Chapter 370: The plan for hundreds of millions of medical fees and the rain and dew
Although my daughter's condition has not shown any signs of worsening in more than a year.
But as a father, he didn't dare to gamble on the future.
Moreover, the attending physician who called him today also made it clear that this disease is always a hidden danger in the body, so it is better to cure it as soon as possible.
In addition, he has worked hard every day in the past two years and has been conscientious in the unit. Due to his outstanding work, his salary has increased and he has been promoted.
Although he obtained it with a body that seemed to have aged by seven or eight years.
At the same time, the family’s savings were almost $50,000, and they only needed to borrow another $20,000 to go to the mysterious China to find the “miracle doctor” named Wang Mengde.
As long as my daughter's illness can be cured, it will be worth it even if I have to live frugally for the next one or two years.
That's why he made up his mind.
"My dear, I will follow your arrangements."
Although his wife Mary was worried, she still firmly supported him.
Next to her, Elizabeth, who was already in her teens and had returned to a normal life, asked curiously, "Daddy and Mommy, if I go to China, will I never have to take medicine again?"
In the past two years, although she did not feel unwell, the fact that she had to check every two months and take medicine every day made her feel that she was not yet a normal person.
Even at school, she didn't dare to play with her classmates for fear of being laughed at.
"Yes, baby, when we go to China for treatment, you will be a completely healthy girl when we come back."
Elizabeth's father Johnson said solemnly.
After making a decision.
The family quickly began to raise money and make preparations to go to China.
Going to China was very simple because Brown acted as the middleman and the relevant procedures were completed quickly.
As for raising money, it didn't take too much time. After all, they were a high-quality client and Johnson worked for a large company.
The family has fixed assets that can be used to lower the pressure, and banks like this kind of customers very much, so they will lend money relatively quickly.
A week later.
The whole family boarded a plane to China.
Of course, it will require several transfers in between. Because of the distance and the relationship between the two countries, you can forget about taking a direct flight in the short term.
As soon as we set foot on this mysterious and unfamiliar land, we didn't care about anything else and followed the personnel from relevant departments directly to Guang'anmen Hospital.
Because there are so many foreign patients these days, the intensive care unit is full.
In addition, the consultation fee they could offer was the lowest, so Wang Mengde arranged them to live in a small building in the inpatient department.
The conditions of this small building are very average, but the good thing is that there are many rooms, and currently every patient can live in a single room.
Just as the Johnson family was sitting on the bed, chatting and feeling uneasy, Wang Mengde came over with a group of people.
There are currently more than 20 patients and their families or people living below them living in this small building.
Most of these patients suffer from leukemia and their conditions are relatively serious.
"You must be a doctor."
When a group of people knocked on the door and came in, Johnson saw Wang Mengde in the front and said with a firm look:
"I'll leave my daughter's illness to you."
Long before coming to China, he had collected some information about Wang Mengde.
There was no Internet in that era, and it didn’t appear on TV. I could only rely on old newspapers that I had finally found to get some scattered information.
The newspaper not only published a photo of Wang Mengde receiving the Nobel Prize in Northern Europe a few years ago, but also described him as having an exceptionally outstanding appearance.
Johnson recognized it immediately.
"Sir, don't worry, we will do our best to treat the patient and make him recover soon."
Wang Mengde shook hands with him and said with a smile.
After saying that, he began to take Elizabeth's pulse and examine her carefully, and then he knew that this was another typical case.
At present, leukemia is no more serious to him than common typhoid fever.
After all, over the years, there are at least eight hundred leukemia patients who have recovered from his care, if not a thousand.
To exaggerate a little, he can cure typical leukemia with his eyes closed.
Not to mention him, even his fellow junior brothers and sisters had become proficient in the treatment and it was not difficult for them to cure the disease.
He only occasionally comes out to see the leukemia patients who come now, and most of them are treated with prescriptions prescribed by other people.
It has almost formed an assembly line for treating diseases.
"Doctor Wang, I believe you."
Johnson said with a little excitement.
They have quite a few medicines at home, all developed by Wang Mengde.
Things like 'Palace Emperor Pills', birth control pills, 'Eight Treasures Divine Rhino Pills', etc., and even 'God's Perfume', I bought two bottles of it before my daughter got sick.
This is also the reason why he is willing to spend tens of thousands of dollars to come to China to give it a try.
few minutes.
Wang Mengde left, and there were about ten new patients waiting for him to see them.
It took nearly two hours to finally see all the patients in the small building. On the way back, he said to Li Xiang and the others:
"There are about 20 patients here, so just follow the normal treatment plan. Of course, you must pay close attention to observation in the early stages to avoid any accidents."
"Brother, don't worry, we won't be careless."
Li Xiang hurriedly made the assurance on behalf of several fellow students.
As a doctor, being careful is an essential basic ability; otherwise, you won’t be able to work in this field for long.
If negligence or mistakes occur in other industries, there is still a chance to correct them, but this is not necessarily the case when curing an illness. If you are not careful, a life may be lost.
There is no chance to remedy the situation.
"You have been working very hard during this period. I have thought about it carefully and I believe that there will be a steady stream of foreign patients coming to us in the future.
Moreover, due to the need to recruit more people, the number is expected to increase dramatically.
Therefore, I plan to talk to the dean and ask for help from the Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and other comrades from Guang'anmen Hospital. Please don't have any bad ideas. "
Wang Mengde continued.
He didn't expect that the method he came up with would be so effective.
In just over a month, there have been dozens of new patients, all suffering from the same disease.
According to their superiors, more patients will come in the coming period, so they should make preparations in advance.
Now, in addition to the problem of insufficient wards, there is also the problem that they are almost overwhelmed.
If he doesn't add more staff, he'll probably have to deal with these foreign patients every day, and it will be difficult for him to do other work, such as research and seeing patients.
Therefore, he planned to ask President Lu to transfer a group of people to assist him.
The doctors in the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Guang'anmen Hospital are all outstanding in medical skills. Not counting the interns, any one of them can be picked out and learn from him for a few days and he will be able to get the hang of it quickly.
He had thought it through. Each of the comrades who came to help would specialize in learning how to treat a difficult and complicated disease.
In this way, not only can we learn faster, but we can also learn more thoroughly.
"Brother, don't worry, we will definitely not have any ideas. We all remember your teachings and love for us, but we also know that we can't handle it with just a few of us."
Li Xiang spoke quickly.
Several other people followed suit and expressed their opinions.
They won't have any ideas.
In the medical industry, who wouldn’t envy their good fortune to have such a senior brother taking care of them?
"Well, then you guys go prescribe medicine for the new patient first. I'll go report to Dean Lu now."
Wang Mengde nodded and gave instructions.
In the dean's office.
Dean Lu was busy writing his opinions on a document. When he heard him come in, he said without even looking up:
"Comrade Wang Mengde, please make yourself some tea and wait for me for a moment while I process these documents."
After about ten minutes, Dean Lu put down the documents and pen in his hand, and said with a smile:
"You came to see me today because there are not enough wards, right?"
As the dean, he is naturally well aware of the problems that will arise from the influx of a large number of foreign patients.
When we were building the intensive care unit, we didn't expect so many people would come.
If he had known earlier, he would have built at least three.
"Dean, the problem of insufficient wards is one of the issues. I will come to you for other matters."
Wang Mengde spoke.
"Well, let's talk about it one by one."
Dean Lu heard him say there were other things, and he had some guesses in his mind, but he still held back and prepared to talk about the solution for the ward first:
"We are currently building a staff building. The construction team and materials are ready. Here is what I am thinking: we will build three more special care buildings at Guang'anmen Hospital.
The staff building can be built next year, but the special care building must be built first. We should use the human sea tactics and try to complete it this year and put it into use early next year."
Anyway, there are still some rooms left in the staff building built earlier, which are enough for allocation next year.
The special care building cannot be delayed, as every foreign patient will generate at least US$50,000 in foreign exchange income.
This is just the consultation fee, and it does not include the expenses of the people who come here for food, drink, and defecation.
If all were counted, it would be at least 60,000 or 70,000 US dollars.
After all, those foreign patients and their families are not Chinese, so prices cannot be based on Chinese standards, but must be based on their country's price standards.
“It would be great if the special care building could be put into use next year.
The superior leader mentioned two days ago that the relevant departments have received a large number of applications from foreign patients to come to China for treatment.
I'm worried that there will be too many people and there won't be enough wards. Why can't we free up the ordinary wards?"
Wang Mengde said with a happy face.
"The general wards cannot be vacated. These are where our own people need to stay. We cannot forget to serve the people for the sake of money."
Dean Lu said seriously.
“Dean, I think so too, the ordinary wards must not be moved.
However, if people come here and there are no wards to stay in, it will not be good for the image of our country.
Now it’s all right. Three more intensive care units will be available next year, which will be enough for the time being. Currently, the small building can temporarily support us until then.”
Wang Mengde said happily.
“Well, there will be a leadership meeting tomorrow, and I will report to my superiors, and we will try to start work in two days.
By the way, I forgot to tell you a good news. Last month, the medical fees for foreign patients at Guang'anmen Hospital reached more than 7 million US dollars.
This is before we count the amount of money those people spent. If we count it, it will definitely be over 10 million.”
Dean Lu told him about a situation he had just learned.
Last month, the number of foreign patients began to gradually increase, which means that most of these new patients are middle class or higher class, and there are basically no particularly wealthy people.
The medical fees for these people are basically US$6, and for a small number of people with complicated conditions, the medical fees are between US$10 and US$, but no more than this amount.
Therefore, the number of people increased by more than half, but the income only increased by about half.
"Dean, I will strive to have a medical fee of over 8 million by the end of the year.
When the three special care buildings are completed early next year, the medical fees will be even higher, at least over 100 million per year."
Wang Mengde thought about it for a moment, then said confidently.
As long as there are no problems and the plan is implemented steadily, there will be no problem in maintaining two to three hundred people being discharged every month starting next year.
Even if each person only receives $50,000 in consultation fees, that would still be $10 million.
Moreover, there are some powerful patients who are generous and would give 200,000 or 300,000 yuan or 400,000 or 500,000 yuan at any time.
If you are lucky and meet one or two wealthy patients with millions of dollars a month, then there will be no problem at all.
"If we can really earn hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign exchange every year, then I can propose more conditions to my superiors, and the expansion of our Guang'anmen Hospital will also be put on the agenda."
Dean Lu also said excitedly.
This is hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign exchange, enough to make the superiors pay more attention to the Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
At the same time, it also aroused great ambitions in his heart.
Now it seems that the location of the current Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Guang'anmen Hospital is a bit too small.
He wanted to expand his territory as much as possible before he left.
However, many surrounding plots of land have already been developed, so it is difficult to expand outward.
He already had some ideas in his mind, which was to circle off an area not far outside the moat to serve as a branch.
However, this plan still needs to wait and cannot be put forward for the time being.
After saying this, Dean Lu asked curiously:
"By the way, you just said that in addition to the problem of insufficient wards, there are other problems. What are they specifically?"
“Dean, the number of patients has increased, and there are not enough staff over there.
I would like to apply to you to transfer a group of people from the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Guang'anmen Hospital to assist me.
They don’t have to work there all the time, just one or two hours a day.”
Wang Mengde then expressed his thoughts.
After hearing this, Dean Lu thought that it was just as he had guessed.
A smile appeared on his face, and he said:
"That's no problem. We can invite the heads of each department to the leadership meeting tomorrow.
When the time comes, let each department send some people, I think they will definitely be very happy."
This is a great thing.
He believed that once it was announced, apart from those famous Chinese medicine experts and those with extensive experience, everyone else would definitely rush to get the position.
(End of this chapter)