A doctor who travels through two eras

As for the claim that Lin Sanqi secretly withheld $8 million, this is understandable.

Building such a large industrial park, supporting tens of thousands of railway soldiers and intellectuals, and purchasing so many drug production lines and raw material factories, all these cost money.

So the $8 million is a cost, a loan, not profit.

Of course, there is also a part of the money that the company needs to maintain daily turnover.

As a southerner, Lin Sanqi has many ideas. If he doesn't have eight hundred, he must have more than six hundred.

Shen Guoming stretched out his hand:
"Minister Li, come on, we'll show you around, and you'll know why we make so much money."

In the workshop, Minister Li looked at the drug production lines running at high speed and asked:
"Lao Shen, Xiao Lin, how many pills can your production line produce in a day?"

Shen Guoming introduced:

"The production line in front of us can produce 10 tablets a day. We have 20 such production lines in operation. According to our current pricing, a patient needs 120 tablets for a course of treatment, and the price is one thousand US dollars."

Minister Li was even more surprised when he took a bottle of medicine from the production line:
"Oh my God, this bottle of medicine is worth more than a hundred dollars? Converted into RMB, that's a worker's annual salary? Six bottles of medicine for a course of treatment means you have to go without food or drink for six years? Who can afford this?"

Lin Sanqi explained with a smile:
"The price will definitely not be the same at home and abroad. This is my original promise. I sell a bottle of medicine abroad for $170. Minister Li, please don't think it's too expensive. Do you know how much this bottle costs when sold to a hospital?

1700 U.S. dollars is about 4500 yuan when converted into RMB.”

"4500 yuan? Just for this bottle of medicine?"

The old lady was so frightened that she couldn't even close her mouth.

"My goodness, foreign money is really not worth money. My annual salary is less than 4500 yuan. How can that be possible? Whether it is 170 US dollars or 1700 US dollars, the price is too high. We definitely cannot set such a high price in our country."

Lin Sanqi laughed and explained:
"Hey, Minister Li, don't worry. Our price for the domestic market is 60 RMB per course of treatment, which is 10 RMB per month. Is this price low enough?"

Minister Li was silent for a long time before he spoke:

"10 yuan a month is still too expensive, especially for farmers. It's hard to afford. Xiaolin, can it be cheaper?"

Lin Sanqi smiled bitterly and said:

"Minister Li, we are already selling at a loss for 10 yuan. Look at my large factory, with tens of thousands of people working there. How much is the labor cost alone? In addition, drug production is not like grinding tofu. It's enough to just make some beans.

Look over there, I also built a raw material factory, and the foundation of the raw material factory was built on the chemical plant, so this investment alone drained all our family assets, and I also owed a lot of debt to the bank."

Lin Sanqi must cry poor and must not give people the impression that he is a wealthy man, otherwise there will be endless troubles.

As I said, a country is made up of individuals. Some are selfless, while others are full of bad intentions. Lin Sanqi does not want Bao'an County to be slaughtered like a fat sheep and become a cash cow for some people.

Especially when there is only one big fat sheep in the whole country.

Minister Li was somewhat embarrassed:

“I anticipated your difficulties. Even the government cannot afford the investment in such a large pharmaceutical factory, let alone a private enterprise.

But the difficulties in the country are real. Xiaolin, as a minister, I hope that everyone can get treatment and medicine, and everyone can enjoy the right to health and medical care. This should also be your goal in running this pharmaceutical factory, right? "

Lin Sanqi knew that the old lady's starting point was definitely good, but unfortunately her thinking was a bit misguided.

"Minister Li, I understand what you mean. Your idea is good. You just want everyone to have money to treat tuberculosis.

But have you ever thought about this: eradicating tuberculosis and ensuring that everyone has access to medicine is not the responsibility of a single company or individual; it is the government’s responsibility.

The government collects taxes and takes money from the people, so it must use it for the people. It has the obligation and responsibility to take responsibility for the health of all citizens, so you have to change your mindset.

If the ministry is going to make anti-tuberculosis drugs available to all the people, then the best way is for the government to purchase them from our pharmaceutical factory and then distribute them free of charge to tuberculosis patients. This is the right way.”

Upon hearing this, Minister Li slapped Lin Sanqi on the back:
"You bastard, I told you about my difficulties and you accused me of something. You are really becoming more and more like a capitalist. Do I need you to tell me that I have money? I would have spent money to purchase it a long time ago."

Lin Sanqi sighed and said, "Minister Li, don't be too anxious, take your time. Our Baoan County Pharmaceutical Factory has just opened and we really can't bear the burden that we shouldn't bear. We can't transfer the government's burden to our company, otherwise our company will collapse.

But don't worry, it is definitely possible to ensure that every citizen in the country can have access to free anti-tuberculosis drugs. You have to at least give me five years to complete the initial capital accumulation.

Instead of making a little money at the beginning and then immediately preparing to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs, this is too short-sighted. "

Shen Guoming also chimed in:
"In fact, there is another way, which is to keep $3 million of the $1 million we handed over and replace it all with anti-tuberculosis drugs. This way, we can solve the problem of free distribution of anti-tuberculosis drugs in the country in a short time."

Minister Li's eyes lit up when he heard this:
"Yes, Old Shen, you are really smart. One hundred million dollars should be enough. But can your production keep up?"

Shen Guoming pointed to the factory area and said:

"We currently have 20 workshops, one of which is set up for domestic use, and all the ethylpyridamole tablets produced are supplied to the domestic market.

Currently, only the Capital Infectious Disease Hospital is carrying out anti-tuberculosis treatment in the country, so the drug supply for one workshop is more than enough.

In the future, as anti-tuberculosis drugs are promoted in various provinces and cities in China, the second and third phases of the Bao'an County Pharmaceutical Factory will also follow suit, and the domestic market will not be short of ethylpyridamole tablets. "

The old lady nodded with satisfaction, but she was still somewhat unwilling:

"Old Shen, Xiao Lin, there is only one infectious disease hospital in the country, which is too few. Even if we can't have one in every county, at least there should be one in every region, right?"

Lin Sanqi gave the old lady a thumbs up, thinking that she had a long-term vision and attached great importance to the prevention and control of infectious diseases.

Shen Guoming reminded:

"Minister Li, the main problem now is that there are too few professional doctors. Our medical education is seriously lagging behind."

In fact, it is more than just a lag. The medical students who have been trained with great difficulty can only be assigned to rural areas because of the city’s population reduction plan, or simply return to their hometowns to fend for themselves.

On the one hand, it is difficult for medical students to find jobs, and on the other hand, patients lack doctors to treat their illnesses. All in all, the main contradiction is that there are too few hospitals.

Minister Li asked pointedly:

"Epyridamole tablets are also a new drug to foreign countries. Why can foreign hospitals directly use the drug in clinical practice after receiving it?"

Lin Sanqi replied:
“That’s because Vitt Pharmaceuticals and Anthony Pharmaceuticals arranged for people to provide training to doctors in various hospitals in advance, and also printed and distributed the “Clinical Guidelines for Pulmonary Tuberculosis” to all major hospitals.

This is equivalent to foreign doctors fully understanding the usage and dosage of eboperidol tablets before the drug arrives, as well as the diagnostic criteria and treatment methods, so they can get started right away."

Minister Li was silent as he walked. After a long while, he spoke weakly:

"Xiao Lin, I'm not trying to trick you, but can you help train doctors in China? I'll coordinate the construction or renovation of the remaining hospitals. We can work together to expand tuberculosis treatment across the country as quickly as possible."

Lin Sanqi wanted to refuse.

Wow, for national doctor training, it won’t be possible to just hold a DingTalk meeting or a remote video lecture in a few decades.

Even if this kind of training is short-term, it will take at least two months.

There are more than 10 prefecture-level cities in the country. Even if we count 10 doctors, 10 nurses, and medical technicians (laboratory + imaging departments) in one city, the total number is more than .

The cost of study materials, food, drink, and shelter for these more than 10,000 people is definitely not a small amount.

Lin Sanqi's thinking is actually very fixed. He believes that enterprises are enterprises, the government is the government, and private power and public power must be strictly distinguished.

But he forgot that this was the 1960s, and everything in this country belonged to the collective and was subject to distribution.

"Minister Li, you can't..."

"Okay!" Shen Guoming agreed firmly.

Lin Sanqi looked at Shen Guoming blankly, thinking, "Old man, you've lost your mind. How dare you agree to such a thing?"
We run a business that produces medicines, not a health training school. (End of this chapter)