Merchant and doctor

Chapter 1440 Civilian Fees

Traditional Chinese medicine has retained many fine traditions since its inception, one of which is to make money from the rich and treat the common people.

When I was a child, my grandfather often told me that if I wanted to be a good doctor, I couldn’t think about making money all the time, otherwise, I would most likely end up with nothing.

Grandpa recalled that in his impression, all decent Chinese medicine doctors seemed to be children of good families. The worst ones had more than ten acres of thin land. People from poorer families had better not learn Chinese medicine. It is not easy to get rich, but it will burden you and waste your life.

Times have changed, and some of the old phenomena that grandpa talked about are no longer relevant. However, the idea of ​​popularizing medicine still left a deep mark on the young mind of Bian Mu.

When I was in college, a female lecturer in the department who taught "Introduction to Traditional Chinese Medicine" also raised similar topics many times in class. That teacher believed that Chinese medicine research must be aristocratic, and that some particularly top-notch ultimate figures must be gathered to re-sort, identify, and screen traditional Chinese medicine many times. Moreover, in the future, it is inevitable to take the development path of combining Chinese and Western medicine and using the West for Chinese medicine.

However, when it comes to TCM treatment, she advocates taking a popular approach and maximizing the diversity of disease analysis. On this basis, TCM can once again return to the embrace of Chinese studies and truly become a popular medicine that benefits and protects the people.

Therefore, the concept of popularizing traditional Chinese medicine has had a profound impact on Bian Mu's medical practice.

In fact, the National Medical Clinic has already opened, and the general direction of walking on two legs of commercialization and popularization must not be shaken. Nurse Ye and others have expressed opposition, either explicitly or implicitly, and Bian Mu can no longer fully tolerate it.

If it really doesn't work... we can only politely pay Nurse Ye and others to find another job.

Although he thought so, if the day came when they were completely at loggerheads, Bian Mu might not be able to be so cruel. No matter what, the four of them got along really well, and there was nothing wrong with colleagues advocating to earn more money through ability and hard work.

For a moment, Bian Mu was really embarrassed. Besides... it was technically quite troublesome and he couldn't deal with it rashly for the time being.

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At noon that day, just after getting off work, Bian Mu called the herbalist Lao Pei.

"Uncle Pei! I've been so busy lately that I haven't had time to visit Grandpa Liang. I just closed my stall and wanted to go over and have a meal with the old man. Is it convenient for you?"

"Hey! I really can't get used to living in the city. It's really not as comfortable as the mountains. I've been bored these past two days! Great! It's a good time to go out and relax. I have some good wine here. You can discuss with Mr. Liang and see what he wants to eat. I'll bring whatever I have over."

"Okay! Wait a moment!" After saying that, Bian Mu hung up the phone.

The forest ranger, Lao Liang, was pickling vegetables at home. When Bian Mu called him, the old man naturally invited them over to reminisce about the past. The old man was not polite at all and said that he didn't even have any decent fruits at home, so he asked Bian Mu and Lao Pei to prepare some to bring over.

The old man has a really good personality!
There has always been a lot of good tea in the clinic. Bian Mu stood up and searched for it, selected three well-packaged top-quality teas and put them in bags, one of which had to be presented to Lao Pei.

Afterwards, Bian Mu called the herbal farmer Lao Pei to discuss who should bring what and who should not. After changing his clothes, Bian Mu said hello to Luo Zhanqi and headed straight for the subway station. …

Two-finger golden hairtail, Silla large river shrimp, Wang Laoqie's white-fried chicken nuggets... Taking Lao Liangtou's taste into consideration as much as possible, Bian Mu prepared a lot of high-quality ingredients.

Old Pei picked out the best fine tea, opened a box, and while brewing it, he chatted with Old Liang about family matters.

Bian Mu sat by the kitchen door, cleaning up the fish and shrimps...

"Master Liang! Uncle Pei! Hasn't the Chinese Medical Clinic already started trial operation? I plan to open a channel for civilians to receive medical treatment, but... haven't the standards for medical fees and other things on my side been raised? After the move, if I want to lower them, Nurse Ye and the others will definitely be upset. Within half a year, it is estimated that only Zhang Jinsi will be able to stay. Even if it is our pharmacist, we will disband! To maintain the existing charging mechanism, I can only open another affordable area and charge separately, but how is that possible! It will be a mess within a week. The hospital can open a green charging channel for special groups based on senior citizen cards, military cards, student cards, etc., but it seems that this is not feasible at the Chinese Medical Clinic, right? You two are knowledgeable people, please give me some advice!" While packing up the ingredients, Bian Mu raised his voice and briefly talked about his recent confusion about charging.

"Did you hear that? He has been in the city for less than three years and he has learned bad things! He came here for a meal pretending to be here. His real purpose was to ask for advice. This guy will definitely have problems once he gets involved in fame and fortune." Old Liang immediately made a few jokes about Bian Mu.

"Haha... Xiao Bian! Did you hear that? Master Liang is arguing with you! In the future, when you have nothing to do, you must come over and sit with us from time to time. And you must choose the best tea, remember!" The herbal farmer Lao Pei helped out with a few words.

Hahaha……

All three of them were happy.

"I heard that Liang Xiangyin has started practicing medicine in your place?!" Old Liang asked casually.

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Don't be fooled by his old age, Old Liang does have some real kung fu skills. The energy in his dantian shakes lightly without any effort, and every word that reaches Bian Mu's ears is clear and unmistakable.

"It's been at least ten days or half a month, and the old man's skills have slowly recovered. The number of orders for him on the software we usually use is increasing day by day!" Bian Mu started to wash the vegetables and responded loudly.

"There's still a lot of gangster spirit left in him. Your friendship with his son is a matter of your generation. You should still be a little cautious with him. How much does he usually charge?" Old Liang asked casually.

"The registration fee is one hundred yuan, and everyone is treated equally, regardless of their status. However... the old man advocates paying the fee later. As long as the patient feels that he has not seen any therapeutic effect, he can just forget about it and all fees will be waived. If they feel that the old man's treatment is good, they can come again next time and pay the previous consultation fee. Acupuncture and moxibustion are charged according to the course of treatment. On average, one course of treatment is about one or two hundred yuan. The old man said that there is a cap on the fee, and he will charge a maximum of 500 yuan. If the condition is more complicated and severe, he will refuse to accept the patient. Except for cancer patients, they are generally recommended to me." Bian Mu responded loudly while cutting vegetables.

"Haven't you already started implementing a dual-track charging system?! What's there to discuss?" Old Liang responded with a smile.

"You are still young after all. You haven't thought everything through from the beginning. I'm not saying it in hindsight, but Liang Xiangyin's background is even more complicated than Sima Kui's! Among the three brothers, the one with the surname Cao is relatively simple. He retired to the countryside early and lived a peaceful life like an ordinary person. You are well-intentioned and let him come out to relax. You also lent him such a good place to practice medicine. From what you said, you didn't think about many things beforehand. Mr. Liang is right. In fact, you have already taken two charging routes. It is unlikely that you can change it now. So why are you still worried about so many things?!" The herbal farmer Old Pei talked about his opinion on the side.

Hearing this, Bian Mu realized that he was indeed somewhat emotional...