I Can Talk to the Internal Organs

Chapter 347 - 313: Both Traditional and Modern

Prevention first, treatment second?

The old traditional Chinese medicine doctors familiar with that era can’t help but feel nostalgic when they hear these words.

Despite the harsh conditions at that time, everyone held the belief of serving the people.

Whether it was Chinese or Western medicine, the purpose of medical practice was singular: to relieve the suffering of patients. Money, although not entirely disregarded, was definitely not the primary concern.

At that time, many doctors voluntarily promoted health guides, going door to door, through streets and alleys.

Because many people were illiterate, if health promotion was inadequate, some preventable diseases went unresolved, and the public suffered needlessly due to ignorance.

Once someone became ill, doctors had to visit the patient, but medical resources were very limited then.

Thus, disease prevention became the core medical philosophy.

Today, living standards have improved, medical resources have become richer, yet because they are concentrated in large cities, this has again caused a relative shortage of medical resources.

Nearly all the capable doctors find it impossible to stay in small cities, which is an inevitable result of economic society.

As such, with the excessive centralization of medical resources, disease prevention has become merely symbolic.

After three years of epidemics, it has become evident that if the government hadn’t centrally managed medical resources, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

If the concept of prevention is not put on the agenda, another such epidemic would bring enormous losses to the country.

This might be why the government vigorously promoted traditional Chinese medicine after the epidemic ended.

In the field of prevention, traditional Chinese medicine has no equal.

If all the systems mentioned by Huang Fusheng about this hospital truly exist, they indeed align well with the prevention-oriented approach.

"Elder Huang, may I ask what the current daily patient intake of this hospital is?"

Huang Fusheng replied, "Currently, it’s fluctuating between nine thousand to ten thousand."

Achieving such daily patient numbers in just four months?

The audience was quite shocked upon hearing these figures.

Because many city-level Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospitals have been operating for decades and may only achieve this patient volume.

"Elder Huang, I have a question: how is the skill level of the doctors in this hospital? Even if your models are innovative, without experienced traditional Chinese medicine practitioners maintaining the cure rate you mentioned, it’s unlikely to achieve such patient numbers in such a short time."

This person clearly knows the field.

If a hospital revolves around doctors and doesn’t rely on selling herbal medicine to make money, and all major revenue departments require prescriptions from other department doctors, it essentially strengthens doctors’ decision-making power, forcing them to possess extremely high skills.

Otherwise, if doctors’ skills are poor and the efficacy is not obvious, patients will certainly not return after one or two visits.

Elder Huang nodded, "You’re right, most of the doctors in this hospital are my students and those brought over by Dean Shen from their hospital. Compared to a municipal Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, their skill level and experience are indeed much higher."

As expected!

With such a team, the medical resources of the hospital Huang Fusheng speaks of are already on par with some provincial Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospitals.

What they lack is a large number of ordinary traditional Chinese medicine practitioners.

"In my view, your hospital is not replicable, and probably there are not many Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospitals nationwide that can meet your standards."

Huang Fusheng laughed, "If not, then keep the scale smaller."

The person shook his head, "It’s impossible, even at a smaller scale, you need decent traditional Chinese medical practitioners. You know, it’s too difficult to train traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, mass production is simply not feasible."

Huang Fusheng said, "I cannot agree with that. Indeed, studying traditional Chinese medicine is difficult, but that’s for mastering it. If it’s merely starting with wellness entry, learning some simple pulse-taking skills, and two or three classical formulas for treating wind-cold, training them is not complicated. It could be said to be simpler than Western medicine."

"You and I both know, all theoretical aspects of traditional Chinese medicine have an overarching guideline. As long as the guideline is grasped and teaching starts with the simplest classical formulas, even someone entirely new to traditional Chinese medicine can learn how to treat colds and minor illnesses within two or three months."

"If traditional Chinese medicine begins from this entry point, healing the majority of patients’ colds will save patients from worrying about pathogenic factors invading viscera during each cold, thus exterior pathogens won’t accumulate in the body. This way, most newcomers to traditional Chinese medicine get a plethora of patients to practice with, thereby learning more and deeper traditional Chinese medicine in clinical practice."

"The notion that traditional Chinese medicine is tough to learn has always been a misconception."

In fact, studying Western medicine isn’t simple either.

It’s much like learning English.

Every year new disease names emerge, new medical concepts are born, and outdated concepts are discarded.

In other words, newcomers learning medicine must absorb far more knowledge than those who studied before them.

Many studying Western medicine do not have it easy at all.

Theories of traditional Chinese medicine have been quite perfected over thousands of years.

The classics to be mastered are nothing more than a few key books, and the difference lies in whether one can flexibly apply them in practice after learning them.

Why are many present-day National Masters of Chinese Medicine those who followed mentors previously?

Why are so few trained in colleges able to reach their heights?

Because with equivalent study time, those following mentors have dealt with exponentially more patients than college-trained students.

Moreover, many students lack enough Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospitals to provide opportunities for continued learning after graduation, thus the scale of traditional Chinese medicine naturally does not grow.

If we follow the idea of Huang Fusheng, letting some traditional Chinese medicine students come to the hospital and start with the simplest cold classical formulas after graduation, not only can they get practice opportunities but also help the hospital in disease stratification.

Simultaneously, this ensures traditional Chinese medicine students could access the maximum number of patients, offering every student entering the hospital space for learning and growth.

Coupled with a unique doctor salary system, they also can earn substantial rewards.

If cultivated this way, as long as a person sincerely studies traditional Chinese medicine, they absolutely can become a qualified traditional Chinese medicine practitioner.

The college model probably can’t be changed, but as long as students come to Lu Jiu TCM Hospital, the environment here will undoubtedly offer them considerable growth prospects.

"Elder Huang, do you mean your hospital wants to train newcomers in the traditional mentoring method?"

Huang Fusheng laughed, "It’s both traditional and quite modern. At least in our hospital, while training newcomers, their salary is also sufficient."

It must be said, after listening to Huang Fusheng’s complete introduction of Lu Jiu TCM Hospital,

Many traditional Chinese medicine practitioners on-site were quite tempted.

However, one is Jinling, the other Jianghan, two places worlds apart.

But apart from its small size, Jianghan has almost all advantages, not to mention its unique model, the most crucial point is that it is one of the eight pilot cities for traditional Chinese medicine reform.

Even if it doesn’t match the importance of the Four Major Pharmaceutical Cities, it is still a pilot city.

If results are shown here and catch the leaders’ attention, Jianghan’s status may become vital in the future.

If one engages at this critical juncture, it’s akin to joining a startup team with significant achievements.

But that’s an ideal scenario, what if there are no results?

Then leaving Jinling for Jianghan might just be throwing away a great opportunity.

It’s indeed a hard decision!

"Elder Huang, I..."

Huang Fusheng looked at the time and promptly interrupted another speaker, "Sorry, my time is up. If you have any questions, we can discuss them after."

Finishing his words, Huang Fusheng walked off the stage.

The next speaker stepped up, but by that time, few people were focused on listening.

They all started to develop a strong interest in Huang Fusheng’s hospital.

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