit now. Buy what you need and pay what you need to, so that our employees can live better."
Accountant Zheng had another hidden danger in his mind:
"Director Lin, there is another issue you need to pay attention to. Currently, all of our tuberculosis drugs are provided by you alone, and then processed at the Changping branch before being given to patients.
This is equivalent to the entire hospital operation relying on you alone. You have to supply tuberculosis drugs to 20,000 people in the first month. What about the second and third months? By the peak in the sixth month, you have to supply drugs to 120,000 people.
So my suggestion is, can we open a pharmaceutical factory to produce this tuberculosis drug ourselves? This will not only save costs, but also save you from having to personally finance it. We can't let you lose money all the time, can we?
Accountant Zheng was wholeheartedly concerned about Lin Sanqi and the others, and was afraid that he would suffer any losses.
Currently, the price of tuberculosis drugs alone is tentatively set at 5 yuan per person by Lin Sanqi, which means that patients can take the medicine for a month for only 5 yuan.
This was in an era when the average worker's salary was about 30 yuan, so spending one-sixth of one's monthly income on medical treatment would not place a heavy financial burden on the patient.
According to Zheng Meimei, this kind of miracle drug is not expensive even if you charge 50 yuan a month for it, not to mention that it is "imported" from abroad.
But what Lin Sanqi was thinking was that he bought the four-in-one tuberculosis medicine from Dafa Ge.
Ethylamine, pyrazine and rifampicin tablets are medicines distributed free of charge by the state and are strictly controlled by the state.
Although Lin Sanqi can find a manufacturer to produce a batch at his own expense, as the quantity increases in the future, it will definitely attract the attention of relevant departments.
Therefore, it is very necessary to build our own pharmaceutical factory to produce ethamidine, pyrazine and rifampicin tablets.
But the problem is, if this pharmaceutical factory was built in China in 1961, the production line would be easy to solve, but the raw materials could definitely not be provided by the current domestic chemical and biological industrial base.
Because this involves the cultivation of bacterial strains, production and fermentation, as well as separation and purification, etc., this biopharmaceutical process is really difficult for those who don't know how to do it, but it's not difficult for those who do.
At present, even penicillin strains cannot be cultivated and produced industrially in China, so the more complex ethamidine, pyrazine, and rifampicin tablets are even more difficult.
If Lin Sanqi must set up the production line in 1961, it would first need to cultivate chemical and biopharmaceutical talents starting from university, and at the same time continue to purchase drug raw materials from 2014.
What's more, even if the pharmaceutical factory is barely opened, the buzz will come in a few years, and it is still a question whether the factory can be maintained.
Don't forget that all the production lines in the factory are "imported". Anything foreign is subject to being...
Lin Sanqi thought that for the time being he could only build a pharmaceutical factory in 2014 to produce tuberculosis drugs himself, then travel back to 1961, and when the conditions were ripe he would move the production line to 1961.
It will be very important to decide where this pharmaceutical factory is built.
Lin Sanqi is not optimistic about the capital, as the capital will be the center of the storm.
"Accountant Zheng, the employees' salaries must be paid on a monthly basis. We don't have to worry about food. The warehouse at the Changping branch is enough for all our staff to eat for a year, so we will pay them in full. No discounts will be given. We will pay them according to the standard of 35 kilograms of fine grain per person."
Zheng Meimei was a little surprised.
You should know that the standard for male employees in other units is 23 kilograms, and the standard for female workers has been reduced to 20 kilograms. This standard can only maintain a person's basic survival needs and only ensure that you will not starve to death.
The Chinese medicine hospital directly gives each person 35 kilograms of medicine, which is absolutely unique in the country. It will surely be envied and hated by other units.
"Also, I'm not in a hurry to pay for the medicine. The hospital doesn't have to pay me now. They can settle it with me later when they have money.
Of course, I am the dean now, and I have the final say. I don't want cash. We can just purchase various supplies from all over the country in the name of the hospital. I want Chinese medicine raw materials, various Chinese patent medicines or health products.
For example, products like Tiger Bone Wine, Angong Niuhuang Pills, Xipi Pills, Liushen Pills, Pianzaihuang, and Guilingji are all fine. Just search nationwide for them. Any time-honored brand name will do."
At this point, Lin Sanqi finally revealed his true colors as the dean.
Now he has all the power and can purchase whatever he wants.
His superiors also knew that he was a smuggler. As long as it did not involve national security, they turned a blind eye and even welcomed it.
So he can use his authority as the dean to exchange the most advanced "anti-tuberculosis drugs" from abroad for various Chinese medicinal materials and Chinese patent medicines that are not very valuable in the country. Who can say no?
No wonder everyone wants to be an official from ancient times to the present day. Being an official really allows you to do whatever you want. (End of this chapter)
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