A doctor who travels through two eras

In the small conference room, Lin Sanqi was chatting with health officials from several provinces, including Beijing, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Yunnan, Guangdong, Hebei, Qinghai, and Liaodong. The atmosphere was quite harmonious.

Lin Sanqi personally carried the kettle and brewed tea for each of the department heads. Although his current rank was higher than theirs, he was the youngest and still had to be humble.

Moreover, being young has its advantages; if you say or do something wrong, it's easier to excuse yourself by saying you're still young.

"Everyone, please try this. It's authentic West Lake Longjing tea. We're really fortunate to have Director Ye with this."

Ye Yao, the director of the Zhejiang Health Department, also said with a smile:

"The province knew I was leading a delegation to Bao'an County, so they specially prepared some local specialties. Commissioner Lin is an old friend of the people of Zhejiang. Although we are not wealthy, we still have to show our proper respect."

Each province brought some local specialties with them, which is also a way of exchanging favors.

But the people from Zhejiang gave them a lot, a full three train cars.

Even Shen Guoming admired the high emotional intelligence of the people from Zhejiang. No wonder this province was able to grow its business so big later on; it all had a solid foundation.

If anything good happens later, wouldn't Lin Sanqi think of Zhe Jiangren? He'll definitely repay him double!

Director Zhao Youxia of Yunnan Province joked:

"Old Ye, that's enough. With you all giving gifts so extravagantly, we can't keep up. Besides, if we were as wealthy as people in Beijing or Shanghai, would we need to come to Bao'an County to beg for alms?"

Zhu Yinlong, the director of the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau, laughed and scolded:
"What money do we have? Look at me, a high-ranking official in Beijing, my leather shoes are so worn that the soles are coming unglued, and my wife has to sew them up with thread. Do you think there are any rich people like me?"

hahaha~~~
Everyone in the conference room chuckled softly.

These days, everyone is poor on an average basis. Even if officials have some minor privileges, they are not many. The eldest brother doesn't laugh at the second brother.

Zhu Yinlong had only been in office for a short time. Lin Sanqi did not have a good relationship with Lan Jinwen, the former director of the Beijing Health Bureau. The old man had once tried to take away one of Lin Sanqi's secret flu formula medicines for free.

Of course, after Lin Sanqi became all-powerful in the health system, Lan Jinwen was transferred to the elderly care department and completely marginalized.

Therefore, everything has a cause and effect. In our daily dealings with others, we should try to plant more flowers and fewer thorns.

Seeing that everyone had finished their pleasantries, Lin Sanqi finally spoke:

"The directors and bureau chiefs who came this time are all old friends of mine, Lin Sanqi. Since we are all family, let's not stand on ceremony."

As you've all seen in the ministry's notice, Bao'an County will provide all equipment for the infectious disease hospital free of charge, and the hospital's infrastructure costs will be covered by an interest-free loan from Bao'an County. Please remember, this is the principle.

Director Zhao smacked his lips and said:

"Comrade Sanqi, could this interest-free loan be changed to a grant? I don't know about other brother provinces, but you know about the situation in Yunnan. Right now, we are entirely supported by funding from higher authorities. Otherwise, the local finances would have gone bankrupt long ago, and we wouldn't be able to repay the loan."

Lin Sanqi replied, not knowing whether to laugh or cry:
"It is precisely because of your poor financial situation that we must insist on the loan model. If we were to give you this aid for free, would the hospital even be able to be built once the money reached you? It would definitely be misappropriated in the end."

Therefore, Bao'an County certainly hopes that the funds will be used for their designated purpose, and that the money will go directly to the health system. Directors, think about it, isn't this policy more beneficial to you?

The department heads thought about it and realized that it was indeed the case.

The country is so poor that rats can run through the national treasury, and all levels of government are desperately in need of funding.

If Bao'an County transfers the money, then without a doubt, the grain department will be the first to rush to the front lines, since feeding the people is the biggest problem at hand.

Which other sectors, such as industry, transportation, education, and water conservancy, don't need money?

No matter how many times it's rotated, it won't be the healthcare system's turn.

Of all the systems in the country, the health system is the least favored and receives the least funding, a situation that has not changed even in 2015.

When the government holds meetings, the director of the health bureau is always the one sitting in the corner.

Shen Guoming then added:
“Our Bao’an County is just beginning to develop. As you can see, there are construction sites everywhere, and everything costs money.”

We are willing to donate to infectious disease hospitals across the country, which means we have already tightened our belts. We hope everyone can understand.

Of course, since we're all in the health system and share the same goal, our initial plan is to allocate 100 million yuan to each prefecture-level city for hospital construction. You department heads should keep a close eye on this money. Additionally, for provincial capitals or municipalities like Shanghai, where hospitals can be larger, we plan to provide 300 million yuan in interest-free loans.

Of course, there could be more in the capital. There is already an infectious disease hospital in the capital, which was founded by Comrade Sanqi. At the time, there was no money, so an old temple was used as a temporary hospital.

Therefore, we have decided to invest 1000 million yuan to build a new national-level infectious disease hospital, with an expected capacity of 2000 beds.

One million in a region is actually an extremely high amount.

In the 1960s, houses were built using bricks, wood, and precast panels as building materials, and almost all of them were single-story houses, so there was no need to dig underground garages, and the foundations were also built with piles of stones.

Therefore, building a hospital generally costs no more than 50 RMB.

Lin Sanqi's budget was doubled, which essentially gave various places some room to maneuver.

As for why the Capital Infectious Disease Hospital spent a huge sum of 1000 million yuan to build a new hospital, it's because this is Lin Sanqi's direct subordinate, and direct subordinates naturally receive preferential treatment.

Don't forget that he is still the director of the Capital Infectious Disease Hospital.

Moreover, the Capital Infectious Disease Hospital is not short of money now, because it is the only hospital in the country that can treat tuberculosis. It is full of patients and has plenty of money in its accounts.

The other department heads understood when they heard this; it was the treatment afforded to a favored son, and couldn't be compared.

Who knew that Lin Sanqi would suddenly speak up at this moment:

"There are a few places that need special treatment: Tangshan and Xingtai in Hebei Province, Yuxi and Zhaotong in Yunnan Province, Anshan in Liaodong Province, and Ganzi in western Sichuan Province."

All newly constructed hospital buildings in these areas will be constructed using reinforced concrete, with earthquake resistance standards raised to the highest level, no lower than magnitude 9. The budget does not include building walls; if there is a shortage of reinforced concrete, Bao'an County will take over the contract.

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone looked bewildered.

Everyone was wondering why only a few cities received preferential treatment. What was so special about these places? Or did Lin Sanqi have an old flame here?
Little did they know that a massive earthquake would strike these regions in the future, causing countless deaths and injuries.

Lin Sanqi was powerless to change the fate of the entire city, but he could only change the areas he could control.

The hospitals in these regions are built to be impregnable and will not collapse during earthquakes. Not only are medical staff and patients spared from disaster, but infectious disease hospitals can also serve as temporary field hospitals in critical moments.

Many people died in the earthquake because they couldn't get medical help; otherwise, they could have survived, or at worst, had to have a limb amputated.

Yao Rixi, the health minister of Beihe Province, was secretly overjoyed.

If you can't figure it out, then don't think about it anymore. Anyway, the Beihe Province has gotten the biggest piece of the pie.

"Good, good, thank you Commissioner Lin for your support of the health system in Hebei Province. We will live up to your expectations and build the infectious disease hospitals in Tangshan and Xingtai into benchmark hospitals for the whole province and even the whole country."

I will personally oversee the project closely. If anything goes wrong, I'll stake my life on it.

Lin Sanqi calculated the dates: the Xingtai earthquake was in 1966, and the Tangshan earthquake was in 1976; there weren't many years left.

The Xingtai earthquake killed more than 8,000 people, and the Tangshan earthquake killed more than 240,000 people. This is a great tragedy for our country.

Having seen the "exam answer sheet," Lin Sanqi naturally had to make some efforts of his own.

Of course, he wouldn't be so reckless as to run out and say, "Everyone be careful, an earthquake is about to hit Tangshan," that would be asking for trouble.

Thinking of this, Lin Sanqi suddenly had a thought:
Three days before the 1976 Tangshan earthquake, Ran Guangqi, the top official of Qinglong County, risked being accused of "reporting to higher authorities without authorization" and used rudimentary methods to monitor the situation and conduct a citywide evacuation drill, creating a miracle of zero direct deaths among 47 people.

Could Secretary Ran also be a time traveler? I must meet him sometime and greet him in person with "Imperial Jade Liquor."

Wait, the Tangshan earthquake is still far off, but the Xingtai earthquake is less than three years away? Lin Sanqi spoke again:

"Alright, since Director Yao dares to make such a pledge, then I will give you more support. In this way, Bao'an County will fund the construction of two hospitals in your Xingtai area."

One is a planned infectious disease hospital, and the other is a large comprehensive hospital, namely your Xingtai People's Hospital. I'll give you a budget of 500 million for these two hospitals.

Also, is there a Longjiao County in your Xingtai area? (End of this chapter)