Physician of the Song Dynasty: Zhang Kai and Li Qingzhao have a private life-long contract

"Free medical care!"

As soon as these words came out, all the doctors fell silent.

Naturally, they had already heard about Fan Zheng's idea of ​​free medical treatment in the court. It was a grand occasion that doctors only dreamed of, and they couldn't help but look at Fan Zheng with enthusiasm.

"Brother Fan, think again!" Su Dun said with a frown.

He learned about the court disputes in detail through his father, and naturally knew that it was impossible to implement free medical care at the moment.

"Actually, doctors have already tried to provide free medical treatment. Do you remember the Luoyang epidemic?" Fan Zheng asked.

All the doctors nodded. The Luoyang epidemic was the most glorious milestone for the doctors. The doctors took over the entire Luoyang and treated smallpox for free. It only took three months to put down the epidemic. The effect was remarkable.

"The Luoyang epidemic is a special time, and the consequences are also extremely serious." Su Dun said with a bitter smile.

The three months of free medical treatment for the epidemic in Luoyang directly dragged down the Luoyang Mansion's finances. If free medical treatment was implemented throughout the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty's finances would probably not be able to support it for three months.

Yang Jie also nodded and said: "Free medical care may be realized one day, but with the current situation in the Song Dynasty, it is simply impossible to realize it."

Yang Jie knew very well that doctors needed an astronomical amount of medicinal materials every day. Even if doctors did not make money, no one could bear the cost of medicine alone.

"Free compulsory education is currently unachievable, and free medical care is also unachievable."

Qian Yi also objected. If Fan Zheng forced free medical treatment, it would drag the doctors into the abyss. No medical center can appease the doctors.

All the doctors agreed.

However, Fan Zheng nodded and said: "Fan understands what you mean. It cannot be realized at present. We are not indifferent. Free compulsory education needs to be carried out in three steps. If doctors want to realize free medical treatment, they need to advance step by step. Otherwise, they can only It’s empty talk.”

Qian Yi said proudly: "Now doctors are building hospitals in cities all over the world. I believe it won't be long before they can be spread in cities all over the world. By then, doctors may be one step ahead of public schools."

After the crazy expansion of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital and Taiyuan Hospital, within two years, hospitals have been established in all major cities in the Song Dynasty, and are now expanding to many counties. According to this scale, it will not be long before the hospital will completely cover the entire Song Dynasty. Cities.

However, compulsory education for the whole city is only in Kaifeng City. If we want to cover all the cities in the Song Dynasty, I am afraid that it will not be achieved in another ten years.

Su Dun suddenly interjected: "Since the plague is free of charge, diseases similar to the plague should also be treated free of charge. Su believes that free treatment of tuberculosis and leprosy can be carried out at the same time. We can also take the first step in free medical treatment. "

"Consumption and leprosy?"

All the doctors breathed a sigh of relief.

Both diseases are highly contagious and have very similar symptoms to the plague, so doctors have long had plans in place.

Nowadays, the strength of doctors has greatly increased. Only these two types of infectious diseases can be afforded by doctors.

Fan Zheng nodded. Tuberculosis is an extremely difficult disease to deal with in later generations. The same is true for leprosy. If treated free of charge, the harm of these two diseases can be minimized.

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Doctors can take the first step, and there will be a second and third step in the future. Yang believes that with the development of doctors, more and more diseases will be included in free medical treatment. As long as As doctors continue to develop, free medical care will be realized step by step." Fan Zheng said loudly.

All the doctors were excited. If that day comes, what a grand occasion the doctors will be.

Qian Yi breathed a sigh of relief. Fan Zheng did not rush forward and chose to implement free medical care step by step, which made him feel relieved.

"There is another important reason why Fan insists on implementing free medical care step by step, and that is that the crisis among doctors has emerged." Fan Zheng suddenly said solemnly.

"Doctor's crisis?"

All the doctors looked at each other. The doctors were at the peak of their power, how could there be a crisis?

"You are all good doctors of the world. I wonder if you have discovered that with the rise of doctors, our medical skills have become more and more sophisticated, and more and more diseases can be cured. However, the cost of medical treatment has been increasing, and the people are worried about this. There are constant complaints." Fan Zheng looked at the doctors and asked.

"This phenomenon does exist, and many patients have this complaint."

All the doctors nodded and said that they had experienced such things personally, but they didn't take it to heart.

Yang Jie nodded helplessly and said: "There is no way around this. In order to increase the cure rate as much as possible, repeated disinfection and sterilization of medical equipment are required. In addition, with the promotion of surgeries, medical costs have increased sharply."

Fan Zheng nodded and said: "The substantial increase in medical costs is an irreversible fact. Doctors need to support their families, and doctors need to invest more money in researching medical skills. All of this requires money, although doctors can get a lot of money from medicine. However, only a small part of the income comes from patients’ medical expenses.”

Nowadays, doctors use income from alcohol, toilet water, coke, etc. to maintain their expansion. However, in fact, hospitals do not make much money from medical fees.

Doctors are helpless. Before doctors changed their laws, the cost of treating patients with medication was indeed not high. However, many diseases could not be cured at all.

Nowadays, doctors have improved their medical skills and many diseases can be cured. The cost of medical treatment has increased significantly, but the medicine can cure the disease.

"This is just the beginning. Even as doctors' medical skills further develop in the future, more advanced medical skills will be needed, and medical expenses will further increase. By then, the reputation of doctors like us will plummet, and we will be called greedy for money. , want money rather than life, black-hearted doctors, etc." Fan Zheng said solemnly.

Before that, doctors had an excellent reputation. They were masters in the apricot forest and could help the world by hanging pots. They were even known as good doctors in both the government and the public. Nowadays, doctors' medical skills have greatly improved, but their reputations are mixed.

The faces of all the doctors suddenly became shocked. Not to mention the future, they had heard a lot of such words now.

However, in fact, although today's doctors charge more, the cure rate of diseases is much higher than a few years ago, but patients do not care about you. They are already extremely uncomfortable when they are sick, and they will naturally feel uncomfortable if they bear high medical expenses. good.

"If things go on like this, the reputation of doctors will drop sharply, and the conflicts between doctors and patients will increase significantly. By then, doctors will face a huge crisis." Fan Zheng said without hesitation.

Qian Yi sighed helplessly, spread his hands and said: "To solve this problem, we need free medical treatment, but this is impossible."

Unless people are not allowed to spend money, it is impossible to satisfy everyone.

However, Fan Zheng changed his words and said: "Free medical care is of course impossible to achieve, but is there no way for doctors to make a transition?"

"Method of transition?"

Qian Yi couldn't help but be stunned. He didn't expect that Fan Zheng hadn't given up on free medical care yet.

"How to transition?" Yang Jie also didn't understand.

"Medical insurance!" Fan Zheng said every word.