Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 1418 Approval Meeting, Pilot Program in Lingshi County (Bonus Chapter for Monthly Tickets)
“Most grassroots doctors have not received systematic TCM training. This disc directly matches the tongue coating, symptoms, and powder number. For example, if a patient has a pale tongue coating, fatigue, and abdominal distension, it can correspond to powder number 3. There is no need to memorize the theory of ‘liver stagnation and spleen deficiency’. Just follow the disc.”

"The second is data planning for multi-center clinical trials..."

"The third key point is resource security..."

The first twenty minutes of the presentation were dedicated to the three points that Director Liao had asked him to emphasize. After that, the relevant leaders from various departments began to ask questions.

The medicine powder is a concentrated formula, so how can we control its quality? If a problem occurs, how will the responsibility be divided?
How can we effectively train doctors at county hospitals? We can't expect professors from research institutes to travel there every day, can we?
For example, how to collect and summarize the data for subsequent tracking?
Anyway, they spent another twenty minutes answering questions.

Some of the more tricky questions were asked by directors I didn't know.

For example, regarding some scheduling issues, the local dialect has no jurisdiction over these areas, so they also ask the local dialect for advice on how to handle and coordinate.

Finally, the questions that couldn't be answered were all answered by Vice Minister Li.

Now everyone understood Vice Minister Li's attitude, and the subsequent questions were no longer too difficult.

Then Vice Minister Li stepped in to end the inquiry and moved on to the next stage, where Fang Yan began to introduce these prescriptions, mainly to the three independent review experts from the Ministry of Health.

This is the area of ​​expertise of the dialect. The six prescriptions were developed by others after half a lifetime of clinical experience. Sometimes, their summaries are just a single sentence that is enough to make people feel enlightened. When the dialect is spoken, it naturally has a kind of shocking feeling.

"...The ancients had sayings such as 'When the righteous prevails, the evil will retreat,' and 'When the room is full of gentlemen, the petty man has no place to stand,' offering philosophical discussions on the relationship between righteousness and evil, attack and tonification. For example, when treating a critically ill dysentery patient, the use of Coptis chinensis and rhubarb would be fatal, as this is described as 'extremely weak and without substantial strength to attack.' Therefore, 'simply support the righteousness and let the evil go away on its own,' thus preserving the patient's life and mobilizing the body's righteous energy to overcome the disease. This embodies the holistic and humanistic principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a high-level summary of diagnostic and treatment experience in TCM. 'The cure of the incurable' is a treatment method." This is the highest level of tonification. The mysteries of tonification are unparalleled. However, tonification should not be abused. If one blindly tonifies, frequently using ginseng, astragalus, gelatin, and atractylodes, it will inevitably stagnate the Qi, trapping the pathogen inside, leading to endless troubles… For treating hepatic coma due to internal obstruction and external collapse caused by cold and turbidity, this formula is used; for acute jaundice due to damp-heat transforming into toxins and internal obstruction of the bowels, with deep heat and severe fainting, use Rhinoceros Horn and Rehmannia Decoction combined with Major Purgative Decoction plus 0.5 grams of Acorus tatarinowii, Curcuma longa, and Musk. The patient can awaken within 4 hours. However, because of its extremely strong pungent and penetrating power, it should only be used temporarily and not for prolonged periods. Stop use once the condition improves; excessive use will deplete one's vital energy…”

As the dialect was explained one by one, those who did not understand traditional Chinese medicine could only see those who did nod in agreement, especially the three independent review experts.

After the dialect was spoken, there was a few seconds of silence in the meeting room. Then Jiao Shude looked at the two people beside him, exchanged glances, and whispered to each other for a moment before saying:
"Minister Li, we have no problem here. This plan is fully ready for widespread implementation."

“We can sign.”

As soon as Jiao Shude finished speaking, a soft murmur of discussion arose in the conference room.

Vice Minister Li's smile deepened. He picked up a pen, signed his name in the approval section on the first page of the plan, and then handed the plan to Jiao Shude and the other two: "With these three experts' comments, the plan is now finalized! I'd appreciate it if you could also sign it so we can expedite the process and get the approval and funding disbursed."

Jiao Shude took the proposal, and Qin Bowei and Wang Mianzhi also came over. The three of them signed their names in turn.

The moment the pen touched the paper, Fang Yan felt a weight lift from his heart. When he was being given a hard time earlier, he felt that things wouldn't go smoothly today, but now that Vice Minister Li had made the decision, he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

From revising the plan to getting Director Liao to review it, and then to today's report to the Ministry of Health, all the efforts have finally yielded a satisfactory result.

Vice Minister Li put down his pen, his gaze sweeping over the directors in the conference room. His tone was calm yet carried an undeniable authority: "Now that the plan has been finalized, we must act quickly and not delay the pilot program's launch. I will now assign tasks to everyone, and each department must be efficient and work together seamlessly."

Next came the action; Vice Minister Li began assigning tasks to each department.

Training for primary care physicians, approval of drug powders, coordination of pilot hospital implementation, special funding...

The next period will be for pilot program arrangements, followed by feedback on the pilot results. Once the pilot program is successful, it will be gradually rolled out. The donations arranged by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office should be in place by then, and large-scale rollout will begin.

Vice Minister Li nodded in satisfaction:

"Okay, everyone understands their tasks. The next two weeks are crucial for the implementation of the plan. All departments must cooperate with each other, communicate promptly if there are any problems, and not work in isolation. Our goal is to successfully launch the pilot program and allow ordinary people at the grassroots level to benefit from traditional Chinese medicine as soon as possible. Do you all have confidence?" "Yes!" The people in the meeting room responded in unison, their voices loud and clear, full of enthusiasm.

Immediately after the meeting, we began to implement the work tasks.

Most of the directors left immediately, but the former director, now Director Dong, spoke a few words with Fang Yan before leaving.

Next came Master Jiao Shude, Qin Bowei, and Wang Mianzhi. They were about to return to work, but before leaving, Jiao Shude asked Fang Yan:

"By the way, you're not here yet. Why did you suddenly think of getting involved in this liver disease?"

Fang Yan looked around and, seeing that no one else was around, told his mentor about the Nobel Prize.

Jiao Shude was somewhat surprised to hear that his apprentice had been nominated for the Nobel Prize abroad, and that there were so many twists and turns involved.

He never imagined that traditional Chinese medicine could be nominated by a Nobel laureate in Western medicine.

The water here looks quite deep.

Jiao Shude gave Fang Yan some instructions, telling him to be careful and not to fall into the other party's trap.

Fang Yan readily agreed and then saw his master and the others off.

After Jiao Shude and the others got on the bus, they were amazed at how daring young people were these days. When they were that age, they were still thinking about how to learn the medical skills and prescriptions from their masters.

They are busy treating patients every day, which is rare even for foreigners.

Look at the dialects nowadays, there's simply no comparison.

……

On the other hand, after Fang Yan had arranged things here, he was now waiting for feedback from various places. He was confident in his prescriptions, but not so much in the people at the grassroots level.

The first time we promoted the "Breakthrough Heart-Saving Decoction," and the last time we promoted the "Blood Stasis-Reducing Decoction," there were all sorts of unexpected problems, which somewhat diminished the effectiveness.

This time, he doesn't expect all pilot areas to be successful. He hopes to identify a few outstanding pilot areas so that more patients can use these medications and receive more feedback.

He also wants to visit a nearby pilot site when the time comes.

For example, Lingshi County in Shanxi Province is one of the pilot areas proposed in this dialect proposal.

Perhaps I'll be able to meet Mr. Li Ke in this current timeline someday.

P.S.: I still owe you 10,000 words after finishing this chapter.

There will be more in the afternoon
(End of this chapter)