He also discovered that, apart from a few he didn't recognize, including Dean Liu who wasn't sitting in the front row, these so-called experts all had overseas study experience.
However, he did not see any experts in traditional Chinese medicine.
In other words, this new plan was developed through discussions among a group of Western medical experts.
Is it fair for someone like you, who works in Western medicine, to formulate a plan for evaluating traditional Chinese medicine doctors?
Even setting aside the issue of fairness, just looking at the assessment itself, each review group previously had at least one or two TCM practitioners. How come when the new prescription was revised, TCM practitioners were excluded? Is TCM practitioners so unwelcome?
The conference room was completely silent; it was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
Meanwhile, Director Fang on the podium had sweaty palms.
He didn't expect that Li Chu would not just stand up and offer some opinions, but would directly attack those experts.
He felt like there was a fire pit under his buttocks, and he really couldn't sit still any longer.
A participant from out of town, sitting in the corner of the conference room, quietly nudged the person next to him.
"Old Liu, this is someone from your Beijing, right?"
The man he called Lao Liu nodded and whispered in the other man's ear, "Yes, the vice president of the main hospital."
Upon hearing this, the man almost cried out in surprise: "Are you kidding me? So young?"
"Young? If I remember correctly, he's at least forty years old, he just looks young."
"Forty-something is still young!"
"He's an expert in traditional Chinese medicine, and also the deputy head of the health care group for senior officials. I remember he was on the review committee too, so why wasn't he involved in the discussion of the new plan this time?"
The man next to him was speechless. This was too much of a blow. He was over fifty years old and was only a section chief in the municipal health bureau.
But look at others, even those in their forties, their titles are intimidating, no wonder they don't give those experts any face.
The question raised by Li Chu made several people in the audience who practiced traditional Chinese medicine secretly applaud.
They had the same question, but because they were of low status and there were leaders sitting on the stage, no one dared to speak up.
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Finally, someone spoke their mind. Whatever the final outcome, it's better than keeping it bottled up inside.
The leaders on the stage, except for Director Fang, all sat there calmly and didn't say a word.
Director Fang realized he couldn't let the conversation fall flat, and was about to say something when the leader in charge from the State Council smiled, picked up the microphone on the table, and spoke to the experts in the front row.
"Our Vice President Li has already raised the issue. The purpose of this meeting, which brought everyone together from all over the country, is to identify, raise, and solve problems. So, experts, who among you can explain what the underlying thinking was behind formulating this plan?"
After speaking, he put down the microphone and gestured for Li Chu, who had been standing, to sit down.
The attendees seated below couldn't help but turn their heads in disbelief.
Those who didn't know Li Chu were taken aback by what the leader had just said.
Such a young vice president, and from a military hospital at that, and most importantly, the leaders know him.
Now the experts sitting in the front row had no choice but to speak; it was as if they had been called out by the leader.
The experts exchanged glances, and the last one, who looked to be in his sixties, stood up.
"Comrades, good afternoon. I am Zhang Chenglin, a professor of Western medicine clinical surgery at Southlake Medical College. The reason we added a foreign language assessment to the new plan is to enable us to connect with the international community in the future. After all, the academic papers published internationally are all in English. If everyone can read English, we can read the original texts without waiting for translations."
Because I've found that many of our translations are inaccurate. This is the starting point for our discussion of the new plan.
After speaking, Professor Zhang bowed to the podium and the audience before sitting down.
A fairly enthusiastic round of applause rang out in the conference room, and many people also turned their attention to Li Chu, wanting to see what else he had to say.
After the applause subsided, Director Fang on the stage also looked towards Li Chu.
"Vice Dean Li, do you have any other questions?"
Li Chu chuckled and stood up: "Professor Zhang, right? You didn't answer my question just now. I asked what the use is for us traditional Chinese medicine doctors to learn English or foreign languages."
Your answer was about aligning with international standards, which makes me wonder, besides our country, which other country in the world has Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)? As far as I know, no international medical journal has published a single paper on TCM to date. Furthermore, how should we translate our specialized TCM terminology into foreign languages? If we simply express it literally, will foreigners understand it? Are we going to invent new English words?
Furthermore, many of our traditional Chinese medicine doctors are in their fifties, sixties, or even seventies or eighties. Can these senior doctors learn English? Just for the sake of English, which they may never use in their entire lives, should we cut off the path to advancement for highly skilled doctors like us?
Therefore, I hope that all leaders and experts will seriously consider whether it is truly necessary for traditional Chinese medicine doctors to learn English.
After saying that, Li Chu sat down.
Lin Sanshou, who was sitting next to him, smiled and reached out to pat his leg under the table.
The experts in the front row exchanged glances. Li Chu was right; they were at a loss for words.
When they were discussing the new plan, they all considered it from the perspective of Western medicine and did not take traditional Chinese medicine into account at all.
In their view, Western medicine should be tested on the same things as traditional Chinese medicine, so that it is fair and just.
But to everyone's surprise, no one else objected except for Li Chu.
The experts in Beijing had no intention of answering his questions from the moment he started asking them; they couldn't afford to offend him, nor did they want to.
We're all in Beijing, we see each other all the time, there's no need to offend someone who's a favorite of the higher-ups.
Director Fang, standing on the stage, was furious when he looked at the experts in the front row. He felt they had embarrassed him in front of the leaders above.
"The new plan needs to be discussed again, especially the assessment content related to traditional Chinese medicine. We must invite experts in traditional Chinese medicine to formulate it. Today's meeting is adjourned."
The audience was waiting to see a good show, but unexpectedly, Minister Zhang picked up the microphone and started speaking.
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