Chapter 1616 Vested Interest Groups

Tang Cheng said: "Today I convened a meeting on the prevention and treatment of cancer, focusing on the study of the cancer prevention work in our province. Some cancer patients were from wealthy families before they were diagnosed with cancer, but after they were diagnosed with cancer, they became poor families again, and they returned to the feeling of being liberated overnight! Once the masses of the people suffer from cancer, it will drag down the entire family and cause heavy blows and harm to the entire family members; as a qualified government, our government has the obligation and responsibility to protect the lives, health, and safety of the people in our jurisdiction, to ensure that the masses of the people live a happy and contented life, and the work of preventing and treating cancer has become particularly important. ”

After Tang Cheng finished talking about this, he turned his face and asked Liang Faxian, director of the Provincial Health Department, who was present, and said, "Director Liang, can you inform everyone about the situation, what is the cancer situation in our province?"

Liang Faxian cleared his voice and said: "Since the governor asked, let me say that at present, the incidence of cancer in our Gannan Province is still very high, and it is at the national level, and the number of cancer patients in Gannan Province is about 600,000, and the number of new tumors every year is also about 100,000, and the situation is still not optimistic." Judging from the trend, the number of cancer patients is increasing year by year. According to the national cause of death survey, the number of cancers in the world has risen from 90th to 1st in the early days of the country's founding, and the reason for this situation is multifaceted, and the population is increasing, and the total number of people suffering from cancer is inevitably increasing. Therefore, whether the incidence of cancer is higher or not depends not only on the absolute number, but also on the relative number. The fact is that not every cancer is on the rise. Worldwide, the incidence of lung cancer, colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, and prostate cancer is rising, breast cancer is basically stable, and cervical cancer, esophageal cancer, and stomach cancer are gradually decreasing. The statistics of our province show a similar trend. Environmental pollution is a concomitant product of modern Ming. Among the substances that pollute the environment, a considerable part of them can cause cancer. There is no doubt that the exposure of the current generation to carcinogens has increased significantly in the past, and the incidence of cancer will naturally increase. ”

Tang Cheng nodded and said: "Yes, Comrade Fa Xian said well, deafening, let me, the governor, listen, my heart is afraid, so many people in our province have suffered from cancer, and behind every person suffering from cancer, there is a suffering family!" As the governor of the province, I can't ignore it, Comrade Fa Xian just mentioned many factors for cancer, but as far as I know, in some developed countries in the world, the number of people suffering from cancer is declining year by year, and the mortality rate is also declining year by year, while our province is increasing year by year. ”

Tang Cheng turned his face and asked President Kong of the Provincial Hospital, "President Kong, what does your hospital do to treat cancer and reduce cancer mortality?"

Dean Kong said ashamedly: "Don't hide from the governor that the high cancer mortality rate in our province is a dereliction of duty on the part of our provincial hospital, and we are sorry for the people of the province." We also want to try to reduce cancer mortality, but there are many realities that hold us back. In the world, there are many new anti-cancer drugs and technologies, which we have not yet introduced, and there are many new anti-cancer technologies, because they are expensive, patients cannot afford them, and we have not entered a wide range of clinical applications, and this factor is multifaceted. ”

Tang Cheng nodded and said: "Yes, Dean Kong told me the truth just now, the reason for restricting our cancer mortality rate is actually very simple, it boils down to two points, the first point is that many drugs and technologies that effectively treat cancer in the world have not yet been introduced, and the second point is that many of the latest drugs and the latest technology have unique effects on the treatment of cancer, but because of their high price, ordinary families cannot afford to accept them, and they have not entered a wide range of clinical applications, so that the mortality rate of cancer patients in our province will continue to rise." Today, let's not talk about the factors that cause cancer, today we mainly talk about cancer treatment, if we are among the world's leading in cancer treatment, we can still reduce our cancer mortality rate. As far as I know, in some countries in the world, there is already a mature cervical cancer vaccine, and the nine-valent vaccine has also been developed, why hasn't it been popularized in our province?"

Vice President Wu Bo said: "Regarding the cervical cancer vaccine, it has not yet been fully popularized in our province, and only a small amount of bivalent vaccine has entered a few developed cities in our province, and it has not yet been popularized in primary medical institutions. ”

Tang Cheng said: "Today's meeting is to study two things, the first thing is that our province wants to popularize the prevention and treatment of cervical cancer vaccine. The second thing is that no matter how difficult our province's finances are, we must also come up with money to prevent and treat this cancer, and the government will increase financial investment, increase the amount of compensation for the mass medical insurance for serious illnesses, and support the application of the world's latest technology to our province. ”

Then, Tang Cheng instructed this Liang Faxian to say: "You immediately draft a report and report it directly to the Ministry of Health, and our province requires the procurement of cervical cancer nine-valent vaccine." Let the Ministry of Health figure it out. In addition, we import the latest anti-cancer drugs overseas. The world is shared, and technology is also shared, especially scientific research and technology that is good for people's health. ”

Tang Cheng attached great importance to cancer prevention and control, and after the meeting, the Gannan Provincial Government quickly took action.

The Gannan Provincial Health Department began to write a report calling for the introduction of the world's latest anti-cancer technologies and drugs, and for cervical cancer vaccines to be popularized in Gannam Province.

Zhang Xiaoya of the Ministry of Health received an application report from Gannan Province. After Zhang Xiaoya saw it, Ma Neng knew that this was what Tang Cheng meant.

This is also Tang Cheng, who always can't see the people suffering.

Zhang Xiaoya called Tang Cheng, and Zhang Xiaoya said: "Tang Cheng, you always find me a problem, the introduction of cancer prevention drugs from abroad, as well as the nine-valent vaccine, this matter is easy to say, but it will be difficult to do, it will touch the strong opposition of vested interest groups." ”

Tang Cheng asked: "Sister Xiaoya, what is a vested interest group?"

Zhang Xiaoya said: "This truth, do you still need me to explain it to you? Let's talk about this anti-cancer drug first, such as an anti-cancer drug, called cancer Yiyongling, I will give you a temporary name, this kind of cancer Yiyongling, produced and developed by a large pharmaceutical factory in our country, this kind of drug, there will be trillions of sales every year, profits, taxes and profits are more objective. If we suddenly import a drug from abroad, which can replace the effect of this cancer medicine, and even if this cancer medicine still works, and the price is cheaper, you think about it, if we import drugs from abroad, how much impact will it have on this cancer medicine! Besides, this cancer has a foundation in the market, and it also has a good cooperative relationship with many cancer hospital doctors, and the hospital is willing to use their drugs and is reluctant to import the latest drugs from abroad. There is also the matter of vaccines, and I am also actively trying to find a way, but helplessly, experts and scholars are very opposed to our introduction from abroad!"