Chapter 880: We produce this medicine ourselves!
Lei Jin is a military doctor, so the time he spends serving and retiring is actually not the same as that of ordinary soldiers.
Military doctors are just like doctors. As time goes by, their medical skills will become more mature and their techniques will get better and better.
In fact, as long as Lei Jin himself does not ask for demobilization and transfer, the general army will allow him to serve the longest military service.
In the army, I also took the path of promotion as a military doctor. I can’t say that my life was very smooth, but it was certain that I would live a stable life.
Moreover, Lei Jin also has battlefield experience in the self-defense counterattack war against foreign enemies. He is a military doctor who has experienced war and is of great value to the troops.
If nothing happened in his family, Lei Jin would definitely work in the 61st Regiment until he grows old!
However, in mid-January, something really happened to the Lei family. Lei Jin was in Jiaozhi at the time, and was naturally anxious when he received the news. However, considering that the country needed him at the time, he did not go home directly, but wrote a letter to his family and asked the soldiers of the rear company to help send it back.
He doesn't have many family members. He has a younger brother and a mother.
After he joined the army, his younger brother inherited his brother's ambition and became a soldier. However, he died while performing a mission on the western border a year ago, leaving his old mother alone to live at home.
During the Jiaozhi War, the old mother heard that her only eldest son had also gone to the border with the troops. She was so frightened that she collapsed on the bed. The call to Lei Jin's troops was from the brigade secretary.
After the battle ended, Lei Jin applied for demobilization from the army and returned to his hometown. Only then did he learn that his mother had been paralyzed at home for more than a month.
As a son, he was naturally heartbroken and promised his mother that he would never go anywhere else and would take care of her until the end of her life.
Everyone in the company knew that Lei Jin had suddenly been demobilized and returned home, and Hao Jian naturally knew it too.
As Lei Jin's comrades-in-arms, everyone sympathized with his family's situation and felt sorry that such a good military doctor could not continue to shine in the army.
So when Hao Jian saw Lei Jin for the first time, he hugged him excitedly and told him what he was thinking.
Li Xiangnan also realized that even though Brother Lei was so steady, he actually had such deep thoughts in his heart.
It's not that he doesn't want to develop in Yanjing, but his old mother at home doesn't allow it.
Brother Lei wants to fulfill his filial duty and certainly doesn't want to leave his mother and hometown.
After listening to his experiences during this period, everyone's eyes were red and they all felt sad.
"My dear brothers, my mother is paralyzed in bed. I asked the aunt next door to help take care of her. I'm looking for medicine everywhere in Yanjing. I have to rush back tomorrow morning! It's not that I don't want to stay in Yanjing. I naturally know that it's good to follow Xiao Li, but... I'm really sorry!"
Lei Jin lowered his head, and even this big man was bent over by this helpless life.
Everyone sighed silently and felt sorry for him.
"Brother Lei!" Li Xiangnan handed him a cigarette and consoled him, "Didn't Captain Hao just say that it's really troublesome to travel back and forth between two places to get the medicine? Why not bring your mother to Beijing to take care of her? With everyone together, your mother won't be left out and can be taken care of! This way you can get the medicine quickly, avoid the pain of traveling, and your mother can be taken care of, too. What do you think?"
"This..." Lei Jin was stunned. He looked at Hao Jian, scratched his head quickly, and looked embarrassed. "It's indeed a good idea, but we have no place to live!"
"Hey, Brother Lei, if you want to come, why don't you worry about having a place to stay? Just stay at my place!" Wang Defa grinned, "I live alone at home..."
"Stop, stop!" Hao Jian interrupted him and said with a smile, "Defa, Lei Jin has been with me for many years, how can I let him bother you? You just helped me get two big houses! Lei Zi, live with me. I will live in the yard next door. It will be easier for us to take care of each other if we live close together! My uncle's room is for you and aunt..."
Lei Jin was somewhat moved and said: "If I really come to Yanjing, I will live in your place, I will pay, I will rent..."
"We are brothers, talking about money will hurt our feelings! You should arrange this matter as soon as possible! I will clean up the house for you!" Hao Jian agreed without hesitation.
"We are here to help!" Yang Weidong, Shui Dong and others said with a smile.
Li Xiangnan patted Lei Jin on the shoulder and said, "Brother Lei, go back tomorrow to pick up your mother and settle her down in Yanjing! You can come to work in my imaging building. My mother is still here and can help take care of her. This way you can work with more peace of mind!"
"Xiao Li!" Upon hearing this, Lei Jin was deeply moved and excited and didn't know what to say.
However, Li Xiangnan listened carefully and asked in detail: "Brother Lei, squad leader Hao said that you came to Yanjing to get medicine. What medicine did you get? What disease did my aunt have? Have you come back to treat it?"
Upon hearing this, Lei Jin suddenly lowered his head silently, trembled the corners of his mouth sadly, and when he raised his head again, there was an unspeakable sadness.
He grabbed the bottle of wine on the table, tilted his head back and took a big gulp.
Seeing this, Li Xiangnan's heart suddenly sank.
"It's muscle weakness and muscular atrophy!"
really!
When Lei Jin said this conclusion, Li Xiangnan's eyes narrowed.
ALS!
ALS!
ALS!
It is a chronic, progressive neurological disease that has no cure to date!
The famous physicist and scientist Stephen Hawking suffers from this disease.
Its causes are very complex. Genetic factors, lifestyle, exposure to toxins, occupation, low body mass index, history of head trauma, metabolic diseases, autoimmune dysfunction, viral infection and neuroinflammatory response may all cause ALS symptoms!
"I heard that there is a drug called riluzole being tested overseas. It is a drug for the nervous system that can delay the symptoms of muscle weakness! After asking around, I learned that Union Hospital may have contact with foreign countries, so I came here to ask!"
Peking Union Medical College, with the financial support of the Great Church, may indeed have this kind of medicine.
"This medicine is not easy to make. I usually give my mother acupuncture and massage to improve this symptom! That's all I can do!"
Hearing this, Li Xiangnan felt a little helpless.
He knew about the drug riluzole for treating ALS, but it was not actually launched on the market in Da Piao in the 1990s!
In other words, the development of this drug went through an experimental period that lasted for many years.
If Lei Jin's mother wants to use this medicine, she will have to wait for several years!
Can she afford to wait?
As soon as this thought came up, Li Xiangnan suddenly became very anxious.
Nianwei Pharmaceuticals really needs to hurry up and get things started.
With his experience of living two lives as a human being, his familiarity with future medicines will truly benefit the people of this era!
Thinking of this, Li Xiangnan patted Lei Jin on the shoulder and said in a loud voice: "Brother Lei, don't worry! We don't have this kind of medicine now, but it doesn't mean we won't have it in the future! You can go pick up your mother with peace of mind, and you can also work here with peace of mind, don't worry about the medicine!"
Hao Jian took a sip of wine, "Why aren't you worried, Xiao Li? If this drug is launched on the market in Da Piaoliang, it will be very troublesome for us to buy it. There is no substitute for it in China..."
Li Xiangnan smiled slightly, "How can there be no medicine? We know the ingredients, pharmacology, and structure, and we can produce it ourselves!"
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