In fact, there are a certain number of osteosarcoma patients in the oncology department of Sanbo Hospital, but not many. Some are undergoing conservative treatment, but most of them are undergoing surgery in the orthopedics department.
These patients need to be selected and meet certain conditions, and then both the patient and their family members agree before they can participate in the experiment. The patient cannot be too old or too young, generally 6 to 25 years old is the best, and must be in the late stage and have metastasis.
, but the overall physical condition should not be too bad and must be able to withstand the experiment.
After careful selection by the Department of Orthopedics and Oncology, it was found that there were no patients suitable for the experiment. Either they did not meet the conditions, or the patients or their families did not agree. After all, it was an experiment, and it was a new viral therapy. Many family members were shocked after hearing this.
Intimidated.
In order to ensure that participants in the experiment are not attracted by money, they will not be informed of the large compensation in advance, thus preventing some family members, especially those of minors, from signing up to participate in the experiment for money.
Because when communicating with them, the compensation introduced was very small. This is the compensation reported in accordance with the practice of some domestic clinical trials. In fact, Yang Ping has prepared a compensation standard of one million yuan for each volunteer. If other accidents occur,
In this situation, the compensation amount has been doubled. However, the actual compensation standard cannot be discussed with the family members now, which is also the reason why it is not attractive enough.
In order to gather the patients needed for the experiment, Dean Xia contacted the Cancer Hospital of Nandu Medical University. This hospital is a specialized cancer hospital with a dedicated bone and soft tissue tumor ward, so the number of patients is very large, and its bone and soft tissue tumors
The ward is the second largest bone tumor medical center in China and ranks high in Asia as a whole.
After all, this experiment was not ethically compliant, so Dean Xia kept a low profile and did not alert Principal Su. Instead, he chose to discuss it directly with the other dean and asked both parties to keep it confidential.
Nandu Medical University Cancer Hospital heard that it was Yang Ping's experiment and was very cooperative. Because there were many sources of disease, they selected ten qualified cases on the spot and sent them over.
Yang Ping looked at the information on these patients. Most of them are teenagers. The incidence of osteosarcoma is very low. 4-5 people per million will develop the disease every year, and it most commonly occurs between the ages of 10 and 20. Therefore,
It is not surprising that these cases are all minors.
After reading the information, Yang Ping also felt that he had a heavy responsibility. Although there were many uncontrollable risks in the experiment, Yang Ping tried his best to make no mistakes within the scope that he could control.
Before being hospitalized, Yang Ping personally talked to their family members one by one. Most of the family members of these volunteers who participated in the experiment had already been running around and exhausted their wealth. There was really no other way. They heard that they could participate in the experiment and get free treatment, and they responded very positively, regardless of the effect.
Anyway, it can be regarded as a new choice.
The family members of these patients come from different professions and classes, including lawyers, private business owners, farmers, company employees, etc., but they all have one thing in common: they are under great financial pressure. One of the private business owners was also overwhelmed.
Because he tried many methods and heard about good methods, regardless of whether they were true or false, he tried them anyway. He had also been to the United States and Europe and spent almost hundreds of millions. He also wasted a lot of time trying to treat his children, and the company was not doing well.
After years of losses, he is now overwhelmed and heavily in debt.
One of the family members of a child is a lawyer. His financial income is good and he is considered to be a standard middle-class person. However, he has complained a lot over the years. He has had several surgeries and tried various treatments, but now there is nothing he can do. I heard that experiments are needed here.
Volunteers can get free treatment, so he signed up without hesitation. Fortunately, his child met the experimental standards.
"Mr. Wang, take a look at these consent forms. If you don't have any objections, just sign them. After signing, you can bring the child to the hospital for examination and wait for the experiment."
Among these family members, the lawyer named Wang was the most reasonable. Throughout the whole process, he was grateful to Yang Ping for giving his child such a good opportunity.
"No need to read, we all know and agree, I just sign." Lawyer Wang looked haggard.
"You'd better take a look and see clearly before signing." Yang Ping knew he was afraid of embarrassment.
After Yang Ping said this, Lawyer Wang started to pick up these informed consent forms and read them one by one. As a lawyer, he did not read them more carefully than others, but rather browsed them roughly.
When he saw that as a volunteer participating in the experiment, he would receive a full one million scientific research compensation, he thought he was dazzled. Yes, it was one million.
Of course, everyone is not participating in the experiment for money, but to really strive for a glimmer of hope for their children.
"Professor Yang, the scientific research compensation is more than one million yuan? If there is any accident, it will be doubled? Isn't this a bit too much? In fact, you don't have to do this. You do scientific research to cure diseases and save people. We should cooperate. After taking such a
It’s embarrassing to have more money. To be honest, we are not here for the money, but to give our children a chance.” Lawyer Wang said sincerely.
Yang Ping told him: "The experiment has certain risks. If you have this awareness, it will be of great help to our experiment. We should provide certain compensation."
"Okay." Lawyer Wang signed his name without hesitation.
Most of the other family members signed without any major obstacles after communication. Only one family member said that he should think about it carefully after reading the terms. He said that after all, the child has reached this point, he should consider whether it is necessary to go through such trouble.
My father's surname is Zhao, and he is a small foreman, and his life has been hard these years.
It doesn't sound very nice to say that experiments are torture, but Yang Ping doesn't care very much. These parents have gone through long-term psychological hardships and are indeed very afraid of torture and fear that their children will suffer again.
However, this parent hesitated again and again and had five conversations with Yang Ping before finally signing. This was also the longest conversation and the most frequent conversations.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! These patients who participated in the experiment were also admitted to the independent ward of the Institute of Surgery one after another, which was the temporary experimental ward. They began to undergo various
Check and prepare further for the experiment.
Because these family members share the same destiny, they have established a group with each other to help and encourage each other and exchange information in a timely manner. They also gather together to chat from time to time, and the most talked about thing is about this experiment.
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In a private room of a tea restaurant next to the hospital, these family members gathered together. This time it was Lawyer Wang who convened the meeting. Lawyer Wang is relatively active and well-informed, so he has a relatively high prestige among these family members.
"I have found out clearly that there are billions in the scientific research fund of Sanbo Hospital, and they only gave me a mere one million. This is just a beggar. We are doing experiments with the lives of children. These people are so shady.
Alright."
Lawyer Wang pushed up his glasses. He worked in the legal department of a large company, so he had pretty good connections and could get some real information.
When I signed up to participate in the experiment this time, Lawyer Wang actually walked around and watched. On the surface, he appeared to be very cooperative, but in fact, he was secretly using all his connections to investigate the conditions of this experiment.
"They have so much money? They only gave us one million? They are really using our children as experimental monkeys." A bald family member was indignant. Because of his child's illness, his life has been very depressed over the past few years. Now he heard from Lawyer Wang
In this way, the contrast between billions and one million made him feel extremely unbalanced and felt that the hospital was indeed cheating people.
Another fat family member of a civil servant said: "According to my friends in the health industry, this kind of experiment should be done on animals first, and then clinical trials in stages. My friend checked and found that their experiment was not registered, which means that it is very possible
There was no animal experiment, and it may have gone directly into clinical trials. So their experiment was not in line with ethical procedures, and there must be some inside story. Otherwise, why would they have given so much money? Maybe they got a lot of money somewhere, and they just gave us a little bit."
"Excessive! Isn't this bullying? No wonder it's so mysterious, talking about free experiments, and giving some kind of compensation. I said how can there be such a good thing in the world? It turns out that this is what it is, treating our children like
Where's the monkey?" A freckle-faced parent almost slapped the table.
Lawyer Wang obviously has the highest level of education among these people. He is a doctor of law. He pondered in his mind: "Parents, I invited you here today just to say that everyone must be of the same mind. We can participate in the experiment, but
The money can't be so small. They have billions, so why should they give us such a small amount? Why? If not more, everyone should at least share one or two million, but it's not too much. One million? They're just sending beggars."
"Yes, yes, yes!" Everyone agreed immediately.
A parent contractor, Boss Zhao, who had been silent just now, spoke up: "Let me say a few words. In fact, this is how I feel about this matter. Several children have advanced osteosarcoma, and everyone has exhausted their family wealth to treat the disease.
I’m exhausted. Now there are experimental methods. It may be effective, it may not be effective, but it is still a hope, and it doesn’t cost any money. I don’t think I can give it.
Giving money is a good thing. We are here to treat diseases, not to sell children, so we should not compete over money. So I think the billions of scientific research funds belong to others and have nothing to do with us. Being able to give so much compensation is enough.
That’s right, many experiments give a few thousand, a little more than tens of thousands, Professor Yang’s offer is one million, to be honest it’s really a lot, I feel embarrassed.”
"What do you mean by this? It makes us seem like we are selling our children. Mr. Wang is trying to maximize the benefits for everyone. You just said that everyone has exhausted their family wealth and is exhausted. You don't want to ask for more compensation. This money is
It's not your family, so why are you feeling sorry for them? Now they are in urgent need of patients to participate in clinical trials. This is our opportunity. The money must be reasonable and legal." One of the parents was very dissatisfied with what the family member just said.
"I mean---" Boss Zhao wanted to say a few more words.
"You mean you don't want to fight for the money?" the bald parent interrupted Boss Zhao.
"Don't be anxious, everyone, let Boss Zhao finish what he said." Lawyer Wang knocked on the coffee table and said gently and politely.
"Okay, tell me." The bald parent was angry, why were he pretending to be arrogant?
"I also know this hospital. Professor Yang, who is in charge of this project, has excellent academic performance and is very famous internationally. It is luck to be able to enter the clinical trial of this topic. We should not mess around and cause trouble for others.
There are so many patients around the world, why do they come to us?
It's just a coincidence. Those who are close to the water are on a first-come, first-served basis. Being able to give one million yuan in compensation is very good. Many such experiments are to give a few thousand yuan, an extra ten thousand or twenty thousand yuan, and one million yuan. Anyway, I have never heard of it.
You must act with your conscience in mind when doing things. If it's something that violates your conscience, you won't feel comfortable holding this money."
"What does it mean to toss? We are fighting for our own interests. If there is no inside story about their experiments, can they give us money? Why? Isn't it just a guilty conscience? If you give money, why don't you give more? There are billions of dollars lying on the books.
Such a little bit?" The bald parent was furious.
"Actually, Lao Zhao, what you said makes sense. I understand your thinking, but if you think about it carefully, why did they give you money when their experiment was fine? Why?" Lawyer Wang also grasped this question.
The obese parent immediately said: "Yes, we are indeed fighting for opportunities for our children, but since we have the money to take it, why don't we take it? With the money, even if this experiment is ineffective, we can still think of other ways to reduce the financial pressure."
It’s not that big. As I just said, if there is no problem with the experiment, he will give you money? It’s something that doesn’t make sense.”
"Anyway, I won't participate in this matter. Whoever wants to participate, I can't do it." Boss Zhao stood up and prepared to evacuate.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The bald parent quits: "You can be a coward, but you can't hold us back. We are standing up for you in the front, and if you are behind
If we delay, it will chill everyone's heart."
Lawyer Wang exchanged glances with everyone and said, "Yes, Lao Zhao, we understand you, but please also understand our difficulties."
"Don't worry, I won't get involved, but I won't betray you either, don't worry." Boss Zhao shook his head, stood up and left.
The remaining parents are also hesitant, but most of them are eager to give it a try, because they heard that their scientific research funds are worth billions, and they really feel that they have suffered a loss and feel very unbalanced. They have so much money, why do they only give so little, so casually and generously?
A little bit, if tens of millions leak out from the cracks of fingers, each person can get at least 10 million. Ten million to one million is a difference of ten times.
"Mr. Wang, tell me what to do. We will listen to you and we must unite as one."
"This is what I think. Don't make any noise first. Complete the experiment according to their requirements. Then we will ask the media to help us defend our rights. If we start defending our rights now, they may disqualify us from participating. This may cost us a penny.
No, we can only defend our rights after participating in the experiment. We are the victims of the facts, don’t you think so?” Mr. Wang is still very capable and can analyze the context of the matter clearly.
"This Yang Ping seems to have a very high status in the academic world. I heard that he will soon be an academician. This won't cause any trouble, right?"
"You don't understand this. The more people like this, the more they cherish their reputation. Especially at this critical juncture of being an academician, he must be afraid that we will make the matter bigger. In the end, he will definitely take money to settle the matter. He has paid out billions of scientific research expenses.
If we can't afford these tens of millions, any more won't be a problem. I think if we increase the compensation to 20 million each afterwards, it will only amount to more than 100 million. As long as we unite and be determined, we will definitely be able to get this money.
Never give in."
"Mr. Wang, why do I feel that this is a bit unethical? People give free treatment and there is so much compensation. Should we..."
"If you think about it carefully, there must be a problem here. If there is no problem, can I give you money? Since there is a problem, isn't it normal for us to strive for more benefits?"