Chapter 23 Medical Teams for Africa
Zhou Jun's idea is very realistic, after all, the Fourth Central Hospital is mainly focused on emergency treatment. Although it has the backing of Ningyuan Medical College, the strength of the heart outside is indeed slightly weaker than that of other hospitals. Although an autologous transplant is relatively easier than an allogeneic transplant, it is extremely difficult to operate. Patients may generally choose to go to the capital or Shanghai for elective surgery rather than receive treatment in Ningyuan.
Even if he really wanted to stay in Ningyuan for treatment, the extracardiac strength of the Second Hospital was obviously stronger than that of the Fourth Central Hospital. Even if it does, it is basically not the turn of the cardiac surgery department of the Fourth Central Hospital.
That's the result of no foundation. Sun Lien sighed, although the strength of Ningyuan Medical College is quite good, the Fourth Central Hospital has only been established for eight years, and it has not yet fully formed its own set of talent training systems and echelons. Although the current director of Cardiac Surgery is experienced, after all, he mainly focuses on emergency surgeries such as myocardial infarction and cardiac repair. I don't have much experience with difficult non-emergency procedures. This type of abdominal ectopic cardiac ectopic requires surgery, and it is not as simple as taking the heart out of the stomach and then going to the chest. Active venous plasty, traction to leave a position for the heart, maintenance of circulation after stopping the heartbeat, and re-pacing after the cardiac vascular suture are done. In short, after a complete set of surgeries, there are too many links that can go wrong. For patients and their families, the best option is to choose a more powerful hospital for elective surgery.
"You guys, what are you doing squatting at the door with a sad face" A familiar voice sounded, Sun Lien looked at the source of the voice, and immediately said with a happy brow, "Director Liu!
Liu Tangchun wore his own clothes and received a non-woven shopping bag in his hand. The bag is full of things, and the volume is really not small. But what it is, Sun Lien can't see it.
The old man nodded to Sun Lien, put the things in his hand on the ground, and smiled over to look at the film in Zhou Jun's hand. "Ahh
Zhou Jun nodded. He was also a little unprepared for Liu Tangchun's sudden appearance, the old man came over to watch the film with an unorthodox face, and he didn't know whether he should hand over the film to Liu Tangchun for a while.
"It's not even chest and abdomen, it's belly. Liu Tangchun looked at the picture on the CT chart and said again and again, "Lao Tzu hasn't been here for a few days, and there is such a big business coming to the door."
"Teacher Liu. Zhou Jun finally reacted, anyway, no matter whether Liu Tangchun is still the deputy director of the emergency department, he is still his own teacher. If a student has a question that he doesn't understand, isn't it normal to ask the teacher, "This patient, do you think we can do it outside the heart?"
"What can't be" Liu Tangchun's view is different from Zhou Jun's. "Lao Tong has been doing it outside his heart for decades. If he couldn't do this operation, there would be few people in Ningyuan who could do it. β
Tong Chunlai is an old qualification outside his heart. Since he was not born in Ning Yuan, the relationship between the heart surgery and other departments has always been a little estranged. But this did not prevent Liu Tangchun from repaying Tong Chunlai with a high appreciation attitude. Tong Chunlai, who graduated from the Second Military University, became Ning Yuan's son-in-law that year, and the cost of living in Shanghai was too high after changing jobs, so he followed his wife to Ningyuan. Although he did not hold a teaching position in the medical school, the students of Ningyuan Medical College were willing to work under him - compared with other extramental experts, Lao Tong had a very big characteristic, easy-going.
Lao Tong is an authentic good person. No one wants to offend, and they don't like to compete with others. If the student is an outsider, Lao Tong will let the student keep being his second assistant. If you don't think it's suitable, Lao Tong won't use any tricks to force people to change departments. Based on his observations, he will contact the head of the department who is suitable for the student. Then let them dig people.
Of course, Liu Tangchun's good impression of Tong Chunlai does not come from the cooperative attitude of "if you want to dig the corner, then you will dig". At least not entirely for this reason. As the deputy director of the emergency department, Liu Tangchun and the directors of various other departments are common in Changshu. In addition to Zheng Guoyou and Lao Liu, who have been old friends for many years, Professor Li of the Department of Hematology, Director Wang of the Department of Pediatrics and Lao Liu have a good relationship. But in addition to these directors who usually have personal relationships, the one who has the best relationship with Liu Tangchun is Tong Chunlai.
"Lao Tong has no problem doing this surgery. Liu Tangchun once again emphasized his opinion, "Have you called a chest consultation?"
Sun Lien shook his head.
"Then don't scream yet. Liu Tangchun shook the CT image on his hand, "The blade didn't hurt the lungs, looking at the shape of the grip, it should be a fruit knife, there is no blood groove on the fruit knife, as long as you don't pull out the knife rashly, his pneumothorax will not be very serious." Even if we want to pull it out, we can do it ourselves, and we can't trouble the people outside the chest. β
"That extracardiac ......," Zhou Jun hesitated, the doctor on duty outside the heart must not be able to perform a total ectopic surgery right away - the less experienced second-line doctor may not even be able to design a surgical plan. But it seems a little inappropriate to call Director Tong to the hospital right nowβthis is not an emergency operation. For the sake of an elective operation, the director of the department slipped back from home at night, which is too much to treat the director as a leader.
"I'll talk about Lao Tong. Liu Tangchun waved his hand, he knew what his usually serious disciple was worried about. "But you......" he tapped Zhou Jun's head with his fingers, "This mouth has to be opened when it should be." What should I do if I delay the patient?"
Those who should be trained are trained, and those who should be trained are trained. Everything seems to be the same as before.
"I'll borrow this kid first. Just when Zhou Jun seemed to be about to fall into some kind of indescribable melancholy, Liu Tangchun smiled and grabbed Sun Lien's back clothes collar, and then carried Sun Lien all the way to a small conference room where no one was.
"Teacher Liu...... "Sun Lien's height is much taller than Liu Tangchun. It was not so much that he was brought over, but that he was cooperating with Liu Tangchun's pace all the way. Seeing that Liu Tangchun dragged himself to a place where there was no one, Sun Lien knew that Lao Liu estimated that he had something to talk to him about alone.
"There may be some changes to your admission. Liu Tangchun ignored Sun Lien's words, and said directly to himself, "Although I am still your mentor, after you enter the school, you have to follow Zhou Jun in the first year." β
Sun Lien didn't understand what Liu Tangchun meant, "with Senior Brother Zhou"
"You kid is pretty fast up the pole. Liu Tangchun glanced at Sun Lien, and he sat down in his seat, "I'm going to Africa next month." β
"Africa" Sun Lien plucked out his ears, and after confirming that he heard correctly, he said with a surprised face, "What are you doing in Africa?"
Liu Tangchun spread his hands, "What else can you do to lead the medical team." β
The African Medical Team is a project that has been going on for more than 40 years. Organized by the Chinese government, domestic doctors are stationed in poor areas of Africa to provide medical care to people there.
It is actually quite difficult for domestic doctors to join the medical team to help Africa. As an assistance program, only doctors with a professional title of attending physician or higher are eligible to apply for the examination. After passing the review, the doctors will be stationed as volunteers in several friendly countries in Africa. The medical team will only rotate once every two years, which means that within two years, Liu Tangchun will have to go to the poor areas of the interior of Africa and work hard for two years.
"Why" Sun Lien was anxious. Even if Liu Tangchun has serious leadership responsibilities in the previous handling, suspension and reflection is the strictest punishment. How could there be any reason to demote Lao Liu, a chief physician in his fifties and sixties, to Africa, especially thinking that this might be related to his own Hu Lai, Sun Lien was even more anxious. "How can this reason not work, I have to go to Dean Song......"
"You sit down for me!" Liu Tangchun slapped the table violently, "What are you looking for Dean Song to do to ruin Lao Tzu?"
"That's Africa!" Sun Lien said hurriedly, "No water, no electricity, no language, different diet, Mr. Liu, you are old again......
"Hey" Liu Tangchun smashed an empty paper cup on the table directly on Sun Lien's head, "You can still be my master"
Sun Lien shook his head and said hurriedly, "Teacher Liu, I caused the disaster, even if Dean Song fired me, I wouldn't have anything to say." But let you go to Africa......"
"I said it all, that's a good thing for Lao Tzu. Liu Tangchun laughed angrily, "Did your ears block the feces, and the medical team asked my grandfather to tell my grandmother!"
"Ah" Sun Lien was completely dumbfounded.
Since the sixties and seventies of the last century, the foreign-aid medical team has gradually changed from a "state-assigned task" to a "mobilization and participation" mission. However, the Chinese have a strong sense of homeland, and it is somewhat inconvenient to leave their hometown to live and work in other cities in China, let alone to go to Africa, and it is precisely because of this that the medical team in Africa has gradually begun to have a lot of treatment tilt. Although the $2,000 a month aid allowance may not even be as good as the salary of the department director or even the attending staff, the subsequent priority administrative promotion and great honors have greatly attracted many doctors.
This is especially true for a doctor like Liu Tangchun, who has worked in the army, and he can completely dispense with any priority in administrative promotion, anyway, in the Fourth Central Hospital and Ningyuan Medical College, which is an acre and three points of land, there is basically no problem for Comrade Liu to walk sideways. But honor is what he wants to fight for the most.
"It's not just because of the benefits. Liu Tangchun explained with a smile, "It just so happens that I have taught several Tanzanian students in the past, and they are still working in the medical system there. This time, I just happened to see them reminiscing. β