Ningyuan Medical College has had many international students. These are mainly international students from third world countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Most of them are from ordinary families in their own countries, and some may have slightly better conditions than ordinary families. With such family conditions,
It makes them less likely to apply for medical schools in European and American countries. Studying medicine in universities in European and American countries is basically equivalent to burning money. And it is impossible for third-world international students who have problems with food and clothing to afford this level of expenses.
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At this time, the advantages of Chinese medical schools are revealed. The teaching quality is not bad, and some schools are even comparable to European and American universities. The consumption level of studying abroad is far lower than that of European cities, and the government even provides a considerable amount of scholarships. If
With good grades, not only can you study medicine without spending a penny, but if you save a little on a daily basis, you can even send some money back to your hometown to support your family. Such good conditions will naturally attract many international students.
China's foreign aid policy began to change in the 1950s and 1960s, from free aid to low-interest or even interest-free loans and technical assistance. Receiving medical students from third world countries is also a type of technical assistance.
Ningyuan Medical College has been accepting foreign students since the 1960s. Most of them are students from traditional friendly African countries such as Zambia, Tanzania, and Nigeria. When Lao Liu was still in school, he met several international students from Tanzania.
, and later taught a lot personally when I was teaching. Then again, it was actually not easy for these dark-skinned students. Although Tanzania has compulsory education like China, for Tanzanians, employment is low.
The rate makes most of them need to embark on the road of making a living early. Among these people who are destined to be "unemployed after graduation", only the best ones can get invitations from Chinese medical schools and travel thousands of miles across the Indian Ocean and
Indochina, came to China to study.
Tanzania implements a free medical system for all. However, the level of medical care is extremely poor, and there is a serious shortage of drugs. Many drugs necessary to treat diseases even require patients to buy them from private pharmacies. The entire medical force in Tanzania is basically concentrated in the Mosibili National Hospital in the capital.
The level of medical care at the middle and primary levels is basically free. On average, there is one doctor for every 10,000 people. China’s medical resources are so tight that there are still 14.6 doctors for every 10,000 people.
The combination of these conditions and backgrounds led to a very interesting phenomenon. Liu Tangchun taught a total of twenty Tanzanian doctors. Except for three of them who later settled in other countries, the remaining dozen or so were all concentrated in Tanzania.
The former capital of Dar es Salaam. To be precise, it was concentrated in the emergency department of Mosibili National Hospital. Hospitals in other cities did not have emergency departments at all.
As for the other students who came to Ningyuan Medical College to study traditional Chinese medicine, they went to the grassroots level one after another. With acupuncture, herbal medicine, and scraping cupping, they supported Tanzania's fragile grassroots medical system. This difference in treatment not only did not make Comrade Liu secretly proud.
, on the contrary, Liu Tangchun felt that he could not hold his head high in front of those professors of traditional Chinese medicine.
They are all foreign students, so why do you teach them to be benevolent doctors who take root in the grassroots to treat illnesses and save lives, while all of my students turned out to be so fat that they can't even do a CPR?
This obsession gradually became a lingering shadow in Liu Tangchun's heart. This shadow even directly led to his affection for Zhou Jun. An orthopedic surgeon with a bright future was willing to come to the emergency department to do the hardest and most tiring work. This
Much better than those students from Tanzania.
There was another important factor that made Liu Tangchun decide to join the medical team aiding Africa.
He planned to go out to avoid the limelight.
Although Lao Liu has gained a great reputation for his long-term "wanton behavior" in Ningyuan, this reputation has also brought him the hostile looks of countless leaders of his fraternal units. When they usually compete for resources, they all show their disapproval.
His magical powers were nothing, but Old Liu was too popular, so he was inevitably hated by others. Dean Song was well-informed and had long known that some people who had suffered a loss were planning to take advantage of the limelight of the closure of the emergency room to read Liu Tangchun's book. Only then did he and Liu Tangchun
Lao Liu decided on this set of contingency plans together.
Instead of sitting at home and waiting for others to knock on the door, he might as well take the initiative himself. Dean Song used his numerous connections and roundabout ways to get Liu Tangchun into the medical team that had already confirmed the list.
Sun Lien's intuition was actually correct. To a certain extent, Liu Tangchun was indeed demoted.
"I went to Tanzania this time with the 22nd batch of medical teams." Liu Tangchun saw that Sun Lien calmed down a little and began to talk about his arrangements. "They have only been there for a month and are still in the process of adapting.
When I went there, I happened to be able to communicate with the health and medical system there."
Sun Lien looked at Liu Tangchun's old face and was a little worried. "The environment over there..."
"The natural climate there is much better than that in Ningyuan." Liu Tangchun rolled his eyes, "Don't think that Africa is as hot as hell. The highest summer temperature there is only 27 degrees, which is much cooler than Ningyuan!"
"But..." Sun Lien was still a little confused, "You just went to Africa, what should you do with Takeda Pharmaceutical's diagnostic center?"
"Takeda Pharmaceutical is already promoting the first batch of donations." Liu Tangchun suddenly became serious and said seriously to Sun Li'en, "I just have some instructions to tell you about this matter."
"Remember," Liu Tangchun said seriously, "data, especially health data on a wide range of unspecified groups, is confidential."
Sun Lien blinked, wondering why Liu Tangchun wanted to tell him this.
"Based on the information I have learned, the diagnostic center will be put into operation in about a year. And Takeda Pharmaceutical will definitely try its best to collect as much information about patients as possible." Liu Tangchun said seriously, "But, you can't
Give."
"Isn't one of the conditions for their donation the sharing of data..." Sun Lien asked with some confusion. The two parties shared the data and cases of rare disease patients. This was a condition negotiated from the beginning.
"Patients with rare diseases can provide cases with the consent of the patients and their families." Liu Tangchun nodded, "But other than that, any data they request will never be given."
Sun Lien frowned and nodded. He didn't understand big data and the like, but he would definitely be right to follow Lao Liu's instructions. However, within a few seconds, he smiled bitterly. "I am just a small training student. You
There’s no need to tell me this, right?”
"Why is it not necessary?" Liu Tangchun's eyes widened, "You can take the exam to become a regular doctor next year after you become a medical practitioner."
"Ah?" Sun Li'en was stunned. Logically speaking, it would take three years for a trained doctor to become a regular doctor and obtain a regular training certificate. Even if he obtained a master's degree, he would only have shortened his three-year internship to one year.
It takes at least three years to obtain a master's degree.
"I negotiated good terms with Liu Pingchuan." Liu Tangchun laughed like a wizened old man showing off snacks to his grandson, "You and Xiao Guo's regular examinations have been arranged. Xiao Guo is faster than you, as long as he
If you can survive your internship safely, there will be no problem at all in being admitted to a full-time job. As for you, you need to get your license as a practicing doctor first."
Sun Lien nodded with a grimace. It's really not easy to take the medical exam, especially for a trained doctor like him who spends most of his time in clinical practice. It's hard to have enough time to review!