Chapter 262: Code Words from the Pharmacy Manager
Li Quan called Professor Liu directly.
"Teacher, I have something I want to ask you for help!"
"If you have something to say, just say it directly. It's unreasonable to be so hesitant!" Professor Liu scolded angrily.
Li Quan felt happy despite being scolded.
This means that the teacher did not treat him as an outsider.
"I want to try to use traditional Chinese medicine to treat my girlfriend's leukemia, but I'm short of one medicine. I need a placenta with type A blood." Li Quan didn't dare to beat around the bush and stated his request directly.
"Finally you thought of using Chinese medicine to treat your girlfriend? That's great!" Professor Liu's tone was the same as Director Qin's. They both believed that Li Quan should have used Chinese medicine to treat Sophie long ago.
Li Quan couldn't help but smile bitterly. It's true that people are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being fat! Isn't it just using TCM methods such as pushing the uterus and acupuncture to treat patients? Why do everyone think that all my TCM skills are amazing?
I swear to God, his current level of Chinese medicine pharmacology is not even at the entry level.
Not to mention prescribing medicine to patients.
He couldn't even come up with the right prescription for the simplest common diseases like typhoid and gout, let alone serious diseases like leukemia, which is still considered a terminal illness even in modern times.
"A placenta for blood type A, right? It just so happens that I have two pregnant women here who both have blood type A. We'll just have to see which one gives birth first. Also, if the family members insist on wanting a placenta, I'll have to wait until next time to find one for you."
Professor Liu should have been looking through the obstetrics medical records just now.
Li Quan was lucky as two of the women giving birth had type A blood.
However, sometimes the mother's family will ask to take the placenta away.
In this situation, the obstetric nurse can only hand over the placenta to the family.
In most cases, the mother's family will not ask about the placenta.
According to the hospital procedures, it will definitely treat it as medical waste and dispose of it harmlessly.
However, there is a lot of room for maneuver in this harmless treatment. The black market price of the placenta is not too expensive, but it is enough to be a small reward for the nurses and obstetricians.
Many people believe that the placenta is a tonic and are willing to spend two or three hundred yuan to buy it from the black market to take home to nourish their bodies.
Especially for some women with weak constitution, eating this does have certain nutritional value.
No one knows where those black market placentas come from.
In short, snakes have their own paths, and rats have their own ways.
As long as one does not obviously violate the law and earns some gray income appropriately, the government will not investigate unless the people report it.
"Thank you, teacher! Can I come over and wait now?" Li Quan asked happily.
"Don't come over yet. I'll call you after it's done." Professor Liu certainly couldn't hand the placenta over to Li Quan in front of the family members. That would easily cause some unnecessary trouble.
"Okay, then I'll wait for your call. Bye!" Li Quan ended the call.
But he didn't hang up first.
It is very impolite to hang up the phone first when talking to elders or superiors. This is also a common mistake made by newcomers to the workplace.
"I know that the placenta can be used as medicine. But I'm just curious, why does it have to be type A blood?" Professor Liu couldn't help but ask.
He really doesn't hesitate to ask questions.
If you don’t understand, ask students.
"Because my girlfriend also has type A blood, I need to use dried placenta powder for acupuncture. If the blood types are not compatible, the treatment will not be effective and there may be danger."
Li Quan explained.
The specific medical principles should be similar to the need for matching in bone marrow transplantation and the need for the same blood type in blood transfusion.
It’s just that relatively speaking, bone marrow matching is more complicated and the requirements are more stringent.
"Haha, that's interesting. This is the first time I've heard that Chinese medicine needs to be matched with blood type. I've learned a lot this time. Okay, I'll call you when I'm ready."
Professor Liu hung up the phone on his own initiative.
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The waiting time was long. After more than forty minutes, Li Quan successfully obtained two type A blood placentas.
The teacher treated him so well.
It just so happened that the families of the two pregnant women did not ask for the placenta, and Professor Liu was worried that one would not be enough, so he gave both to Li Quan.
The placenta you get cannot be used immediately.
It also needs to be processed, dried, and then ground into powder.
In ancient times, they would usually dry it in the sun or over a high fire. But now it is much more advanced. Pharmacies have a full set of high-tech pharmaceutical equipment.
From detoxification to drying, and then to grinding into powder, it is completed in one go.
To make these two placentas, the whole process is estimated to take no more than half an hour.
Li Quan was in a hurry to use it, and the first thing he thought of was to ask the hospital pharmacy for help.
Hospital pharmacies generally do not provide services to the public.
The normal procedure is that the doctor prescribes the medicine, the patient pays the fee, and then goes to the pharmacy to pick up the medicine with the receipt and prescription. The medicinal materials that need to be processed are directly processed by the pharmacy and then handed over to the patient.
Li Quan decided to give it a try first, and if the pharmacy didn’t help, he would ask Professor Liu for help.
It is definitely best to solve things that you can solve yourself.
If you ask others for help whenever you encounter a little difficulty, on the one hand, you will be disliked and people will think you are incompetent. On the other hand, asking for help means you will owe them a favor.
The most expensive thing in the world is the debt of favor.
He carried two fresh placentas all the way to the hospital pharmacy. In order to prevent being followed and secretly photographed by some people with ulterior motives, Li Quan was particularly careful this time.
After all, I was almost in big trouble last time when I was secretly photographed by Gao Xiaoqiu.
The door of the pharmacy is closed and no outsiders are allowed to enter.
Li Quan knocked on the door.
A young pharmacist opened the door for him.
"Hello, what can I do for you?" The young pharmacist looked at Li Quan and asked politely.
"Um... could you please help me with some medicinal herbs? I need them urgently." Li Quan explained his purpose with a shy face.
"Medicinal materials from outside are not allowed to be brought in. You are a doctor of this hospital and you should be clear about the hospital's regulations. Take them to the pharmacy outside the hospital for processing." The young pharmacist glanced at the bag in Li Quan's hand.
Packed in a food box.
Although I can't see what's inside, I can guess a little.
Because you can still see some fresh blood.
"Hey, Doctor Li, you said you came to see me, why did you bring me food? Well, I'll accept it without hesitation." A short and fat middle-aged pharmacist walked over and took the bag from Li Quan's hand.
At the same time, he winked at Li Quan.
"Master, he is bringing you food..." The young pharmacist was very ignorant and was even giving a stupid explanation here.
Bang!
I got hit on the back of my head.
"You know nothing, just go and do your own thing. Doctor Li and I are friends, let's chat for a while." The middle-aged male pharmacist simply drove away the ignorant apprentice.
Pharmacies and doctors do not belong to the same system.
Strictly speaking, hospital employees can actually be divided into several major categories.
Doctors, nurses, pharmacists, logistics staff, administrative staff...
Physicians are the core of the hospital, including outpatient physicians, surgical physicians, medical technicians, laboratory physicians, etc.
Pharmacists form a system of their own and are under the management of the hospital, but they are only responsible for the preparation and distribution of medicinal materials for the entire hospital.
Li Quan didn't know this middle-aged pharmacist, but the other party was as familiar to him as an old friend.
"How should I take what Doctor Li gave me?" the middle-aged male pharmacist asked Li Quan with a wink.
"It tastes best when it is processed, dried, and ground into powder." Li Quan whispered.
"Okay, I'll return the lunch box to you in half an hour." The middle-aged male pharmacist is definitely a talent. He has been speaking in secret to Li Quan, and he understands as long as Li Quan gives a hint.
