Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 1268 Vietnamese Businessmen Are Coming, Free Clinic Begins (Bonus Chapter for Monthly Tickets)

When I got home, everyone had already finished dinner and was watching TV and chatting in the living room.

Right now, the TV is showing the foreign film "Zorro," an adventure movie co-produced by France and Italy, a very classic film.

The dubbing done by the Shanghai Film Dubbing Studio, especially the voice of the protagonist Zorro in dialect, was immediately recognizable as Tong Zirong. It turns out that he also did the dubbing for Leonardo DiCaprio's "Shaolin Temple" in history.

What Fang Yan remembers very clearly is Tong Zirong's complaint in an interview forty years later that Xiao Li didn't give him face.

His voice is quite distinctive, making him instantly memorable.

Fang Yan and Lao Hu didn't watch the movie. Instead, they went next door and started discussing the details of their collaboration with Liu Yu.

Old Hu and Fang Yan discussed until 11 p.m., clarifying each point. Next, they would send the information to Hong Kong and have Chu Bin, a professional manager there, carry it out.

……

Time flew by and the next day arrived.

Today is the weekend, and I'm doing a free clinic.

Early in the morning, Lao Fan brought the recipe for Master Hai Deng's medicinal wine to Fang Yan.

It's best to get this medicine from the hospital and then let the patient soak it in alcohol themselves.

However, Fang Yan intends to see this good deed through to the end.

After receiving the prescription, he asked Lao Hu to get some loose liquor and bottles, brew it directly, and then deliver it to the patients.

Old Hu has the winery's contact information; one phone call is all it takes to get the wine delivered.

Brew it on the spot, and deliver it on the spot.

Having prepared everything, Fang Yan went to check on the patients again.

Today, we processed the discharge procedures for two more overseas Chinese businessmen. Now, only the overseas Chinese businessmen with more severe symptoms are still hospitalized.

Seeing that there are fewer people here, everyone is still a little unaccustomed to it, and the time spent on morning rounds in dialect has been reduced.

It was over in no time.

Director Liao hasn't notified them of a new batch of people returning yet, so Fang Yan and the others have no choice but to wait.

After the meal, Fang Yan gave Comrade Liang, who was on his last day of treatment, acupuncture treatment. His strabismus was basically cured, and he would be fine as long as he didn't cause any trouble.

Besides receiving treatment today, Comrade Liang will also be responsible for maintaining order at the scene.

After the acupuncture was completed and the needle was left in place, the phone on the nurses' station next to me rang.

When the nurse answered the call, she found that it was Cui Jingyi, the dean and secretary, who was looking for Fang Yan.

Fang Yan got up and took the phone. Cui Jingyi said to him on the other end:
"In a couple of days, a large group of overseas Chinese business association members returning from Vietnam will be arriving in Beijing for medical treatment. This is according to the Ministry of Health. We need to organize their reception. Director Liao from the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office will also be there. This time is different from the past. We will focus on treating their illnesses first, and then discuss other matters. The workload will be quite heavy, so you should be prepared."

"In addition, it would be best to make some arrangements for staff, especially to have more people in the TCM department."

Cui Jingyi didn't use a commanding tone, but rather a tone of discussion with Fang Yan. This was a habit of the old dean, and Cui Jingyi hadn't changed this rule. She always spoke politely to Fang Yan.

I heard recently that many Vietnamese expatriates were forced to return to Friendship Pass, and now members of the expatriate chamber of commerce are also coming back for medical treatment. The situation is becoming increasingly serious.

History was not changed by his appearance; the butterfly effect did not work here.

"Are these people going to be hospitalized?" Fang Yan asked Cui Jingyi.

Cui Jingyi said:
"The leaders have already arranged accommodations for them. After they finish their medical treatment, we'll make further arrangements based on the actual situation. These people probably won't stay at the hospital much; there are specialized sanatoriums to provide them with recuperation and rehabilitation."

"Understood!" Fang Yan replied.

According to his recollection, historically, these people were forced to leave, and some were even subjected to having all their property confiscated and being deported.

In March of this year, the local government implemented a major currency reform, invalidating all previous currencies. As a result, overseas Chinese businessmen not only did not receive any compensation for their old money, but also found their bank deposits to be in the red.

Since July, nearly 5000 expatriates have been expelled every day.

These overseas Chinese businessmen also had a very difficult time on their way out; they suffered terribly.

In short, it was a terrible situation.

Now that they've taken over, we can't treat them like the overseas Chinese businessmen we did before. We should show them warmth and compassion.

After hanging up the phone, Fang Yan checked the time; Comrade Liang's needle insertion time was up. ...

After discussing the matter here, Fang Yan immediately went to the outpatient building with Comrade Liang.

Fang Yan's classmates were already waiting for him here.

The twelve people that Chu Qiaonan brought with him had also all arrived at this moment.

The hospital has arranged for guides to prepare the banners and signs to direct people upstairs. However, considering that some family members may not be able to read, staff members have been prepared to provide guidance.

So when the people arrive, just lead them upstairs.

Meanwhile, Comrade Liang will also be waiting here for someone to arrive.

After exchanging a few words with Comrade Liang, Fang Yan addressed the crowd:
"Everyone, follow me upstairs."

Upon hearing Fang Yan's words, the crowd followed him upstairs in a grand procession.

Upon reaching the floor of the Traditional Chinese Medicine clinic, Fang Yan said:

"Students who already have their own consultation rooms can continue their consultations in their original locations. New members who don't have a consultation room, please follow me. New consultation rooms have been vacated for you."

Fang Yan's former classmates easily found their way to the place where they had previously sought medical treatment, while Fang Yan led Chu Qiaonan's classmates to the door of the new clinic and let them go in for their treatment.

Originally, each consultation room was for two people, but because there aren't enough people available, new arrivals have to share a consultation room with three people.

Even Fang Yan's clinic needs to be shared with Chu Qiao Nan.

Now, all the clinics in the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine at Peking Union Medical College Hospital are open.

It has reached its largest scale in history.

Today, we are welcoming hundreds of medical professionals from the public security system to provide free medical consultations.

Fang Yan also said to them:

"If there are any difficult or complicated cases that I can't solve, I will immediately tell the nurses who are helping me and ask them to come to me. I will try my best to resolve all the symptoms today."

The others readily agreed.

Not long after, the sound of orderly footsteps and voices, interspersed with occasional coughs and whispers, came from downstairs. The nurse in charge of guiding them quickly ran upstairs and called out to Fang Yan, "Director Fang! The comrades from the public security system have arrived!"

Fang Yan and Chu Qiaonan had just finished tidying up the pulse pillow and prescription sheets on the consultation table when they heard this, they immediately stood up: "Understood! Have everyone go upstairs in order and enter the consultation room in batches, don't crowd!"

As soon as the words were spoken, the guide's voice rang out in the hallway: "Please line up and go upstairs in order of your numbers. There are signs at the door of each consultation room, so please don't rush!"

Soon, the first group of uniformed police officers appeared at the stairwell.

Some of them even had red armbands pinned to their shoulders, and they were also on site directing the order.

Fang Yan realized he had been overthinking things when he saw this scene; the police officers were definitely more disciplined than the average person.

Fang Yan noticed that some people were walking with a slight limp, obviously injured during training; there were also several young police officers supporting an elderly policeman with gray hair, who was clutching his back from time to time, clearly suffering from a chronic ailment caused by years of overwork.

The crowd began to move slowly, and soon long queues formed outside each consultation room.

Fang Yan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the scene was orderly and not chaotic at all.

He then hurried back to his clinic.

Police officers were already waiting for him there. Those in line were mostly people with more serious conditions; clearly, he was receiving special treatment…

Even his dialect wasn't inaccurate; he asked the first police officer:
"Come on, tell me, what's wrong with you?"

The police officer with glasses said:

"I have pain on the right side of my tailbone, and my buttocks and lower back are also sore and swollen."

He said in dialect:

"Stick out your tongue and let me see. Take my pulse with your left hand!"

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(End of this chapter)