Chapter 2275: The Barefoot Doctor
"China is a big country, and there are many people in China. There are also many problems in China. Old problems will not disappear by themselves, and new problems will appear at any time. Therefore, it is impossible to solve all problems at once. We can only solve them one by one. Come one problem at a time, first solve the problem that you can solve, and then consider the next problem, as long as there are more people like this, China will gradually get better.” That’s exactly what the later group of people did, Shen Long Not as good as that group of people, but he can do some things.
"The four major problems of ignorance, poverty, selfishness, and weakness, we have the ability to slightly alleviate the weakness. After all, we are medical students!" Shen Long came up with Chen Zhiqian's plan, "In the rural areas of Ding County, every farmer Only three cents of money can be spent on modern medical and health care. Three cents of money is negligible, but there are so many people in Ding County, so we can start to think about a question: how can we spend only thirty oceans per thousand farmers, and still Achieve certain results, can help them solve some pain?"
"Teacher, I can volunteer to be a rural doctor in Dingxian County and help them see a doctor. I only charge for medicine and a small amount of consultation fees to keep me alive. I think there must be many students in our school who are willing to do this. In this way With more people, the medical and health conditions of farmers in Dingxian County will definitely be alleviated." Murong Wu is an idealist, and he had such an idea a long time ago.
"I'm very moved by your volunteer spirit." Shen Long glanced at Murong Wu appreciatively, and before he could show a smile, Shen Long shook his head again, "But such a model cannot be promoted on a large scale, and there is no way Go on for a long time!"
"It's not that I don't believe you, I also know that if I give you this opportunity, you will definitely be willing to take root in Ding County, but have you ever thought about it, you mainly study Western medicine, and the price of Western medicine is relatively expensive , not to mention whether these ordinary people in Ding County can accept the diagnosis and treatment of Western medicine, they can't afford the medicine fee alone!" Shen Long sighed.
Even in the New China period, the majority of barefoot doctors in rural areas mainly used traditional Chinese medicine for treatment. There are only a few cheap western medicines such as iodine, red mercury, and aspirin. Even farmers who have undergone land reform cannot afford this expenditure, let alone now?
"I... I can learn Chinese medicine!" Murong Wu began to regret why he didn't learn more about the diagnosis and treatment methods of Chinese medicine.
"However, training Western-style doctors is the trend of modern medical development. If we only train a small number of Chinese medicine practitioners, the number is far from meeting the needs of the vast rural areas. However, if we train a large number of Chinese medicine practitioners, this will go against the development trend of modern medicine. In the long run Look, the gains outweigh the losses!" Shen Long shook his head again.
Now Murong Wu was completely helpless, "Teacher, what do you think should I do? I can't think of a way!" Not only him, but the other students were also full of confusion.
"I have thought about this problem carefully in my previous surveys of the rural areas around the capital. If we want to solve the problems in the rural areas, we have to find resources from the rural areas.
It is not enough to rely on the charity of a few urbanites. "With the current strength of the Republic of China, it is impossible to carry out such a large project as targeted poverty alleviation, not to mention that they have no such willingness at all.
There may be people like Murong Wu, but there are definitely not many. Most of the students who come to study medicine definitely want to stay in big cities and live the life like Tang Nai'an. In a large research institution, only in this way can one's knowledge be put to use and contribute to the progress of medicine. Who wants to be an unknown village doctor?
"I don't know if you've noticed, but we've seen quite a few wandering doctors ringing bells from village to village these days. Although their medical skills are not very good, the villagers respect them very much. Once the bell rings at the entrance of the village, The villagers would warmly greet him and let him come to the village as a guest, and then every family would bring their patients to receive treatment!" This kind of doctor-patient relationship is better than that in the big hospitals of later generations.
"So can we train these doctors? Teach them the correct medical skills? Allow them to provide better medical services to the villagers? Even go further, dig out health workers from the village - he is the village With a small amount of basic training, can you solve several common rural diseases with a first aid kit and a few basic medicines?" This is the plan proposed by Chen Zhiqian when he visited Ding County in the 1930s, and it is also the plan of later generations of barefoot doctors. origin.
"And our job is to train these doctors in the village and guide their work, so that although the medical level cannot be as good as our own diagnosis and treatment for the villagers, on the whole, the villagers in Ding County can enjoy the benefits of medical treatment. Better medical services with wider coverage!" This is the greatness of the barefoot doctors, who have allowed the majority of farmers to enjoy the most basic medical services when the country's medical capabilities are clearly insufficient.
Indeed, barefoot doctors have obvious defects in medical skills. From a professional point of view, most of them are not qualified to practice medicine at all, and they have caused a lot of misdiagnosis and misdiagnosis in the process of practicing medicine. However, if Without them, those farmers would not even have the opportunity to see a doctor! After all, only when the problem of existence and non-existence is solved, can we be qualified to consider the problems of good and bad.
Numerous barefoot doctors have achieved two great achievements: greatly reducing the infection of infectious diseases, especially schistosomiasis, and greatly reducing infant and maternal mortality. The elderly miss this group, and this group is indeed worthy of commemoration and gratitude.
"You should still remember the Bell Doctor Award I mentioned at the founding meeting of the Chinese Medical Association? This award is for them. The medical skills of this group may be far from qualified, but their respect for the Chinese people The contribution is indelible! As long as we can have more doctors like this in the countryside, the lives of farmers will definitely be changed!" Hearing these words, the students were all very excited.
"Teacher, your idea is very good, but can these villagers learn medical skills?" Murong Wu and others began to think about practical problems after being excited. With the ignorance of those farmers, it must be difficult to teach them?
"This requires your efforts! Since you are willing to stay in the village to treat the villagers for a long time, you must also be willing to teach them?" Shen Long said.