After being fired, I became the light of medicine

Chapter 47: The Limitations of the Times (Please read and vote for me)

Zhang Yang once again entered the God’s perspective.

The plane took off smoothly, crossed the Atlantic Ocean, and soon landed smoothly at the HK airport.

Then, the scene changed and the camera came to a conference room with obvious memories of the times. On the wall of the conference room was posted: [Expert Seminar on Scientific Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases].

"Just now everyone talked about the current situation of major infectious diseases in our country. Now let's invite Dr. Feng Rong who has returned from the United States to talk to you about the 'hepatitis B virus' that has recently appeared in our country."

When the meeting host finished speaking, Feng Rong stood up and gestured slightly, then said:

"Unfortunately, due to various reasons, I was unable to bring back any research reports on the hepatitis B virus from abroad, but I can briefly talk about the transmission routes and toxicity of the hepatitis B virus orally."

"According to current research, hepatitis B virus can be mainly transmitted through 'mother-to-child transmission', 'sexual transmission', 'blood transmission' and 'saliva transmission'. In general, the transmission methods are diverse and highly transmissible."

"In particular, I learned that in rural areas of our country, medical facilities are backward and awareness of disinfection is weak. It is common for everyone to share a needle. Such an environment is prone to hepatitis B virus infection."

"Therefore, I hope everyone will pay attention to the hepatitis B virus. If left unchecked, it can easily lead to large-scale infection!"

There was a murmur in the conference room. After a while, an old man with slightly gray hair slowly nodded and said:

"Then how can we effectively eliminate this 'hepatitis B virus'?"

Feng Rong replied:

"The research data I have obtained so far shows that the hepatitis B virus can survive at room temperature for at least six months. The only truly effective and convenient way is high-temperature disinfection."

"Medical high-pressure steam sterilizers can effectively disinfect the hepatitis B virus in 20 minutes. In other words, as long as doctors are well trained and medical equipment is disinfected and sterilized, the hepatitis B virus can be controlled."

After the words were spoken, the whispers in the conference room became much quieter this time.

Everyone looked at each other, and no one spoke.

What Feng Rong said was very simple, but everyone knew it very well. At present, the country is in a state of disrepair, the medical conditions in cities are still barely adequate, and the health centers in towns and villages are almost unusable.

Not to mention doctors who are professionally trained and knowledgeable about disinfection and sterilization, there are not even enough doctors.

The situation is even worse in rural areas, where almost all doctors are barefoot, and there are many who cannot even read or write.

In such an environment, do you require them to strictly disinfect? ​​Use a pressure cooker to sterilize after each injection?

impossible.

and,

For sterilization, there must be a high pressure medical autoclave, right?
Who pays?
Finally, the gray-haired old man spoke again:
"Dr. Feng, according to what you said, this hepatitis B virus has the potential to spread widely."

"Then can you tell me more about the impact of the virus on the human body and the mortality rate?"

Feng Rong was suddenly stunned, thought for a moment and shook his head.

"I don't have data on the fatality rate at this time."

"Moreover, because the hepatitis B virus has only been studied by scientific research institutions in recent years, the time is too short, so even overseas there is not enough human tracking data."

"But I am sure that the hepatitis B virus will affect the patient's liver and may eventually become a chronic disease."

No fatality rate data?
Chronic disease?
Everyone present immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

If the infection will cause large-scale deaths, then it must be controlled as soon as possible and the harm of the virus must be understood as soon as possible.

But if it is not fatal, but may turn into a chronic disease, then prevention and treatment work does not seem to be so urgent. After a moment, the old man said:

"If that's the case, I think we can slow down a bit..."

"Can't slow down!"

Feng Rong suddenly became anxious and said:

"Academician Li, although the mortality rate is low, if we don't restrict its spread now, what will we do if it infects tens of millions of people?"

The old man waved his hand:

"You're also saying that if we do things, we still have to be scientific, right?"

"You just said that there is no accurate data on human infection with hepatitis B virus in the world. We have no scientific basis!"

"Would it be an overreaction to mobilize all medical resources to do this at this time? Wouldn't it be a waste of resources?"

"Moreover, we currently do not have any means to detect hepatitis B, and we do not know the specific infection situation in the country. In short, we have to take it one step at a time, slowly..."

Feng Rong was stunned.

Indeed, what the old man said makes sense.

In fact, he originally collected a set of "serological test methods" for detecting hepatitis B virus, but he was unable to bring it back in his suitcase!
"What a pity! It would be great if we could bring it back home!"

At this time, the old man continued:

"We are not ignoring this matter. Let's put it this way. Next, you will compile publicity materials on the spread and prevention of hepatitis B. We will distribute them to health centers across the country as soon as possible, and first popularize the harm of hepatitis B..."

Feng Rong lowered his head and said nothing more.

Seeing this, Zhang Yang couldn't help but sigh.

He can understand Feng Rong and the old man. Just as the old man said, in this era, no one in the world has sufficient knowledge about the hepatitis B virus. How can you expect them to make the completely correct choice?
Don’t blame Feng Rong, don’t blame the old man, and don’t blame all the experts and scholars who attended this meeting.

This is the limitation of the times.

The picture gradually blurred, and lines of text appeared before my eyes.

[In 1984, Dr. Feng Rong successfully returned to China, but unfortunately, all his medical information was left in the United States, including the very important "serological test method" that can detect hepatitis B.]

[With Feng Rong joining, many domestic experts and scholars first became aware of the hepatitis B virus. However, since the global research on the hepatitis B virus was not sufficient at that time, no one could predict what kind of harm the virus would cause to the human body.]

[In addition, due to the lack of effective testing methods in China, the progress of hepatitis B screening and prevention and control has been delayed. ]

[Fortunately, in 1986, under the leadership of Feng Rong, China initially mastered the "serological detection method", and more data on the harm of hepatitis B were introduced into China.]

[In 1987, the country included hepatitis B vaccine in the planned immunization management, which was five years ahead of the previous plan.]

[In 1995, the spread of hepatitis B in China was finally brought under control, and the hepatitis B infection rate among children born after 1995 dropped to 0.7%.]

[In 1996, the country organized a comprehensive screening, and as many as 6000 million people were infected with the hepatitis B virus, of which 4500 million were children born in the 80s and 90s! ]

Zhang Yang breathed a sigh of relief. Dr. Feng Rong had done a good job.

Compared to the more than 5000 million people infected in reality, Dr. Feng Rong has changed the fate of at least million people!
But obviously, this is not the best ending!

(End of this chapter)