Seeing so many people seeking medical help, all suffering from tuberculosis, Wen Jinyu sighed and said, "I understand everyone's feelings. Nobody wants their loved ones to suffer any misfortune, and everyone hopes to cure this disease."
There is indeed a new drug for treating tuberculosis, but it is still in the clinical trial stage and very few doses have been produced.
Liu Qingshan was allocated the drug because he secured a spot in a clinical trial, and the dosage was fixed, with only a one-month supply given to him each time.
If I give it to you, then Liu Qingshan will be gone. Besides, this medicine is an experimental product, and it's stipulated that it can only be used on Liu Qingshan.
I know everyone is very anxious, but there's nothing I can do.
One of them, an elderly woman in her seventies or eighties, leaning on a cane, walked shakily to Wen Jinyu and knelt down directly before her.
Wen Jinyu was startled and quickly tried to help the old lady up. She was afraid that such an elderly woman kneeling before her would shorten her lifespan. "Grandma, what are you doing? Please get up."
The old woman grabbed Wen Jinyu's hand and cried, "Dr. Liu, please, save my grandson! He's only twenty years old and just got married. His wife went back to her parents' home because of this illness. My grandson is so young and doesn't even have a child yet. Please, save him!"
"God, take this old woman's life! I'll die in my grandson's place. Take my life instead!"
When the old lady knelt down, everyone else followed suit. A chorus of pleas then erupted.
"Dr. Liu, please save us."
"Dr. Liu, please save my husband."
"Dr. Liu, please save my son."
He Yuhan and Han Yi first came to Laohewan Village to visit her mother-in-law and deliver medicine to Liu Qingshan. As soon as she got off the car, she went to the clinic and saw a group of people kneeling on the ground.
She asked in surprise, "What's going on? Why are you all kneeling on the ground?"
Upon seeing her daughter-in-law arrive, Wen Jinyu immediately felt reassured and quickly went to He Yuhan, saying, "Yuhan, these people are all here for tuberculosis treatment. But I don't have any medicine here."
Many of the people kneeling on the ground recognized He Yuhan, and upon seeing her arrive, they began to plead with her again.
One of the women kneeling at the door was closest to He Yuhan. She knelt down, hugged He Yuhan's legs, and cried, "Dr. He, please save my husband. Our whole family depends on him. If he's gone, I and our three children won't survive either."
"Dr. He, please take a look at my husband. If you can save him, I'll be your servant in the next life. For the sake of my three children, please, please think of a way."
The three children kneeling behind the woman also pleaded with He Yuhan. Beside them, a weak man sat leaning against the wall.
Others also rushed to plead with He Yuhan.
He Yuhan looked at the woman kneeling before her, her face pale and thin, her appearance haggard. The three children beside her were even more pitiful, wearing tattered straw sandals and patched-up clothes, their faces pale and thin, their large eyes bulging. They too knelt beside their mother, looking at her with pleading eyes.
The adults were fine, but when He Yuhan saw these three children who were not even ten years old, her heart ached and tears welled up in her eyes.
She looked again at the group of people kneeling on the ground, pleading and looking at her expectantly, and felt as if she had been hit hard in the heart by a hammer.
The people in front of me were all emaciated and dressed in patched-up clothes. Some of the patients kneeling on the side were so weak that they could not even straighten their bodies.
In later generations, tuberculosis, which was easily cured, became a dreaded disease here, claiming many lives.
Looking at these people, especially the three poor children, He Yuhan felt extremely distressed. Her throat tightened, her nose stung, and tears streamed down her face.
Han Yixian had already parked his car and, hearing the commotion at the clinic, quickly came over to check it out.
When he entered the clinic, he saw a room full of people kneeling, except for his mother and wife who were standing.
He asked in surprise, "Yuhan, what's wrong?"
He Yuhan turned to look at Han Yixian with tears in her eyes.
Han Yixian immediately panicked when he saw his wife crying, "Yuhan, why are you crying? Who upset you?"
He Yuhan rolled her eyes at her husband and said, "Who can mess with me? Brother Yi, these people are all patients and their families who have come for medical treatment. They are begging me to help their family members with tuberculosis."
Han Yixian immediately understood what was going on. It must be because the news of Liu Qingshan's treatment had spread that so many patients with the same tuberculosis had come to visit. Who wouldn't want to live if there was hope?
Han Yixian grasped his wife's shoulders and said, "The pharmaceutical factory's output is too small right now; it's simply not enough to go around. We need to increase production as soon as possible. But there's really no good way right now; without medicine, it's all for naught."
He Yuhan then turned to look at the people in front of her and said, "Get up, all of you. What's the point of kneeling like this? I'll go back and think of something. If you have a sick person in your family, please register here first. I'll let you know if there's any news."
As you all know, the drugs for treating tuberculosis are newly developed, and the pharmaceutical companies' production capacity is very small. We can only try to get a larger shipment. Please take good care of the patients after you return home, and most importantly, pay attention to their isolation to prevent further infection.
These people who came didn't have high hopes, but they didn't expect Dr. Xiaohe to give them such an answer.
Many people here know He Yuhan and know that Dr. Xiaohe never makes empty promises; if she says she'll find a solution, she will definitely find one for them.
Everyone gradually got up, and the patients' families began registering their information, hoping to receive notification as soon as possible.
He Yuhan finally breathed a sigh of relief after everyone had left and the registration was completed.
But Wen Jinyu said worriedly from the side, "Yuhan, although there are only nine patients this time, a lot of medicine will be needed for treatment. Where can we get so much medicine?"
He Yuhan comforted her mother-in-law, saying, "Mom, don't worry about this. I'll find a way. When Dad was getting treatment, the pharmaceutical factory hadn't even been built yet. I have other channels to get the medicine."
Alas, not only are medical conditions in rural areas poor, but so is public health awareness. Many people contract this disease because they lack awareness of disease prevention.
The main problem is that this disease is highly contagious and the pathogen is not easy to kill. In the future, this disease should be a key target for eradication.
Not only tuberculosis, but also hepatitis is an infectious disease that should be prevented. Many diseases can be prevented to some extent through vaccination, but many vaccines have not yet been developed, and our country's medical level is relatively underdeveloped. It's unclear when a tuberculosis vaccine will be widely available.
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