If we want to solve the spread of the disease, it is certainly not enough to just conduct physical examinations and treatments within the military.
Of course, external sources of transmission must also be rectified.
The next morning, Fang Lang made an appointment with Mayor Ewald Dursley to inspect the medical and health facilities in Natal.
Riding through the streets of Natal again, Fang Lang was very surprised.
No wonder the President expressed admiration for Natal’s construction last time.
There have indeed been huge changes in the current Natal and Fanglang military control period.
The main street has been turned into a four-lane concrete road with tall ornamental trees planted on the roadside. The original muddy and dilapidated appearance can no longer be seen.
There is only one hospital in Natal, located on the main street in the city center. When Fang Lang and Mayor Ewald Dursley arrived at the hospital, they found that the hospital was a bit deserted and not as crowded as Fang Lang had expected.
The arrival of the two did not attract the attention of the hospital staff.
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"General, this is the only hospital in Natal. It was founded by Dr. Vasco Tapia and has grown to its current size after nearly thirty years of development."
Fang Lang carefully looked at the hospital in front of him, which was about the same size as the township hospital in his hometown in his previous life. It consisted of four rows of bungalows forming a small courtyard.
There are four or five tall trees in the yard, and there are some low shrubs scattered under the trees, which look like they have been well-tended.
There was a bench under each big tree, and on the benches there were four or five men and women who looked like patients, looking at Fang Lang and his group with boredom.
After hearing Mayor Ewald Dursley's introduction, Fang Lang did not express any opinion but just nodded and continued to walk inside.
After entering the hospital gate, there is a registration and payment counter on the left, where a middle-aged white woman is sorting out the documents in her hands.
On the right is a place that looks like a pharmacy, but the area is less than ten square meters. A white man in his thirties is reading a book.
After walking past the room, you can see corridors on both sides close to the yard. Along the corridors, you can see rooms. There are some names posted on the rooms, which seem to be the names of doctors.
However, he could not see the name of the department, which surprised Fang Lang. Could it be that the current Natal Hospital did not even have departmental divisions?
Along the way, Fang Lang counted a total of ten doctors' offices.
It seems that these are all the doctors in this hospital. No wonder there were not enough staff when I wanted to arrange a physical examination.
Fortunately, although the conditions of this hospital are simple, the sanitary environment is very well maintained.
The ground and the house were hardened with cement.
The last row of houses has more than ten rooms, each with three beds. It seems that this is the inpatient department of the hospital.
There are thirty beds in total.
After everyone walked around the hospital, Mayor Ewald Dursley took Fang Lang to knock on the door of a room labeled "Dean's Office".
A slightly older voice came from inside:
"Come in!"
Mayor Ewald Dursley pushed open the door, walked in and greeted the other party with a smile:
"Dr. Pasco-Tapia, long time no see."
Fang Lang walked through the open door and saw a white old man in his sixties with some gray hair.
The old man was not tall and wore a pair of glasses on his nose, making him look like a scholar.
"Mr. Mayor, are you feeling unwell?"
The old man pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose and said.
Mayor Ewald Dursley waved his hands and said:
"Doctor Vasco Tapia, I'm not feeling unwell. I came here with General Fang to see you today."
Then he moved aside.
Fang Lang hurried forward and nodded to the old man.
"Hello, Dr. Vasco Tapia, I'm Fang Lang!"
The old man looked Fang Lang up and down and said:
"Are you Commander Fang from the naval base?"
Fang Lang didn't expect that the other party had heard of him.
He smiled and nodded:
"Yes, Dr. Vasco-Tapia, I am the commander of the Natal Naval Base."
After hearing Fang Lang's answer, the old man stood up from the stool, stretched out his right hand and was about to shake hands with Fang Lang.
His mouth trembled a little as he said:
"General Fang, thank you! Thank you for avenging my granddaughter.
If it weren't for you, I would never have found the murderer of my granddaughter in my lifetime."
These words stunned Fang Lang, and even Mayor Ewald Dursley beside him was confused.
Doctor Vasco Tapia saw the two people's reactions and quickly explained:
“My granddaughter disappeared when she was sixteen, and we called the police to look for her but to no avail.
I learned about it from a policeman a few months ago, after the former general arrested the Yakubu family.
My granddaughter was also harmed by that old bastard Yakub.
My poor granddaughter! She is only sixteen years old!
How could that bastard who deserves to go to hell have the guts to do that? "
As he spoke, the old man actually started to cry loudly.
Fang Lang was at a loss for a moment, and hurriedly comforted the old man with Mayor Ewald Dursley.
It took a long time for Dr. Vasco-Tapia to calm down his excitement.
The voice trembled a little:
"General Fang, are you feeling unwell today?"
It seems that the first reaction of a doctor when seeing a person is to ask if the person is feeling unwell somewhere!
Fang Lang smiled and shook his head:
“Doctor Tapia, I came here today mainly to learn about the medical strength of our hospital, especially its ability to diagnose and treat infectious diseases.
My medical officer recently told me that many of my men are infected with syphilis and gonorrhea.
This will have a very serious impact on the combat effectiveness of our troops.
Our troops have begun arranging physical examinations for everyone and have centralized treatment for all infected personnel.
However, the infected people outside must also be controlled and treated, and as the only hospital in Natal, I want to understand the situation."
As soon as Dr. Vasco Tapia heard Fang Lang's words, he understood what Fang Lang meant.
He spoke directly:
"General Fang must be here for those sick girls!
Now according to what I have learned, a lot of girls have been infected. Fortunately, the government now arranges for the girls to go to the hospital for regular check-ups, so we discovered the disease in a timely manner.
Treatment has already started for all the girls.
We will not issue clean bills to the girls if they are not well.
Please rest assured! "
When Fang Lang heard what the other party said, he always felt that something was wrong. What did he mean by "I came here for the girls who were infected with the disease?"
I didn't catch it! Why does it sound so weird to my ears?
Thinking about it, it was not the time to bother about these minor details, so he nodded and continued to ask:
“Are there any difficulties in treatment?”
Dr. Vasco Tapia nodded and said:
"The best drug for treating these diseases now is penicillin, but the price of this drug is too expensive.
So, some girls simply cannot afford the treatment costs.
The only option is to use the old treatment plan, which may take a little longer."
This is normal. Fangyuan Group manufactures penicillin itself, so it is well aware of the difficulty of producing penicillin in the period before chemical synthesis. The high price is also normal.
Fang Lang is not a saint. It is impossible for him to provide penicillin to these girls for free just because he heard that some girls cannot afford it.
The doctors have said that the old treatment plan can still be used to cure it, so there is no problem.
Of course, the soldiers used penicillin directly. After all, the cost of the medicine was paid by the Ministry of Defense’s military expenditure. This is also business!
"Yeah! That's good.
So are there many people infected besides these girls?"
After all, it’s not only soldiers who take care of the girls’ business, there are also many customers outside!
Dr. Vasco-Tapia thought for a moment before saying:
“As things stand, not many other people are coming to the hospital for treatment.
I guess it hasn't received enough attention yet.
It is also possible that some people do not have the money to receive treatment.”
Hearing this, Fang Lang quickly said to Mayor Ewald Dursley:
“That’s not okay, it could easily lead to repeated infection.
Maybe we should educate everyone about the dangers of these diseases and let these girls learn to use safety measures.
Some reminder notices are posted on the entertainment street so that people can pay attention and seek medical treatment in time.
Prevent further spread of the disease.”
Mayor Ewald Dursley now obeys Fang Lang's every word. After all, Fang Lang is the President's guest of honor, so he has to curry his favor.
He said quickly:
"No problem. I'll have the health department post notices on Entertainment Street and spread the dangers of these diseases and their early symptoms in newspapers, so that more people can detect and receive treatment early."
These things were originally the work of government departments. Fang Lang discovered the situation in the army and reported it to the government, which meant he had completed his mission.
Today he and Mayor Ewald Dursley made an appointment to visit the hospital together, of course not simply to investigate the spread of diseases and treatment outside.
The more important purpose was to investigate the medical market and see what would happen after the establishment of a military hospital in Natal.
Is there room for other hospitals to survive?
If it is not suitable, when Lilith graduates, we will have to consider whether to let her work in the military hospital or find another place to build a hospital.
"Doctor Vasco Tapia, the mayor told me that your hospital is the only one in Natal, but when I came in just now, I found that there didn't seem to be many patients in the hospital. Why is that?"
In Fang Lang's understanding, there has never been a shortage of patients in hospitals, but today he didn't see many patients in Tapia Hospital.
Even though Natal is just a small town with a population of less than 200,000, there shouldn't be so few patients!
Could it be that the local Brazilians believe in witch doctors more?
If this is true, I have to consider whether it is necessary to open the military hospital to the public.
It’s not that they are afraid of competing with Tapia Hospital for patients, but such a small number of patients are simply not enough to support the development of a large hospital.
After hearing what Fang Lang said, Dr. Vasco Tapia looked at Fang Lang with a strange expression and said:
"General Fang, it costs a lot of money to go to the hospital for treatment.
Our hospital has been operating in Natal for thirty years.
At the beginning, it was just my private clinic, and it was never big. Only dignitaries could come to the hospital for treatment.
Even in the first two years of opening, there was not a single patient other than a white person coming to my clinic.
It is only in recent years, as people's economic conditions have improved, that more and more patients are able to go to the hospital for treatment.
It was only four years ago that my hospital expanded to its current size! "
This answer is both reasonable and unexpected.
"Then where do other people go for treatment when they are sick?"
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