"Doctor Li seems to have studied in the pediatric department of our hospital!" Xue Fei smiled and spoke to the cowboy doctor in front of him, but he was actually looking at Zhang Fan from the corner of his eyes.
"Yes, yes. A few years ago, the city organized doctors from rural areas to go for further training, and I was lucky enough to go to a hospital in the city. The teachers are really high-level."
Seeing Lao Li's extraordinarily polite words, many young doctors felt proud.
However, Zhang Fan seemed to hear a sadness in his tone.
"Doctor Li, did you study in that department back then?" Zhang Fan asked gently.
"Oh, teacher, there were too many children here who died in infancy. I am a pediatrician, and the time was too short. I didn't learn a lot of things."
Seeing that everyone was still gossiping and it was already getting late, Zhang Fan quickly interrupted other chatter and asked Dr. Li to continue the introduction.
"I am a rural doctor in XX County, responsible for 33 administrative villages and five natural pastures!"
The first words he said when he raised his head made the doctor below so surprised that his tongue dropped out.
"33 administrative villages, 5 natural pastures. Oh my God, you're the only one?"
Especially Xue Fei, who came from Sanchuan, knows this very well.
The border is huge and no one can understand how big it is if we give a specific number.
For example, Xue Fei, who had just come to Tea Su, couldn't find any land on the street, so he asked the local uncle to ask. The old man half-squinted his eyes and gently raised his hand and pointed, "It's not far away, go forward, there it is!"
Then Xue Fei left for 2 hours!
The distance between villages on the frontier and between counties is too great, especially for counties that are close to national borders. The distance between one county and another can be as little as hundreds of kilometers or as much as thousands of kilometers. They are still one city territory.
So, the frontier is too big. There used to be a joke in the border areas. When asking for directions, you have to listen to the person's last tone. For example, "Not far, right there." If the tone is short, it probably isn't far.
If it's not far, then it's right there... I said it in a lingering tone, it's probably going to take me over three or four mountains.
Dr. Li, who was dressed in cowboy clothes, smiled shyly, "It's just that the place is a bit big, but there aren't many people there, only about a thousand people.
Moreover, my level is limited and I can only give some medicine, injections, etc. to people at various points. "
The honest man had a simple look on his face, "How do you usually get there? How far are the two furthest villages about?"
Zhang Fan asked gently.
"Haha, just riding a horse and carrying a first aid kit, one village a day. If you take the main road to the two farthest villages, you will probably have to go around for hundreds of kilometers. If you go over the mountains, you will be closer. I am not particularly specific about how far it is. clear."
"What diseases are most common among the people in the village?" Zhang Fan then asked.
“They are more likely to have colds and fevers, as well as some geriatric diseases, such as high blood pressure and diabetes. Occasionally, there are one or two fractures and falls. I can also sew them up. If they encounter more serious ones, there is nothing I can do. "
The man looked at the young doctor in front of him cautiously. Although he was young, the teachers said that he was already the director of a large hospital, so he must have very high medical skills.
He was usually respected for his medical skills wherever he went, but now he seemed to feel that his medical skills were shameful.
"Oh, what do you usually lack? Such as medicines, equipment, rescue supplies, etc.?"
"There is no shortage, in fact, there is no shortage. The government has given me a room for medicines and consumables. I only have one horse, and I can't carry too many things.
It’s just that the stethoscope issued by the county doesn’t seem to be very useful in cold weather. Hey, teacher, which double-cylinder one is good? "
Dr. Li looked enviously at the double-tube stethoscopes placed by the doctors in front of him, his eyes full of envy.
Listening, everyone felt it was funny, and then laughed out loud, double-barreled, is this still a thing? No one likes to use the ones issued in the hospital.
Zhang Fan gently took out a box from the bag he carried with him.
Then he opened it, touched it, then closed the box and pushed it over. "Dr. Li, I have a spare one here. I haven't used it much yet. If you don't mind it, give it a try."
Zhang Fan said it very easily, and Dr. Li quickly said thank you while wiping his hands on his body again and again and took the box.
Dr. Li didn't know, but other doctors knew the stethoscope all too well. Especially Ren Li and Na Duo in my heart.
This stethoscope was custom-made for Zhang Fan by an endoscope dealer in Wanzi Country. Even if you have money, you can't buy it.
Especially that one, she tried her best to get Zhang Fan to give it to her, but Zhang Fan ignored it. That one privately said several times that Zhang Fan was an iron rooster and just ignored her after luring her to the border.
But today, this stethoscope, which Zhang Fan usually cherishes, was given away as a gift, and everyone was surprised.
Zhang Fan is not considered white, but in front of Dr. Li, his hands cannot really be called white, with fine skin and tender flesh.
His rough hands held the stethoscope given to him by Zhang Fan, stroking it lovingly, "Thank you, thank you so much."
"That's so polite. Has Dr. Li ever thought about whether he would like to work in a hospital in the city if there is a chance?"
Zhang Fan stared into the other person's eyes.
The air froze at this moment, especially the government personnel who laughed so embarrassedly, and the doctors in the city who were so surprised.
Dr. Li gently placed Zhang Fan's stethoscope in the box.
The expression on his face was still so humble, "Why don't you want to? I have been thinking about it since I was young and unmarried. I have dreamed about going there every day. I want to go to a big hospital and learn higher and more technologies.
But, if I leave, what will happen to the people here, the old people and children who stay here?
I also want to leave. To be honest, I even dream of leaving, but I can’t leave. "
The government workers relaxed. After hearing Dr. Li's words, their tense whole bodies really relaxed.
"Do you think it's a little strange? Then starting tomorrow, we will experience Dr. Li's daily work.
It is easy to persist for one day, not easy to persist for a month, and even more difficult for thirty years. "
Zhang Fan said without a smile. In fact, what they didn't know was that a few years later, Dr. Li received the best praise for his dedication and his profession. The country awarded him a title: The Best Doctor in China!
After Dr. Li's introduction, the atmosphere in the conference room became a little serious, because of Zhang Fan's words, the doctors in the city looked solemn.
When the government officials didn't know what to say, Dr. Li said: "Teachers have worked hard along the way, and we don't have anything good to entertain you here.
The town paid for it and prepared a meal for everyone. I'm sorry, but the conditions are not good. Teachers, please bear with me. "
Most of the vegetables are wild vegetables, but the climate here is subtropical, which doesn't count. However, fresh bamboo shoots and large leaves that cannot be seen at all are also everywhere.
Meats, large pots of beef and mutton, as well as chickens, ducks, fish and geese, which means the dishes are not of high quality. If it were replaced with expensive porcelain, the meal would probably be expensive.
"Teachers, have a taste, everyone, have a taste, it's not a delicacy, but it's not fed from feed either.
There are many mountains and little land here, so even the chickens and ducks at home are driven out and left to find food on their own in the mountains. "
The county leaders had already gone back, leaving only one leader in charge of medical treatment to accompany Zhang Fan and the others.
"How is the development of our county hospital?" Zhang Fan chatted with the leader while eating.
“In the past, we were just making do, but in recent years, as more and more private hospitals have been opened by outsiders in the urban area, the county has suffered a serious loss of doctors.
Especially gynecology and paediatrics are unable to function normally. "The county health leader sighed.
"Didn't you think of a way?" Ren Li also put down her chopsticks and asked softly.
"I thought about it. I gave him a house and a bonus, but I still can't keep it. In fact, I understand that everyone has a family and a family. The education in the city is better and everything is more convenient."
After dinner, the male doctors were arranged in the old office, and the female doctors worked on the coaster.
"No wonder Xue Fei was surprised. Zhang Yuan actually went to borrow Coaster. It turned out that we were allowed to spend the night in the car."
Wang Yanan spoke to Naduo in disgust.
"Well, that's right, even though he looks like a good person, he is actually the most thief."
Naduo also began to attack.
In the early morning, before the sun had risen, Zhang Fan and the others began to prepare to set off.
"Aou, Aou!" Looking at the thick fog that filled the mountains in the distance, as misty as smoke, Xue Fei slapped his chest and shouted towards the opposite side like a gorilla.
"Okay, let's go."
Zhang Fan and the others didn't bring much, just some necessary medicines and some commonly used tools, and they set off with Dr. Li.
Those who know how to ride a horse ride a horse, and those who don't know how to ride a horse ride a carriage. Last night's heavy blow completely blew away this novel tool.
The young doctors seemed to be going on an outing, riding horses as gracefully as teenagers, running forward and backward, wearing straw hats, like fledgling young heroes.
The female doctors who couldn't ride a horse were not idle either. They jumped off the carriage and picked wild flowers on the roadside to make them into straw hats.
"There is still a long way to go. If we continue like this, we will be very tired." Dr. Li said to Zhang Fan with a smile.
"It's okay, let them be happy."
After leaving the town, the road became more and more difficult to walk. Slowly, the riders on horseback could no longer run fast, and those in horse-drawn carriages had to get off from time to time to push.
Climbing mountains and wading, the big river coming down from the snow-capped mountains here is so turbulent that there is no bridge. Watching the rolling waves, let alone wading across the river, would make most people dizzy just looking at it.
The male doctor dismounted and led the horse, and immediately sat the female doctor. Several female doctors with their eyes closed, such as Na Duo and the usually carefree Wang Yanan, screamed strangely.
This made the accompanying government officials cover their mouths and laugh secretly.
They had set out before the sun rose, and when the sun was already in the sky, they were still traveling.
"Are you here yet? My waist is almost broken." Wang Yanan vented his anger on Zhang Fan.
"Hurry up, hurry up, we are walking slowly. If it were in the past, I would have reached the first pasture by now."
As Dr. Li walked, he scattered the milk bumps on the horses to the group of teachers who had lost their energy.
The sour milk lumps were held in the mouth, slowly restoring the physical strength of the group of people.
Another two hours later, the first ranch has arrived. The team of dozens of people has grown long by this time, like thousands of broken troops.
Looking at the pasture and tents from a distance, they were greeted by a shepherd dog as big as a calf.
The shepherd dogs on TV seem to be elves and very cute, but in fact, the shepherd dogs on the mountain grasslands cannot be described as cute.
They were covered in thick hair and had heads as big as basins. They were running across the grassland like lions. There were not just one or two, but a dozen of them.
A group of dogs ran over, barking wildly, looking terrifying as if they were going to tear these strangers apart.
Not only people, but also horses panicked.
Dr. Li hurried forward, shouting in the language unique to the ethnic minorities. The dogs seemed to know Dr. Li, and after sniffing him, they still looked at the strangers warily.
After a while, several herdsmen from the other side of the tent rushed over, shouting and running.
When I saw Dr. Li, I was very affectionate, just like meeting a relative, hugging him and shaking hands.
First, greetings, "How are the elderly at home?"
"good."
"How are the cattle and sheep at home?"
"good!"
“How is the family dog?”
"That's fine!"
After a few minutes passed, it was time for the serious introduction.
"These are doctors!"
The enthusiastic herdsmen almost carried, really, no exaggeration at all, carried the doctors into their tents with such enthusiasm.
Then the herdsmen, mounted like sentinels, scattered in all directions.
"They are sending messages to other pastures and grazing people."
Doctor Li introduced Zhang Fan and the others.
The older male herdsmen in the tribe were entertaining Zhang Fan and the others.
"Milk tea, fresh milk tea, milk tea in a silver bowl."
"Ma'a" kumiss, kumiss held in both hands."
"I won't drink anymore. We are here to provide free clinics for everyone. If you are drunk, you won't be able to work!" Zhang Fan refused with a smile.
After a while, more and more people came to see the doctor.
On the first day, everyone was full of complaints.
The next day, everyone was silent.
The third day is the last stop of this trip.
"Tomorrow will be our last stop. Although we have only walked a few places, we have not even walked a quarter of Dr. Li's usual distance.
However, I think that through this free clinic, everyone may be able to understand something.
OK, rest now. "
The next day, the free clinic in the grassland was finally over.
The medical situation here is really not optimistic. There are many elderly people with blood pressure as high as 200.
The reason why he is reluctant to take medicine is not because he cannot afford it, but because he has no place to buy it. When it rains or snows here, Dr. Li cannot go out.
Therefore, the old people hide Dr. Li's medicine and only take some of it unless their headaches are unbearable.
There are also children who are not vaccinated on time, especially some children, who are so thin that they look ugly.
When Zhang Fan and the others checked, they found that there were a lot of roundworms in his stomach.
Dozens of doctors kept seeing patients and providing free consultations for two days.
I was busy from morning to night, even on the first day, the moon was already in the sky, and there was a steady stream of people coming to see the doctor.
If there are patients, the doctors have to see them. This is an iron rule. Appointments are not feasible here.
From being unfamiliar when they first arrived, to becoming familiar after two days, the herdsmen were extremely enthusiastic.
Zhang Fan couldn't stop them from killing the calves. He killed four or five of them at one time, including sheep and horses. Really, they wanted to pluck all the stars in the sky.
In the early morning, Zhang Fan and the others quietly got up and walked out of the tent. They were leaving here today.
When we walked out of the tent, the doctors gathered for roll call and were about to leave.
The herders quietly walked out of the tents. Old and young, as long as they can walk, everyone came out.
I don't understand the language, but my heart is warm and my eyes are real.
Naduo's arms were filled with lots of butter and milk pimples. The little baby pulled the corner of Naduo's clothes and leaned against her side with attachment.
Because Naduo gave him deworming medicine, after Tiantian ate it, his stomach no longer hurt.
Pieces of dried beef and mutton were packed into Zhang Fan and the others' gifts.
"We can't take it with us. We still have to hurry." Zhang Fan kept explaining.
Useless.
I originally wanted to leave quietly, but in the end I didn't do it.
The shepherdess singing pastoral songs stood on the top of the mountain and kept sending off the doctors with her loud singing voice.
The man on horseback sent him one ride after another.
Moved, what is moved, this is moved.
Na Duo, Wang Yanan, and the young female doctors stood on the carriage, waving their hands, with tears on their faces.
The male doctors and the herdsmen who were about to part ways kept hugging each other, and now there was no longer the disgusting smell they had in each other.
The rest are all real feelings.
"I can't help but want to stay. This is a doctor, so great!"
Finally they couldn't be seen anymore. Wang Yanan was lying in the carriage with a look that couldn't be described as sad.
We left the grassland and entered the village.
This is a village sandwiched in the mountains. There is very little cultivated land and the land is extremely scarce.
Therefore, the young and middle-aged people planted winter wheat early last year, and as soon as spring came, they all left here to work outside.
And the people who stayed in Zhuangzi were really young and old. Above, only those over sixty. Next, only those under six years old.
Sometimes people say, why not move?
In the mainland, many remote mountainous areas have been relocated, and thousands of villages have been relocated to livable places.
But, it doesn’t work here.
Because this is a national border!
