Chapter 196 Double Happiness
Artemisia annua powder.

This is the name given by Wang Mengde to the prescription for treating malaria.

Because the main ingredient is Artemisia annua.

Moreover, this name echoes the artemisinin from the previous life.

"What did Junior Brother Li say?"

Wang Mengde heard that Li Xiang called and it was about Qinghao Powder, so he hurriedly asked.

It is not easy to make phone calls in this era, especially over such a long distance, thousands of kilometers away. Just the transfer in the middle takes a lot of time.

Unless there are special circumstances, it is usually written letters.

If they are in a hurry, they will send more telegrams.

"Brother, I just heard the news that Junior Brother Li Xiang called the hospital to report that Qinghao Powder is very effective.

After they went to Hainan, with the active cooperation of local hospitals and research institutes, they selected ten people for clinical trials. After treatment, the conditions of all ten people improved greatly.

In particular, two patients had already developed resistance to the specific drug chloroquine, and after taking traditional Chinese medicine, they quickly showed results.”

Zhang Qiaoyu said excitedly.

Just now, she was in contact with the staff of the Dean's Office and overheard the news.

Knowing that her senior brother was very concerned about the effect of Qinghao Powder, she came over to report the good news as soon as possible.

"Great."

Wang Mengde also looked happy.

At the same time, he finally let go of the worry that had been hanging in his stomach.

It seems that I made the right decision not to choose the ready-made path in my previous life, but to insist on using traditional Chinese medicine to solve malaria.

In addition to being excited, he then asked with concern:

"By the way, did Junior Brother Li tell me if the patient had any side effects after taking the medicine?"

"Brother, I haven't heard of this."

Zhang Qiaoyu said somewhat embarrassedly.

After she heard that Qinghao Powder was effective, she came here in a hurry without asking any specific questions.

Now that I think about it, I was indeed too anxious and should have asked carefully.

"Okay, I see."

Wang Mengde did not blame her. He himself was very excited when he heard the news, not to mention the other people involved.

Junior Sister Zhang also participated in the research, and she also has a share of the credit here.

Once successful, everyone involved will gain huge benefits.

For a young person who has just started working for a few years, having this kind of opportunity is something he has always dreamed of.

Hainan.

In a hospital.

Li Xiang, who had just returned from a phone call, was carefully observing the patient's condition together with Zhu Tao and another junior sister Sun Xiaoru.

At the same time, I observed and asked questions while taking notes in my notebook.

These are all good habits I learned from Wang Mengde.

After coming out of the ward.

After a simple disinfection, he took off his mask, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said happily:

"I think this patient can be discharged from the hospital after two more days of observation if there is no problem. Do you two have any opinions?"

About ten days ago, he came from the cold capital to Hainan, which was like summer.

Until now, no one has been able to adapt to this huge climate change in a short period of time.

"I have no objection. The patient's symptoms were relatively mild to begin with. After three days of medication, his symptoms have basically disappeared and he is more energetic. In two days, he will fully meet the discharge criteria."

Zhu Tao said in agreement.

"I have no objection either."

Sun Xiaoru also echoed with a pale face.

After she arrived in Hainan, she suffered from acclimatization problems.

Fortunately, Wang Mengde had anticipated this situation and gave them several prescriptions. After taking a few doses of the medicine, they felt much better.

Otherwise, the first non-combat casualties might occur.

"Okay, then let's go find Director Zeng and Dean Luo."

Seeing that the other two had no objection, Li Xiang spoke.

Director Zeng came from Beijing with them and is also the leader of the Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Director Luo is the head of the best traditional Chinese medicine hospital in Hainan.

Arriving at Dean Luo's office, Li Xiang, as a representative, first briefly reported the conditions of the ten patients, and then continued:

"President Luo, Director Zeng, patient number ten's condition was relatively mild before treatment. After three days of medication, he is now basically cured. After the three of us analyzed the situation, we think he can be discharged after two more days of observation."

Each of the ten patients has a corresponding number.

"Hahaha, you are the one who is responsible for treating the patient. No one else is familiar with the specific situation. Since you said he can be discharged, then we will complete the discharge procedures for this patient in two days."

Dean Luo looked at the three people in front of him and laughed.

At the same time, he felt very emotional.

They are both young people in their twenties, so why is there such a big gap between them?

There are also many newcomers of the same age in their hospital, but now at most they are just doing odd jobs or learning behind a doctor.

However, these three people in front of us can stand on their own. They are worthy of being from Beijing and have strong abilities.

If their hospital had one or two such good seedlings, he would wake up with a smile in his sleep. They would definitely treat them like treasures and cultivate them with all their strength.

"By the way, how are the other patients doing?"

Director Zeng, who was standing by, asked curiously.

Although he is also the director of the Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, he is usually only responsible for logistics, administration and other matters in the institute and has no knowledge of medicine at all.

“Director, the conditions of the other nine patients have also improved to varying degrees.

Three of them were moderately ill. After four or five days of treatment, they are almost recovered. It is expected that they will be almost recovered after another one or two days of treatment.

There were four critically ill patients who, after four or five days of treatment, were almost fully recovered. However, it will take continued observation to determine how long they need to take the medicine.

The two remaining most seriously ill patients were already in a terminal state due to their extreme resistance to the effective drug chloroquine and their treatment was delayed.

Fortunately, we gave him medicine in time for a few days, and he is now out of danger and is not in danger of death for the time being."

Li Xiang explained the conditions of the other nine patients in detail.

Seeing that every patient is getting better and even out of danger of death makes them very excited.

This shows that their hard work over the past six months of research has finally paid off.

Director Zeng was very happy to hear that all ten clinical trial subjects showed improvement after taking the medicine.

"Well, it seems that the prescription developed by Comrade Wang Mengde is effective in treating malaria."

"Director Zeng, Comrade Wang Mengde from your institute is like the reincarnation of Hua Tuo and Zhong Jing. I heard of his reputation a few years ago. Many of his research has saved the lives of countless patients.

Especially in the prevention and control of schistosomiasis, hundreds of millions of people in more than a dozen provinces and cities in the south are all grateful to him.

You know, the people here have been troubled by this disease for generations, and almost everyone has relatives or friends who have lost their lives to schistosomiasis, and countless people have become numb. You don't know that when they learned that he had developed a prescription for treatment, everyone was happier and more excited than during the Chinese New Year, and every household set off firecrackers.

Now, after the country's vigorous prevention and control, schistosomiasis has basically been eradicated. Even if some people occasionally get it, there is no need to worry, just treat it as a common disease."

When the name Wang Mengde was mentioned, Dean Luo became very excited.

Only in the southern region can you understand how much pain people living in this area suffered from this disease.

Seeing Dean Luo praising Wang Mengde so much, Director Zeng couldn't help but straighten his chest.

As a member of the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the honor Wang Mengde has received can also be considered a collective honor.

After chatting for a few more sentences, Dean Luo suddenly thought of something, and his face straightened and he said seriously:
"By the way, Comrade Li Xiang, there is one thing. We have found that more and more malaria patients have developed great resistance to drugs such as chloroquine.

We suspect that a new variant of malaria may have emerged. I would like to add two more patients who are resistant to chloroquine to the clinical trial. Do you think this is feasible?"

Previously, drugs such as quinine were generally ineffective in treating malaria, but they did have some effect.

However, in the past six months, their hospital has gradually received patients who are resistant to Western medicine.

For these patients, drugs such as quinine have no effect at all and other treatment methods are the only option.

However, other means are of very limited effect, and the disease depends entirely on the patient's own immune system. For many people, their condition continues to worsen, and not a few even die.

When this situation occurs, they take it very seriously.

Unfortunately, due to insufficient medical skills and limited equipment, they only had a limited understanding.

It was not until more than ten days ago that several comrades from the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine arrived. With the idea of ​​giving it a try, he added two patients who were resistant to quinine.

Unexpectedly, the effect was very good.

This made him breathe a sigh of relief.

You know, a few months ago, experts from several hospitals in Hainan discussed and analyzed this situation under the organization of their superiors.

The final conclusion was that malaria might have a new variant.

This discovery surprised everyone.

If the specific medicine is no longer effective and a new variant of malaria breaks out, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"Dean Luo, we have no objection."

Li Xiang glanced at Zhu Tao and Sun Xiaoru, the three of them exchanged glances, and then he agreed.

For them, having two more patients would at most mean a little more hard work every day.

The impact is not significant, but the benefits are significant.

The more people conduct clinical trials, the more convincing the results of the trials will be.

If they were not afraid of being too busy, they would even take the initiative to apply to double the number of people.

However, after this batch of patients recovered and were discharged from the hospital, when they were preparing to conduct the next batch of clinical trials, they mentioned it to President Luo and asked the doctors from Hainan to participate as well.

In this way, the number of patients in clinical trials will naturally increase.

After the three people left.

Dean Luo and Director Zeng were the only two people left in the room. After a moment of silence, Dean Luo broke the strange atmosphere:
"It is true that a good teacher produces good students."

Originally, when he learned that several people were coming from the capital to test the prescription for treating malaria, he didn't take it seriously.

As the largest traditional Chinese medicine hospital in Hainan, this kind of situation happens quite a few times every year.

He had long been accustomed to it.

Later, when he heard that the prescription was developed by Wang Mengde, he began to take it seriously.

When Li Xiang and a few others arrived, he personally sent a car to pick them up.

When everyone arrived, they found that Wang Mengde did not come, but his junior brothers and sisters took his place, so they subconsciously frowned.

These three young people are just making things too frivolous.

Not only him, but even other doctors in the hospital, although they actively cooperated, still felt contempt in their hearts.

It was not until the ten patients had taken the medicine and saw obvious improvement the next day that they realized that a strong general has no weak soldiers under his command.

After getting to know them, I found that the levels of these three young people are far beyond those of ordinary young people, and they can stand on their own in their hospital.

Especially when it comes to the treatment of difficult and complicated diseases, he knows more than some old Chinese medicine practitioners who have been practicing for many years.

"Haha, Dean Luo, you may not know that among these three people, two of them have been studying with Comrade Wang Mengde for more than two years.

Every time he sees patients in the hospital, he lets his junior colleagues follow behind him to observe and learn, and he also explains in detail the principles of diagnosis and treatment, which can be described as hands-on teaching."

Director Zeng said with a smile.

In the Chinese Medical Research Institute, there are hundreds of gifted people, and not a single one of them does not envy Wang Mengde’s eight fellow junior brothers and sisters.

Unfortunately, this is each person's fate. No matter how envious you are, there is no way to change the facts.

"No wonder they have such amazing skills at such a young age. It turns out that Comrade Wang Mengde taught them personally."

Dean Luo suddenly realized.

At first, he thought that these were all taught by their teachers.

If he achieved these achievements by studying under Wang Mengde, then it would make sense.

Beijing.

Chinese Medical Research Institute.

Pu Lao walked in front, and Wang Mengde followed behind him.

Two people walked slowly, one in front and one behind, along the winding path.

"Sir, it's windy outside, let's go back."

Wang Mengde tightened his coat and persuaded in a low voice.

It is already mid-March and the severe cold has passed, but it is still a bit chilly outside, especially when it is windy.

"Haha, it's okay to come out for a stroll occasionally."

Pu Lao stopped, turned around and looked at him, smiling and said, "By the way, Meng De, I asked you to come out for a walk today because I want to tell you a piece of news."

After a pause, seeing that his proud disciple was listening attentively, he said softly:
"My appointment as vice president has been approved by my superiors."

"Really?! Congratulations sir."

After hearing this, Wang Mengde was beaming with joy.

This is truly a double blessing.

There has been good progress in Hainan, and there is also good news from the teacher.

In the second half of last year, one of the institute's vice presidents resigned from his position due to health reasons.

The vacancy left after his departure instantly attracted a lot of people.

After a game of chess, the final winner was his teacher.

"It's all thanks to you."

Pu Lao said.

This was what he really thought. The competition was so fierce this time that if it weren't for this disciple, he might not have won.

“By the way, after I become the vice president, the Internal Medicine Research Institute will depend on you.

However, because we need to consider the feelings of other colleagues in the institute, you may have to be a person of substance without a name for a short period of time."

(End of this chapter)