After getting the answer she wanted at this hospital, Maria immediately relaxed. After thanking the hospital staff, Maria continued to walk around the streets with her camera and translator, full of curiosity. Explore this modern city.
With curiosity, I walked around the city until the lanterns came on. The whole city seemed to have entered a city that never sleeps. People were still coming and going on the streets, which was even more lively than during the day.
It's just that she was seriously ill after all. Although she wanted to continue to enjoy the city's nightlife, she was already quite tired and had no choice but to give up. After returning to the hotel, she rested early.
Early the next morning, Maria directly rented the hotel's car, and the hotel thoughtfully provided her with a driver. In this way, they arrived at the Foreign-related Hospital in Shenzhen.
Although Zhao Yi predicts that the number of people coming to China for medical treatment will not be small for a long time in the future, he has not built such foreign-related hospitals on a large scale because of this. He has only built one hospital in each coastal open city.
Of course, the hospital occupies a large area. From the outside, you can't tell it is a hospital at all. It is designed in the style of a sanatorium, so the environment is naturally quite good.
Maria came to this foreign-related hospital and took out her passport and other personal documents. The hospital staff very politely registered her for medical treatment and issued a well-made personal medical record card.
This medical record card is no different from the medical record cards in other hospitals across the country. Everyone who comes to the hospital for treatment will be issued such a medical record card.
The style is a bit like a bank card, with an IC chip and important personal information built into it. In the future, you only need to hold this card when you go to see a doctor across the country. The hospital can use the medical record card to retrieve all the medical records of the medical personnel.
Of course, Maria's medical record card is a little different from that of ordinary people in China. The domestic medical record card is navy blue, but the medical record card she got now is dark blue. This is specially prepared for overseas medical personnel. of.
After getting her medical record card, the hospital arranged for an attending doctor for Maria. During her treatment in China, the attending doctor would be fully responsible for everything.
After the two parties became familiar with each other and the attending doctor and Maria exchanged communication methods, the attending doctor arranged for Maria to undergo a physical examination. Only after the physical examination data is available can he customize a treatment plan for her.
Maria thought that the examination would take a long time. After all, it was probably impossible to get her medical records from abroad. She would definitely need to undergo a comprehensive examination here again. She was already aware of this.
The result was far beyond her medical expectations. The doctor in charge of the examination asked her to lie on a piece of equipment that she had never seen before. Then she saw that after the doctor performed the operation, in less than 5 minutes, the doctor and him Said the inspection has been completed.
This has surprised her very much. In her own country, it would take a few hours at best to conduct a comprehensive examination, but the examination here is much faster than a cold examination.
This did not make Maria happy, but made Maria very worried. It really went against common sense. What could be detected in such a short time? She began to doubt the professionalism of the hospital.
But Maria did not raise this question, but planned to go back first and wait for the test results to come out. This was a judgment made based on her common sense from previous medical visits.
As a result, after chatting with her attending doctor for a while, a device similar to a palmtop computer in the attending doctor's hand issued a notification sound. Then the attending doctor read the message and told her that the test results had come out.
Maria was very shocked when she heard what her attending doctor said. Even if a comprehensive examination was performed in 5 minutes, it did not take 10 minutes to report the examination results.
This speed was so fast that she doubted the professionalism of this hospital even more, but as a reporter, she still maintained her professionalism. If the professionalism of the hospital was poor, then her news reports would be more topical.
But soon, her little mind was shattered. The attending doctor told her her physical condition in detail, which was no different from what her attending doctor in Switzerland told her.
This shows that there is no problem with the professionalism of this hospital, and the reason why the examination can be done so quickly must be that the strange examination equipment just played an important role.
As for the diagnosis report coming out so quickly, she felt that the doctors at this hospital were very professional. After all, she didn't know more details about this hospital.
In fact, the equipment used to examine Maria was a whole-body examination device specially developed by a Chinese pharmaceutical company. It only needs to scan the whole body to automatically form a three-dimensional image of the human body.
With the three-dimensional image of the human body, any diseased part in the human body will be clearly displayed. As long as a doctor with professional knowledge can rely on the three-dimensional image of the human body, he can analyze the patient's condition in detail.
Of course, if the analysis is done by a doctor, the time it takes will definitely not be so short. After the equipment inspection is completed, the data will be automatically transferred to the intelligent diagnosis system.
The intelligent diagnostic system takes very little time to analyze and examine images, and can produce a diagnostic report almost in seconds. However, this cannot be used as the final diagnostic report, and a doctor still needs to conduct a final inspection and confirmation to ensure that everything is foolproof.
These 10 minutes are actually the time for the hospital's medical team to conduct manual confirmation. Since the intelligent diagnosis system has marked all suspicious areas, the manual inspection is very fast.
Since the attending doctor already knew that she had breast cancer, she told her request, hoping that the hospital could cure her disease without performing surgery.
Although her request seems unreasonable, after all, it is the doctor's business to treat the disease, and it is rarely the patient's turn to provide treatment opinions.
But the attending doctor did not have any impatience. After hearing Maria's request, he said to her with a smile: "I understand your request. Our hospital can completely treat your patient on the premise of meeting your request." The disease is cured, please rest assured."
Hearing the affirmative reply from the attending doctor, to be honest, putting aside her identity as a reporter, from a patient's perspective, I couldn't be happier. She came here for treatment with this purpose in mind, and it seems that the results Pretty good.
Then Maria saw the attending doctor click a few times on her personal PDA, and then began to tell her about the specific treatment options for breast cancer and the cost.
According to the attending doctor, her disease requires two very expensive specific drugs, one is a targeted drug that specifically locates tumor cells, and the other is a therapeutic drug that directionally kills tumor cells.
These two drugs are mandatory and belong to the main treatment. Since her breast cancer cells have not spread throughout the body, the cost of the two drugs is 100,000 yuan.
Although it is not cheap, it cannot be said to be expensive for their effects. However, since Swedish medical insurance cannot be used here, Maria needs to bear these costs herself.
Although the per capita salary in developed countries in Europe and the United States is very high, Maria also belongs to the middle class. The treatment cost of US$50,000 still required a large amount of her savings, but she still agreed without hesitation.
Just when Maria thought her disease could be cured by spending $50,000, the attending doctor then sold her a normal cell restoration drug.
According to the doctor, if only the above two drugs are used, breast cancer will definitely be cured, but for a long time, the size of the breasts on both sides will be inconsistent.
Because the killed cancer cells will be eliminated from the body, and it will take a period of time for normal cells to fill the vacancies caused by the cancer cells. If the metabolism is abnormal, it may also cause permanent size inconsistency.
After hearing the previous words, Maria felt that as long as she could recover slowly, there was no need to spend extra money. However, when she heard the doctor's last words, she became uneasy.
Fortunately, the cost of this drug is much cheaper than the previous two drugs, but it also costs US$10,000. Plus the service fee and the cost of commonly used drugs, the entire treatment will cost US$65,000, which is 130,000 yuan.
In this era, 130,000 yuan is not a small number for ordinary people in any country. You must know that the per capita GDP of the United States is only more than 10,000 US dollars, not yet 20,000 US dollars, and the per capita wage level is even lower. .
Although Sweden's per capita GDP is higher than that of the United States, the difference is not big. For Maria, paying this number also puts great pressure on her.
Fortunately, when I came for medical treatment, I was mentally prepared and had applied for a loan line from relevant financial institutions, but there was no problem that I couldn't get it.
On the same day, the hospital helped Maria go through the admission procedures. The attending doctor told her that it would take about 15 days to completely cure her disease.
The first 5 days are used to condition the body to keep her body in the healthiest state, and then the treatment only takes 2 days.
The process is quite simple, that is, the targeted drug is injected into the body, and all tumor cells can be marked within one day.
After the tumor cells are completely labeled, drugs that kill cancer cells are injected. This process will cause certain harm to the human body. Therefore, normal cell proliferation drugs are also injected at the same time to fill the vacancies left by the killed tumor cells.
I won’t go into details about the treatment process. After 15 days, Maria was finally discharged from the hospital. She felt that her body was better than ever. Her body was no different from before the illness. Everything was perfect.
It would be more perfect if it didn't need to cost so much money, Maria thought secretly.
Maria then wrote a long report about her experience, describing all the details in detail.
In addition, she said at the end of the article: "This medical trip has completely changed my view of China. It not only has a huge number of people, but also has many advanced technologies that are not found in the world.
Although this country has just carried out reform and opening up not long ago, it has become an important participant in the international order, and its people are warm and friendly.
When I came here, if I ignored my skin color, it was no different from at home, and I didn’t feel any discomfort. Finally, I have to solemnly introduce an essential piece of equipment for international travel, which is a smart translator.
It is a natural language translation device developed by Polaris, an internationally renowned consumer electronics giant. During this time in China, it has played a major role in allowing me to travel unimpeded in China. "
With her excellent writing and delicate descriptions, Maria recounted her experience of seeking medical treatment across the country to the Swedish people, allowing everyone to see her experience of going to a foreign country for medical treatment alone despite all difficulties.
Of course, through her description, the Swedish people also learned in detail about the methods used by foreign-related hospitals of Chinese medical companies to make the tumor treatment process so easy and minimize the harm to the patient's body.
At first, her report only caused a stir in the local area, but after it was quoted by major international media, it completely exploded around the world.
Originally, they had learned about the treatment process of many difficult and complicated diseases through intensive reports some time ago, but after all, it happened in other countries, and they did not know whether they and others could go there for treatment.
After all, China is still a very mysterious and distant country in their eyes. Although people who are seriously ill really want to go to China for treatment, there is no information or channel telling them how to go to China for medical treatment.
Maria's experience really showed all the details of her trip to China for treatment, as well as some necessary preparations.
People who are seriously ill are more concerned about the amount of money they need to spend, because Chinese medical companies have previously treated domestic patients, but they have not disclosed the specific treatment costs. Anyway, they are all free, and there is no need to tell patients about this. .
Therefore, they have no idea about the cost of treating specific diseases. You must know that treating tumors is not an easy task in any country, and the cost will be quite high.
The tumor treatment plans provided by Chinese medical companies are not only leading in the world, but also the least harmful to the human body, so the cost is probably more expensive than the current treatment plans. This is their common thinking.
After Maria's report came out, they discovered that this was not the case. The cost of 130,000 yuan was not very low, but it also depends on what it is compared with.
Compared with current cancer treatment options, the cost is already very low. The most important thing is that the treatment period is very short and the harm to the human body is almost negligible. This is what they value most.
According to the original treatment plan, regardless of whether it can be completely cured, half of a person's life will be lost during the treatment process. After the treatment, many tasks will be impossible and the body will always be weak.
In comparison, the treatment plan of China Medical Company is already the best treatment plan, and the price/performance ratio is also quite high, giving patients suffering from tumors a sense of hope.
But ordinary people really want to go to China for medical treatment, but they find that it is not that easy. The first is the visa issue, which takes a very long time, and they often cannot wait that long at all.
Secondly, even if the visa can be issued in a short period of time, if you are unfamiliar with the place and are healthy, it will be okay, but those who go to seek medical treatment are seriously ill, and the journey will be much more difficult for them.
Just when these people were at a loss, the travel agencies set up by Shangtong Trading Company in various countries began to advertise in national media, promising to help them arrange a trip to China soon, with full nanny-style arrangements.
Although the advertisement does not directly tell people that they can help patients travel to China for medical treatment, if the matter is made clear, it will offend the country's medical interest groups, which is completely unnecessary.
Anyway, if you understand people, you will understand, and you don’t need to say so many words.
As a result, many people called to inquire about related issues one after another. There were three main issues of concern.
The first is whether the visa can be obtained as soon as possible, the second is whether the disease treatment can be arranged, and the third is whether the disease can be treated and how much the treatment will cost.
Fortunately, the travel agency has already made relevant preparations. Not only did it communicate with the embassy on relevant issues, it also obtained the catalog of treatable diseases and price lists from Chinese medical companies.
According to this list of treatable diseases, most acute and serious diseases can currently be effectively treated, and of course the price is quite impressive.
Patients who received a positive reply from the travel agency quickly began to make relevant preparations, and then handed over the relevant information to the travel agency, which helped them apply for visas and arrange a series of follow-up work.
In order to be able to apply for a visa as soon as possible, the travel agency promised the embassy that it would send someone to take care of the entire process, so that no unexpected situation would happen.
Therefore, in order to save costs, they arrange group trips to China for passengers who pay normal fees. After all, this can reduce a lot of expenses.
Of course, for the rich, there is no need at all. They can afford the high travel expenses, and the services provided to them are of course the best.
Not only can you set off at any time, but if you need a special flight, the travel agency can arrange it at any time.
As a well-known rich man in the United States, Bob is one of them. He has had heart problems since he was a child. It is a congenital disease and he has always relied on medicine to maintain it.
Now that we are getting older, the incidence of heart disease has begun to show an increasing trend. If effective treatment is not carried out, it is likely that it will be too late to take medicine at some point, and we will have to meet the old man.
He previously learned from reports that Chinese medical companies can replace human eyeball tissue, and the technology used is biological cell-directed induction technology, which will not cause strong rejection reactions.
Therefore, he was very concerned about everything about Chinese medical companies. As a result, as soon as the travel agency's advertisement came out, Bob was keenly aware of the hidden information in it.
Then he immediately called the travel agency, and he got a positive reply. He could guarantee that this was the best news he had ever heard in his life.
A heart replacement surgery like Bob's would cost 500,000 yuan, or $250,000, which is simply unaffordable for ordinary families.
But for Bob, although this was a bit painful, it was not an unbearable price, so he immediately signed the relevant agreement with the travel agency. The total cost was 550,000 yuan, of which 50,000 yuan was for the travel agency's services. cost.
With the first batch of tourists coming to travel agencies to try new things, I believe that more and more special travelers will choose to travel to China through travel agencies.
Because Chinese medical companies not only have special treatment plans for tumor diseases, they also have relevant treatment plans for many diseases that are considered terminal illnesses in the world.
According to Zhao Yi's estimate, the number of foreign tourists traveling to China for medical tourism each year may reach more than 5 million, but the exact number is still uncertain.
Even if calculated based on 5 million people, since they are all serious or terminal illnesses, the cost of treatment will not be very low. Even based on an average of 150,000 yuan, the annual output value will be 750 billion yuan.
These are the output values created directly by medical treatment. If the expenses of travel agencies and the output value created indirectly are added up, it is likely to exceed the 1 trillion yuan mark.
It was precisely with such great prospects that Zhao Yi was able to convince the relevant government departments to quickly apply for visas for people coming for medical treatment. Of course, they could only get visas very quickly from the travel agency under the Shangtong Trading Company. (End of chapter)