Chapter 336 - A Bad Apple (2/2)

Suddenly, his phone rang. Pan Gaofeng, the director of the Sanitary Bureau, was calling.

“Doctor Qin, do you have time? Can you make a trip down to my office?”

Qin Haodong said, “Does this have anything to do with the Hall of Medical Fame curing people to death?”

Pan Gaofeng said, “Yes, it does. The impact of this matter is so big that it even caught the attention of the higher-ups. The ministry has asked us to take immediate action and try to minimize the negative impact on the Chinese medicine industry. Hou Weiguo is also here.”

Qin Haodong said, “Okay, I’ll be right over.”

After he hung up, Lin Momo asked, “Haodong, who is looking for you?”

Qin Haodong said, “It’s Director Pan of the Sanitary Bureau. I need to head over and have a look.”

After speaking, he hurriedly left Tangmen Traditional Chinese Medicine Company and headed over to the city’s Sanitary Bureau.

As soon as he stepped in, he saw Pan Gaofeng, the director of the Sanitary Bureau, and Hou Weiguo, the head of the Department of Sanity, sitting together. Their expressions looked heavy.

When he saw Qin Haodong walk through the door, Pan Gaofeng stood up and said, “Doctor Qin, you’ve arrived.”

Hou Weiguo said, “Doctor Qin, let’s cut to the chase. The Huaxia Hall of Medical Fame has caused a big stir. This incident is now even threatening the Chinese medicine industry. You are highly skilled and proficient in the Chinese medicine practice, so Director Pan and I want to talk with you to see if we can find a way to solve this difficult situation.”

Pan Gaofeng patted his head and said while feeling annoyed, “Medical incidents are actually normal. Some people just love to stir up trouble, so they will say anything.”

He picked up a newspaper from the table while he said this, pointed to it, and told Qin Haodong, “Look, a s.h.i.+tty expert wrote this. ‘Chinese medicine malpractice is frequent, so this fake science should be replaced by western medicine!'”

Qin Haodong took the newspaper and scanned it. The article was very long and listed many cases of deaths and disabilities caused by Chinese medicine pract.i.tioners in the past few years. At the same time, it also quoted experts and scholars who opposed Chinese medicine practice. In the end, it treated Chinese medicine as a fake science without any scientific basis.

It also called for the people of Huaxia to believe in science and use science and suggested that the Chinese Government should utilize scientific western medicine and replace Chinese medicine practice to ensure people’s health.

Qin Haodong threw the newspaper on the table and said, “After saying so much, why not show and compare the number of incidents between Chinese medicine practice and western medicine practice and see which one counts more accidents and which one has a higher death rate?

If the practice with the higher death rate was abolished, then western medicine would have been abolished a long time ago in Huaxia. Would these people dare to do this?”

Qin Haodong paused for a bit to relieve some of the anger in his heart and then said, “In fact, everyone knows that western medicine has a higher death rate than Chinese medicine. The death rate of Chinese medicine is at least a fraction less than that of western medicine. Even the rate of curing someone to death is no more than a fraction of the same rate of western medicine.

However, why is no one condemning western medicine pract.i.tioners? It’s because western medicine pract.i.tioners are foreign monks, so they don’t dare to fight and argue with them. On the other hand, Chinese medicine pract.i.tioners are their own children, so they can scold them however they like. Scolding them can get one a lot of USD and even a green card for M Country.”

Hou Weiguo said, “Haodong, if you’re angry, you don’t have to say it. We all understand these principles. What we need to discuss now is how to overcome the current difficulties and calm everyone down.

The media is getting more and more intense. A number of websites have opened an online vote to see whether the abolishment of Chinese medicine practice should be supported. People still support and love Chinese medicine, as there are more votes against the idea.

However, there are a few people who voted yes, and they are all people from Huaxia. Even our own people have agreed to abolish Chinese medicine practice. You can see how embarra.s.sing the current situation is for Chinese medicine practice.”

Based on their conversation, it was obvious that the two chief officers both supported Chinese medicine practice. Qin Haodong said, “Head Hou, Director Pan, what do you two want me to do? As long as it will help Chinese medicine practice, I will definitely do anything I can.”

Pan Gaofeng said, “I have known Zhang Tianhe for decades. He is a very good doctor, and his medical skill is also very high. However, he has suddenly cured three people to death. I sense that there is something strange about this. You can help us see if there are any problems with this incident.”

Qin Haodong said, “Okay. Do you have information on the deceased or Zhang Tianhe’s prescriptions?”

He wanted to take a look at these materials and try to understand what had happened. However, after the incident, these materials had been taken by the police.

“We have prepared all the materials!”

Pan Gaofeng took out a package. After opening it, he handed a stack of materials to Qin Haodong.

Qin Haodong first opened the file containing the information on the deceased. Only by understanding their physical condition before death and their medical condition would he be able to determine if there had been anything wrong with the prescriptions.

There was information on all three of the deceased people. Two of them had experienced different degrees of stomach ache before death, while the third had suffered from a liver disease. However, none of their conditions had been particularly serious, at least not to the point that they would be life-threatening.

Qin Haodong carefully reviewed their medical history, memorizing information on their physical condition, time of onset, and drug use.

After he memorized it all, he opened the other file. Inside were the three prescriptions Zhang Tianhe had prescribed. The three prescriptions had been written by Zhang Tianhe, and at the bottom was also his personal seal. There was nothing wrong with these prescriptions.

Suddenly, Pan Gaofeng said, “Before you arrived, we also found some Chinese medicine practice experts and asked them to take a look at these prescriptions. They all said there was nothing wrong with them.”

Hou Weiguo said, “The biggest problem is that there is nothing wrong with the prescriptions. If there is no problem with the prescriptions the Chinese medicine pract.i.tioner provided, yet three people were cured to death one after another, this means that there is something wrong with Chinese medicine. It further confirms the remarks made by the people who think Chinese medicine practice is unscientific.”

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