Siheyuan: I am different He Yuzhu

He Yuzhu thought for a moment and said, "Team Leader Gu, since you just mentioned that it is not convenient to promote the liquid polio vaccine on a large scale, why not wait until you make the liquid polio vaccine into solid sugar pills before promoting it to the vast rural areas. As for the monthly 100,000 yuan, it is better to promote it in the city first, and then provide it to the rural areas after the solid sugar pills are developed. In addition, I wonder if your polio vaccine research and development team has encountered any difficulties now?"

Hearing this, Team Leader Gu thought for a while, then a trace of embarrassment appeared on his face, and he slowly said: "In fact, there is no big difficulty. It's just that our R&D team's production base is located in Xishan, Chuncheng, Caiyun Province, and I usually work there. This time I just happened to come here to report to the department."

He Yuzhu looked at Team Leader Gu's expression and knew that he might be embarrassed and unable to speak. So he took the initiative to speak: "Team Leader Gu just mentioned that your production base is located in the West Mountain of Chuncheng. From the name of the place, we can infer that it should be a mountainous area. Mountainous areas usually have more difficult conditions. Therefore, I decided to donate 100,000 yuan to Team Leader Gu's production base to improve the living environment of all personnel involved in the research of polio live vaccine technology. In addition, I will donate an additional 600,000 yuan to support your team's research and development of solid sugar pill-type polio live vaccine and help expand the scale of vaccine production at the production base."

When He Yuzhu finished speaking, Director Wu and Team Leader Gu were stunned. They had never expected that He Yuzhu would be so decisive in taking out 700,000 yuan to fund the research and development of polio live vaccine. If the monthly vaccine promotion fee of 12,000 yuan is added, then he will have to invest a total of 840,000 yuan this year. Thinking of this, the two of them felt sincere respect for He Yuzhu and his wife whom they had never met.

Team leader Gu quickly explained: "Deputy Director He, in fact, you really don't need to donate money to us to improve our living conditions."

He Yuzhu waved his hand to interrupt him, and then said earnestly: "Team Leader Gu, please stop explaining. I know what you want to say, but please listen to my reasons first! You scientific and technological workers engaged in research and development need to spend a lot of energy and physical strength every day. Therefore, only by ensuring sufficient sleep at night can you stay in good condition and devote yourself to work the next day. The reason why I want to donate money to improve your living conditions is that I hope you can have a comfortable and quiet environment, so that you can rest better and improve your work efficiency. So, this money is well spent."

"But...but that doesn't cost so much money, does it?" Team Leader Gu still tried to refute.

"Then use the extra money in your institute to purchase some supplies and food so that the scientific and technological personnel can have enough to eat. Only with a healthy body can we devote ourselves to the research and development of live polio vaccines for a long time. Team leader Gu, please stop talking. You should know that every day you develop a polio vaccine that can be widely promoted, the children can be protected one day earlier, and more children can be prevented from becoming disabled due to polio virus infection. In comparison, my wife and I only paid some money, but you are the ones who can truly change the fate of these children."

After hearing what He Yuzhu said, Team Leader Gu said excitedly: "Deputy Director He, don't worry, we will definitely develop a vaccine that can be promoted on a large scale as soon as possible."

"By the way, Team Leader Gu, can you please tell me the approximate production cost of the liquid attenuated live polio vaccine you are currently developing? I would like to calculate how many children Yuan can provide with the attenuated live polio vaccine."

"Our current production cost is about 4 cents. The main difficulty is the troublesome transportation process, so the actual cost of giving it to children is about cent per person."

He Yuzhu calculated and said, "In that case, 12 children can be provided with attenuated live polio vaccine at RMB 144 per month, which means million children a year."

Team leader Gu nodded and said, "That should be about the same number. Deputy Director He, I suggest you wait until the solid sugar pill vaccine is produced before you start promoting it. By then, the cost should be lower than it is now, and you can provide more children with attenuated live polio vaccine."

"It's okay, let's start the promotion from this month! The earlier the child is vaccinated one day, the earlier the child can avoid being infected with the polio virus. Anyway, I have already discussed with my wife that we will make long-term donations to provide children with free live attenuated polio vaccines. So I have to work hard, Team Leader Gu and the technical staff of your group, to develop a solid sugar pill vaccine suitable for large-scale promotion as soon as possible, so that more children can be helped." He Yuzhu said with a smile.

At this time, Director Wu said, "Deputy Director He, can I ask why you said before that you should provide attenuated polio vaccines to rural children first? Judging from the population distribution in urban and rural areas, the population living in cities is more densely populated than in rural areas, and the spread of polio virus in cities is more serious."

After hearing this, He Yuzhu smiled and replied, "Because the medical conditions in rural areas are relatively poor, many families have insufficient knowledge of polio virus, and compared with urban residents, most of them have jobs, so it is not difficult for them to spend 1 yuan to buy live attenuated polio vaccine for their children. Rural parents may be reluctant to buy this live attenuated polio vaccine for their children because they feel sorry for the money. After all, live attenuated polio vaccine is mainly for prevention, not cure, and many illiterate rural parents cannot understand this at all."

After finishing this, He Yuzhu paused and continued, "Actually, I think that for infectious diseases like polio, which are highly contagious, difficult to cure, and seriously endanger children's health, the country should really vaccinate all children for free. In this way, more people can be protected, thereby effectively controlling the spread of the disease and reducing the risk of illness. So, I would like to ask Director Wu, does our Ministry of Health have any plans in this regard?"

When Director Wu heard this, he immediately became interested. He thought about it seriously and then replied, "Regarding the polio vaccine, the department has not yet formulated a large-scale promotion plan. After all, the polio vaccine was developed last year. But Deputy Director He, your suggestion is very good. I will report to our director later. After Team Leader Gu and his team develop a polio vaccine suitable for large-scale promotion, we can decide whether it can be promoted on a large scale based on the clinical situation of the vaccine."