Chapter 167 Four Major Infectious Diseases in Southeast Asia
Next to the gate of the Chinese Medical Research Institute.

I was about to go home after get off work when I happened to meet Qian Dayong who had just returned from overseas aid mission.

The two started chatting outside the door.

Speaking of the prevention and treatment of schistosomiasis in Southeast Asia, Qian Dayong sighed and shook his head, saying: "Schistosomiasis in Southeast Asia, like in China, is widespread, with high morbidity and mortality rates.

The difference is that over there, the various rulers basically let the prevention and control work go its own way.

It is even worse than the period before the liberation of China, not to mention the situation after the liberation. It is completely like heaven and earth, a world of difference.”

“That’s really a serious situation.”

Wang Mengde said with a sympathetic look.

In 57, he went to the southern region and experienced the situation firsthand. It was extremely miserable, and this was the result of the country's vigorous prevention and control efforts.

I can’t imagine how serious the situation would become if left unchecked.

It is possible that an entire village will disappear.

"Yes, the most important thing is that they still lack doctors and medicine. After all, there is still Chinese medicine in China, and Western medicine has also been developed for a long time. Although the treatment effect is not very good, it can at least treat some of the disease.

But in Southeast Asia, there are very few doctors and medical practitioners. When people get sick, not only the lower class, but even the middle class, often just leave it to fate.”

Qian Dayong felt a chill when he thought about the scene he saw when he first arrived there.

"By the way, Meng De, after we arrived, we immediately started the relevant work. The dozens of prescriptions for treating schistosomiasis that you developed played the most critical and important role.

At first, the locals didn’t believe it, but after tireless publicity, they finally found a few people willing to try the medicine. After it showed results, it caused a sensation in the local area.

On the first day, there was almost no one at the hospital entrance. On the second day, it was surrounded by many patients. There was a team of several thousand people, and many of them who lived far away also arrived one after another.

Fortunately, they needed our help, so we were able to communicate with them safely and no problems arose.

Of course, after that, we basically had no free time during the day, as we had to treat endless patients at all times, and sometimes we had to work overtime at night."

He scratched his head, and a smile appeared on his thin face:
"A few days ago, after the six-month period was up, we were about to end our overseas support as planned. I don't know who leaked the news, but our base was surrounded by thousands of people that night.

These people were all patients or their families who had been cured by us. They didn’t say anything, but just gathered there quietly, waiting for dawn.

When we got on the bus the next morning, we were shocked to see so many people lining up to look at us. "

Qian Dayong is very proud to be recognized by so many people, even foreigners.

This may be the sense of honor that people of this era like.

But Wang Mengde was not envious. When he came back from Guibei County at the beginning of last year, almost all the people in Chitang Township went to see them off.

Tens of thousands of people in Northern Guangxi County, including leaders of all ranks, braved the rain to see them off in the county town.

That scene must be much bigger than the one Qian Dayong saw in Southeast Asia.

Of course, they were also present at the scene, although they were not the protagonists.

"Hahaha, it seems that your aid to foreign countries this time has been a great success!"

Wang Mengde said with a smile.

"Brother Dayong, you should go back and have a good rest today. Tomorrow night, I will host a welcoming party for you and Taozi. Let's go to a restaurant and have a good drink.

Celebrating your successful completion of the mission, and also chatting in detail about what each of you has experienced during this period, what do you think?"

Knowing that Qian Dayong came to the institute today, there must be something important.

He was very perceptive and could not engage in too much chat with the other party, so he planned to wait until tomorrow to have some fun together.

"Okay, I'll go find my teacher first, and we'll meet tomorrow."

Qian Dayong explained.

Then we decided on a time for the party.

As for who will treat the meal, it doesn't matter. Both of us have high salaries anyway, and usually between them, it's the relationship of you treat me and I treat you next time.

Arrived home after get off work.

The whole family was not surprised that he came home late today.

Since he went to the Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and became the deputy director of the Department of Internal Medicine, he often has to work overtime and sometimes comes back very late.

There have even been times when he came back in the middle of the night.

The dinner table.

Wang Hao asked curiously: "Meng De, have all the foreign aid comrades from your unit returned safely?"

Because of Wang Mengde's relationship, he has a very wide network in the hospital and is very well-informed.

Although their hospital did not have any quota for overseas aid, they heard that all the medical staff who went abroad for aid today have returned to China. However, there were sixty people who went there, but only fifty-five came back.

"I met a colleague today. According to him, everyone in our institute has returned safely, but one comrade is very ill and needs to rest for a long time."

Wang Mengde said.

Five people from their unit went there, and they were lucky enough to have all of them come back.

"By the way, I also heard that this time the aid to foreign countries was a great success, and the medical staff not only won the respect of the local residents.

Internationally, the country's image has also been greatly improved, and the several countries that have received assistance have all praised us highly.

It is said that the country is already preparing to launch a large-scale aid operation, and the next time it will be an opportunity to help other countries prevent and control schistosomiasis. "

Wang Hao said excitedly.

Today, the director of their hospital talked to him for a long time.

What he said was that he wanted to see if he could ask his son for help, and whether there was a chance for the country to transfer a group of medical staff from their hospital, even if it was only two or three, it would be a collective honor in the future.

But he declined them all.

He didn't intend to trouble his son with this kind of thing.

"Traditional Chinese medicine has also gained a reputation and started to attract the attention of many countries and organizations. They are all attracted to this magical medical system and are ready to get in-depth exposure to it."

Wang Mengde also added.

He knows better.

The basic solution to schistosomiasis in the country, coupled with the achievements made in this foreign aid, has surprised many people abroad.

They didn't expect that these inconspicuous herbs would be so effective.

The problems that Western medicine could not solve were actually solved by traditional Chinese medicine.

As long as there are benefits, even political hostility towards each other cannot stop these people.

President Lu mentioned this matter during an internal meeting some time ago.

It is said that the country also intends to support traditional Chinese medicine to go global and take advantage of this favorable situation, and has asked several institutions such as the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine to make some preparations in advance.

This was discussed at the meeting, as everyone was basically completely in the dark about the situation abroad. In the end, it was agreed that we would first use foreign aid to obtain some information and then decide on the next course of action.

In fact, Wang Mengde also agreed with this agreement in his heart.

He didn't know much about foreign countries at that time, so he didn't say much.

"It would be great if Chinese medicine could go abroad. We need to let these people see the good things passed down by our ancestors. Otherwise, they will really think that our country is backward in everything."

Wang Hao reached out and picked up a piece of pickled vegetable with chopsticks, put it in his mouth, and then said.

He has more experience than Wang Mengde and has deeper feelings.

Before liberation, not only did people from other countries look down on us, but even many Chinese people looked down on their own people. The next day.

In addition to Qian Dayong, Zhu Tao also dragged his tired body and forced himself to come to work.

His foundation is relatively weak. In the past six months, he has been exhausted, and has been unfamiliar with the climate and food, which has caused him a lot of suffering.

Since we all had to go to work, we didn't chat much for the time being.

They waited until after get off work, and then the three of them rode their bicycles together to Xidan.

We found a restaurant and ordered four simple dishes, and each person asked for three steamed buns made from two kinds of flour.

As for wine, Qian Dayong brought two bottles of Fenjiu from home.

After the dishes came, they ate for a while. Once their stomachs were full, they slowed down and started drinking and chatting.

"Brother Meng De, I almost couldn't come back."

Zhu Tao swallowed the food and steamed buns in his mouth, took a sip of water, and then whispered, "Luckily, you prepared some prescriptions for us before leaving, so I escaped the disaster. Otherwise, you really wouldn't be able to see me again."

A look of gratitude appeared on his face.

This time when I went to Southeast Asia, I suffered from acclimatization problems as soon as I arrived there, and had vomiting and diarrhea for several days.

After taking a prescription prescribed by Wang Mengde, his condition gradually improved.

Two months later, he contracted another disease and recovered only with the help of another prescription.

It is no exaggeration to say that if it were not for Wang Mengde's prescriptions, it would be considered a good thing if forty of the sixty medical workers who went to Southeast Asia to provide foreign aid could come back.

"Haha, Taozi, you are too polite."

"Meng De, I'm really not being polite. He's telling the truth."

Qian Dayong also said from the side.

He also encountered the same problem, and the situation was very urgent.

Even if they were doctors, it would be very difficult to treat that kind of disease. Fortunately, they remembered the prescription that Wang Mengde asked them to bring.

After trying it, it really worked.

“By the way, Meng De, when I went to Southeast Asia this time, I found that the infectious diseases there are very serious.

The four most serious ones are 'dengue fever', 'chikungunya fever', 'salmonella infection' and 'malaria'.

Three of these infectious diseases are spread by mosquitoes, and because the local weather is hot, there are so many mosquitoes that it is almost impossible to prevent them.”

After taking a bite of the food, Qian Dayong started talking about some of his experiences in Southeast Asia during this period.

"I know about malaria. It also exists in China, in the southern part of the country, which is also in a hot climate.

When we went to support the fight against schistosomiasis in the south, we also encountered some cases. This disease is very difficult to treat.”

Wang Mengde continued.

He didn't know much about the other three diseases.

But he had long heard of malaria.

Malaria is also known as malaria in the folks. The main symptoms of this disease are chills, sore limbs, fatigue, etc.

Young children, pregnant women, the elderly and people with weakened immunity are particularly susceptible to infection.

Moreover, the patient's symptoms will recur.

"Yes, it is this disease, which is highly prevalent in Southeast Asia, and the condition is very serious after infection there.

Many of the people we went with suffered from this disease, and two of them died there because they couldn’t resist malaria.”

Thinking about those two comrades who were laughing and working together a few days ago, they were gone in just a few days.

Qian Dayong and Zhu Tao couldn't help but reveal sad expressions.

Wang Mengde also shook his head regretfully.

Not to mention this era, even in the future, with the availability of various special medicines, many countries will still have a large number of malaria patients.

He had accidentally read a news report before. According to statistics, in 2017, there were more than million cases of malaria in the world.

The death toll remains high.

Mainly concentrated in Africa and Southeast Asia.

In China, after a long period of prevention and treatment, there are basically no cases of malaria.

"Brother Dayong, Taozi, don't be sad.

As for this disease, I will start studying it once I have achieved results in my current research. Sooner or later, I will be able to find a solution.”

Wang Mengde comforted him.

This is certainly not said casually to comfort someone.

He was indeed prepared to put research on a treatment for malaria on the agenda as soon as the current research was completed in a year or two.

Anyway, there are ready-made examples and references, so results can be achieved quickly.

Moreover, maybe he can win the Nobel Prize earlier through this.

"Really, Meng De, while you're doing your research, we'll go and help you out, and try to come up with a treatment method as soon as possible."

Qian Dayong said in surprise.

He was completely sincere this time.

"Recently, the country is going to start sending a large number of medical personnel to Southeast Asia and Africa for support. If the technology is successfully developed earlier, they will be able to sacrifice fewer people."

They got the news on their way back from abroad.

Because of the success of this foreign aid, the country decided to start replicating this model.

As the number of people increases, it is inevitable that many people will be infected with malaria.

"Okay, I'll definitely invite you guys along then."

Wang Mengde agreed without even thinking about it.

Recently, he heard from Mr. Pu that because of his outstanding work and the fact that he had a good student, his superiors and several leaders in the Chinese Medicine Research Institute all wanted to make Mr. Pu the vice president.

Of course, this may take two or three years.

Vice President Zhu has a very big say in the Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Naturally, he wanted to take advantage of some opportunities to establish more personal relationships with Vice President Zhu.

Among them, the quickest way is to let some of Vice President Zhu’s students participate in your own research.

"Great."

Zhu Tao is still young, he said happily.

After the three of them finished their meal, they pushed their bicycles and chatted for a long time on Xidan Street. They only separated when it got dark.

Go home.

Lying on the bed, Wang Mengde thought to himself that he should find an opportunity to talk to President Lu in a few days.

Let’s learn about the recent clinical situation of “Quick-acting Heart-saving Pills”.

(End of this chapter)