Plague Doctor

The delicious grouper fish soup couldn't calm down his mind. Gu Jun slept until midnight and woke up in a cold sweat.

He dreamed that another plague broke out in the world, with helpless people, piles of corpses, and medical staff who were like corpse carriers. He dreamed of He Fenghe, an expert, holding an anti-inflammatory drug and feeling like a treasure. , the dead city streets, not even the crows roost...

He cried out to the sky in his dream, but the sky only brought down an even stronger storm.

He keeps struggling, but there are fewer and fewer people around him. Sacrifice, sacrifice, sacrifice, familiar people become photos on tombstones, tombstones thousands of miles away.

His hands were dripping with blood, but he failed to save any people, relatives or friends.

"Huh, huh..." Gu Jun stood up and sat on the bed, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead. He looked at the dimly lit surroundings. There was only a faint sound from the monitoring equipment in the ward. He suddenly felt a void in his heart, as if everything was nothing. nothingness.

No, this is incorrect, this is useless, you have to cheer up quickly...

Gu Jun immediately shook his head so hard that his peek skull hurt a little.

Don't be decadent or wallow in these emotions. Even if you feel sad, you have to hold on and cheer up. There isn't much time left.

Otherwise, the scene in the dream may come true.

Gu Jun thumped his heart again, making a loud banging sound. His heart suddenly beat faster, and the inexpressible chest tightness was also thumped away, but those messy thoughts surged up again. This world must Make some changes to relieve the pain and relieve more pain…

The more pain there is in this world, the sicker it will be, and the faster it will collapse and become fragmented.

On the contrary, the less suffering, the less suffering caused by disease, the weaker the dark forces will be and the healthier the world will be.

These ideas may not be the mechanism of hemoptysis, but they can definitely inhibit the return of negative selection life...

Among the fragments of consciousness triggered by Yu Chi that day, many patients initially had hope and wanted to live, to live like ordinary people, to run, to walk... these are things that ordinary people would not care about at all. Things are something they strive for.

After their hopes were shattered again and again, it was also the reason why they fell into the dark side...

In the face of disease, no one can stay away, because anyone may suddenly become seriously ill, or their descendants may suffer misfortune.

Gu Jun scratched his head and looked at the clock on the wall over there. It was about three o'clock in the morning and it was still time to go to bed, but he really couldn't wait any longer. He reached out and pressed the call bell on the bedside and said, "Hello , I request to speak to Mr. Tong, there is something very important."

The pager immediately heard a voice from the service desk: "Okay, Doctor Gu, please wait a moment, and I will contact Mr. Tong for you."

Tong Ye is now a big shot in the bureau, and he does practical things. He is very busy every day, and not everyone can directly pluck him out of his rare sleep. Gu Jun was one of the people who could do this. Within five minutes, Tong Ye's confused and anxious voice came from the pager.

"Arjun, what's wrong? The call has been encrypted. If you have anything to say, please tell me."

"Master Tong, we must take practical actions to relieve more pain in this world."

Gu Jun spoke very seriously to show that he was sane and understood the difficulty of accomplishing these things, as well as the seriousness and urgency of the situation.

"To put it simply, both Tianxuan and Tianxuan worlds must quickly realize free medical care for all. The situation of having medicines but no money can no longer exist. In addition, all pharmaceutical companies and scientific research companies must be brought together to share technology, invest funds, and gather talents. , to conquer more diseases.”

Tongye was silent for a few seconds before he said, "Is it so big?"

Tong Ye is not the kind of person who follows the rules. When he was young, he was more disdainful and bohemian than Gu Jun. Many of the ideas he proposed were shocking at the time and even now. But even so, and because he has been working in a high position since I know more difficulties personally...

So what Gu Jun said now still gave Tong Ye a great impact.

This is not a change that can be achieved at once, and the various aspects involved cannot be explained clearly in a few words.

It can even be said that there are no experts or scholars in the Tianxuan world who can find out the truth about this matter.

"I know, this is like talking in a dream, suddenly asking for world unity..." Gu Jun was anxious before, but the more he talked, the calmer he became, because the more he talked, the more certain he became that he had to do this, "If it can't be realized, , Mr. Tong, our human civilization can’t last long.”

He looked at the darkness around him and suddenly felt shuddering again.

In the past few days, he had learned about some medical conditions that were unclear before, especially the current status of diseases where fragments of consciousness were revealed.

"Hemophilia, due to congenital coagulation dysfunction, usually starts in toddlers and manifests various bleedings of varying degrees. Normal activities may also cause bleeding in joints and muscles; severe patients may also bleed spontaneously. Even if I sit still, I will find bruises all over my body when I wake up.

Excessive joint bleeding can cause irreversible damage and develop into hemophilic arthritis, pain, deformity, disability, and poor quality of life. These patients are like being cut with a knife all the time. Children can barely live a normal life, but by the time they are teenagers, their joints are so worn that they are almost in a wheelchair. Tong Ye, do you know that domestic universities can refuse to admit hemophilia patients. Even if you pass the exam, they don't want you. There is no legal problem.

Some patients were also rejected in this way.

Hemophilia patients can receive treatment with a drug half-life of about 10 hours by injecting coagulation factors after bleeding, but the cost is high and domestic medical conditions are limited. Even in places with good conditions abroad, preventive treatment with injections three times a week can improve the quality of life. It is still a problem, the joints are still slowly getting diseased.

Imicizumab, a newly launched bispecific antibody drug, has different pharmacology from coagulation factors. It can be injected subcutaneously once a week or a month, and a sufficient dose can significantly improve the coagulation level of hemophilia patients. The drug With a half-life of one month, patients can achieve zero bleeding per year and can go to school, work, and live like normal people. Although irreversible joint lesions will not be repaired, as long as they continue to take the medication, the disease will be cured.

For an adult patient weighing 50kg, the annual domestic cost of taking this drug will exceed 1.2 million.

Mr. Tong, without medical insurance reimbursement, how many years would it take an ordinary family to earn 1.2 million without food or water?

Hemophilia has become a disease of poverty.

There are too many poverty-stricken diseases with no money for medicine and so on. Mr. Tong, I am a medical student, and I never knew there were so many... poor diseases.

Why is this happening? Why? Many people say that because pharmaceutical companies need to earn back their R\u0026D costs during the patent period, it costs money to develop a drug and it also costs money to produce a drug. But last year, the world's top ten pharmaceutical companies, such as Roche, the company that produces Imicizumab, had annual net profits of more than US$10 billion. They make money, lots and lots of money. "

Gu Jun was talking to himself, and the darkness around him seemed to be holding his throat, making it impossible for him to breathe.

"Master Tong, I don't understand economics, and you probably don't either. What I understand tells me that we are in a tug of war...

We need to treat more patients, and the progress of modern medicine should benefit more people, so that more patients who are in difficulty can be treated and get out of trouble. If you have money but no medicine, that’s not good enough, but if you have medicine but no money, it will only bring more pain to the world..."

Gu Jun took a deep breath, "We can't just stop those evil believers from making this world worse, we also have to make this world better.

The pharmaceutical giants around the world need to integrate their profits, patents, and research and development... There needs to be a universal medical insurance plan that can benefit everyone in the Tianxuan and Xuan worlds. Put aside prejudices and interests, and have only one pure goal: more Give the world health as much as possible. How to make money for manufacturing companies, how to distribute profits, how to maintain driving competitiveness... I can't say, but if this continues, it will be a matter of time before hemoptysis appears, or it may be another disease, another more powerful of new Legionnaires' disease. This world needs to change..."

Gu Jun muttered, his words were messy, and some of his statements kept repeating.

But Tong Ye could understand his words, and the sound of deep breathing came from the intercom.

"Arjun, I understand. I fully support what you said. I have risked my life to push forward what you said. But I can tell you now that things will not go smoothly. This matter is too It’s difficult. You also know, don’t talk about it, even the construction of Goa and Tianxuan General Administration is not going so smoothly.”

Gu Jun knew that he was talking like he was dreaming...

"Master Tong, let me tell you, no matter how difficult it is, we must do it. Otherwise, the next epidemic, the next disaster, may come tomorrow, and maybe they will die by then."

After all, it was the middle of the night. Tong Ye sighed: "This matter cannot be rushed. You should have a good sleep now and recover from your injuries. We will talk about it tomorrow."

After the call ended, Gu Jun didn't fall asleep immediately. He looked at the ceiling, his heart churning. There is only one disease in the world, the disease of poverty...

He then remembered that at the high school graduation party, he had received the admission notice for the eight-year medical school at Dongda University, and he pretended to be high-spirited and said that to his classmates.

He also recalled that when he was in junior high school, there was a classmate in the class who was very smart and outstanding, gregarious, kind, and popular with girls. His witty speeches in class always made the whole class laugh. They were having fun at the time. That classmate Later I dropped out of school for unknown reasons, saying it was due to physical reasons.

That classmate was very frail and never attended physical education classes...perhaps he was a hemophiliac.

Is that classmate in pain now? At this moment, how many people are suffering from this kind of pain?

Gu Jun felt like his whole body was being tightened, tightened...

Once again, he seemed to hear the lingering sound of negative choice.

Can you cure poverty?

Must be cured...

Doctor Gu, it's useless.

The medicine in the alien world is so much ahead of the earth's world, and religious beliefs ensure that everyone's illness can be cured, but they still lead to destruction.

Because differences will form new diseases, and diseases are artificially defined. As long as there are differences, new diseases will continue to appear. There will not be a world where everyone is healthy unless everyone has no differences.

no no……

Gu Jun's face tightened, and he drove away the hallucinatory voice. The more he thought about it, the more anxious and determined he became.

No matter how difficult it is, I am willing to give it a try.

Love the Plague Doctor.