This is probably the tragedy of the lack of staff in the primary medical team.
At that time, the treatment of schistosomiasis mainly relied on Western medicine. Tian Cai had seen that all the treatments used relied on antimony-containing drugs, but each type had various side effects and could not be promoted on a large scale.
However, a broad-spectrum anthelmintic drug called Xuefang 846 was developed last year. A course of treatment is seven days, and mild cases can be cured directly. The commune has applied for this drug to the county health center, but it takes time to transfer the drug from the southern city. After all, there are not many cases here, so whether it can be transferred is still a question.
Since Tian Cai knew that Western medicine might not be available, she decided to use Chinese medicine pills instead. When preparing the medicine, she added a very small amount of dew. She asked someone to try it and found that the person could be cured in about half a month. At least this way the effect would not be too good and attract attention.
After research and decision by the commune leaders, Tian Cai distributed pills to all infected people in accordance with instructions.
In case someone was infected but had not yet shown symptoms, Tian Cai left enough medicine in each brigade. If anyone needed it, they could get it for free at the brigade, and if it was not enough, they could go to Kaoshan Village to find her.
Immediately afterwards, the commune launched a vigorous health and epidemic prevention propaganda and learning. It was definitely not enough to have only Tian Cai and Dr. Liu from the commune's clinic. Zhang Defa simply asked Tian Cai to train more than a dozen educated youth in the brigade, and then sent people to various villages to popularize prevention and control methods.
After all the hard work, the Beishan Brigade became famous in the entire commune. Tian Cai was the number one hero in the fight against schistosomiasis, and the commune gave him commendation and material rewards - an enamel pot.
By the time this incident was almost over, it was already the end of June, the hottest time of the year.
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