Restarting life by going to the countryside to support medical work

Chapter 3 A small test of one’s skills
"Yancheng, I just realized that you also know acupuncture?" Zhou Guotao asked curiously.

"Yeah." Li Yancheng's heart skipped a beat and he nodded without any change in his expression.

They each saw one of the two patients who just came.

Li Yancheng saw that this person was a middle-aged peasant woman. She twisted her ankle without paying attention in the morning. She must have twisted the ligament around her ankle joint. It was a little swollen, but the bones felt fine.

He tried out the acupuncture five times using the method passed down in his mind to see if the acupuncture method he remembered was actually effective.

That was also the first time he gave acupuncture to someone. Although he had the help of his memory, the acupuncture was still intermittent. After giving five needles, he was sweating all over.

But the effect was very obvious. The woman no longer felt pain within two minutes of the acupuncture. Fifteen minutes after the needle was removed, not only had the swelling that was originally visible to the naked eye disappeared, but the woman walked back and forth a few steps in the clinic and no longer felt any pain at all.

But to be on the safe side, Li Yancheng asked her not to walk for the time being, but to continue riding the cart she came in, and rest for two days before going back to work.

After taking a bite of the bean flour cake in his hand and then eating a mouthful of the cabbage and radish vermicelli in the bowl, he continued, "I learned a little from my grandfather before. Just now, when I saw that the woman's ankle was swollen, I thought that the acupuncture I learned from my grandfather when I was a child could help her get better faster, so I tried it and the effect was not bad."

Zhou Guotao raised his eyebrows when he heard this. Is this not bad? This is too good!
But he didn't ask any more questions. He lowered his head and started to eat his meal voraciously.

There was even oil residue in today's cooking, which made him feel so happy that he wanted to cry as he hadn't eaten meat for more than a month.

Seeing that he stopped asking questions, Li Yancheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief and started eating.

It has been two days since his soul traveled through time. What made him most uncomfortable was not being able to eat meat. This was a disaster for him, who had always loved meat in his previous life.

Apart from anything else, without some oil to lubricate the intestines, just going to the bathroom every day would be extremely painful.

Today he finally saw some oil residue in the dish. After finishing the dish, he licked the bowl until it was cleaner than his face.

Alas... there is nothing we can do. The general environment is like this and no one can eat more than a few pounds of meat throughout the year.

It's expensive, but a pound of pork only costs 70 or 80 cents. The neighborhood committee will also distribute meat coupons per household, except for those three years when they did distribute less. Now every household can basically be guaranteed to receive about half a pound of meat coupons every month, and good units will occasionally give them some.

But sometimes you can’t buy it in the market even with money and meat coupons.

In Li Yancheng's memory, every time the original owner went to the vegetable market near his home to buy meat, he had to get up at five o'clock in the morning. If he went a little later, he couldn't even buy blood neck.

After eating and washing the dishes, Zhou Guotao returned to the dormitory for a nap, while Li Yancheng came to see Director Liu of the health center.

Although he is called the director, there are actually only four people in the entire Mulin Town Health Center. Director Liu Guangbin is also a doctor, there is another doctor Ma Quanhu, a nurse who also dispenses medicine, and the security guard.

As for the canteen, that canteen does not belong to the health center, but to the finance office of the town next door. It’s just that there is no space over there, so it is put here.

To be honest, on the day Li Yancheng first came through, he felt a little bit unbelievable when he learned from his memory that there were only so few people in the health center.

Because in his memory of his previous life, as long as it was a well-established unit like this, no matter how many people were actually doing the work, there would at least be more than a dozen leaders.

All the positions such as the dean, vice-dean, director, deputy director, section chief, and deputy section chief must be filled.

There are only four people now, which is really rare. When Li Yancheng came to Dean Liu's office, he hadn't finished his meal yet.

"Hey, Dean Liu, you haven't finished your meal yet. I'm so sorry to bother you. I'll come back later."

"It's okay, it's okay. Doctor Li, please sit down. I only have one mouthful of medicine left."

Dean Liu picked up the bowl and slurped the remaining food into his mouth. He wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, pointed at a chair in the room and spoke.

"President Liu, please look at me, I'm really sorry!" Li Yancheng apologized with an apologetic look on his face, took out a pack of Daqianmen from his pocket, popped out a cigarette and handed it over.

"Oh, it's really nothing." Dean Liu smiled and waved his hand nonchalantly. He took the cigarette and lit it with the match in Li Yancheng's hand, then asked, "Doctor Li, is there something you want to talk to me about?"

Liu Guangbin is in his forties and is a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine. He did not learn his medical skills in school, but inherited them from his family.

The same situation happened to another doctor in the health center, Ma Quanhu.

They are called Chinese medicine practitioners, but in fact, when they treat people, the most common medicine they prescribe is painkillers. Or they give an injection of Bupleurum for a headache or fever, or an injection of Qingda for diarrhea. There is nothing they can do, that's just their level.

Township health centers across the country are now facing this problem, an urgent shortage of professional health technicians. In fact, this is still the case decades later, with everyone flocking to big cities and big hospitals.

Although the higher authorities have repeatedly said that they want tiered diagnosis and treatment and that professional medical staff should be transferred to community-level hospitals, the fact is that the situation may be better in cities, and there is still a lack of professional and skilled personnel in rural areas, even though these township hospitals have a regular staff.

"It's like this, Dean Liu. I came here to ask for a leave. Something happened at home. I plan to take a day off tomorrow. I'll just go back home for one day. And I need to borrow your bicycle tomorrow morning."

"So that's what it is. No problem." Dean Liu agreed very readily.

Li Yancheng was not originally from his group, and he was not busy now, so there was no need to offend anyone.

As he spoke, Dean Liu opened the drawer, took out a small key and placed it on the table.

"Here are the bicycle keys. The bus from the county to the city leaves at around 8:30. You have to get up at least at 5 o'clock. Don't get up too late and miss the bus."

It is a little over 20 kilometers from Mulin Town to Yishun County. It takes more than two hours to ride a bicycle without stopping, so you have to leave early.

"Thank you, Dean Liu. I understand. You can rest now. I won't disturb you."

"Hey, it's okay. Be careful on the road when you leave tomorrow morning."

"Thank you!"

After getting the bicycle key, Li Yancheng left Director Liu's clinic happily. He went to check the bike first and found that the front and rear tires were inflated and the brakes were normal.

He even rode out for a couple of laps on the road. This was his first time riding a 28-inch bicycle. He would have to bring a flashlight with him when he left tomorrow morning, otherwise the road would be difficult to navigate in the dark. He was also worried about falling and getting hurt.

(End of this chapter)