The miraculous effects of Minhong's special treatments in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, ignited the enthusiasm of all media outlets across the country. However, this was followed by the constant exaggeration of her miraculous medical skills and the fact that Minhong was helping people completely free of charge. Once this halo was placed on Minhong, it immediately caused a lot of trouble. Many patients from all over the country gathered at the local Minhong Hospital, strongly demanding that the hospital open and start treating patients.
According to statistics from the department headed by Xia Yuwen, they have received 110,000 applications from critically ill patients nationwide. These patients come from families with good financial conditions, families with average financial conditions, and families that are destitute.
Reasonable patients left disappointed after visiting the local Minhong Hospital, leaving only a contact number so they could seek treatment as soon as the hospital opened. However, many unreasonable or desperate patients and their families slept on the floor of hospitals in various places. Those patients who were already seriously ill suffered a worsening of their condition under such circumstances. If nothing unexpected happens, there will definitely be negative reports of patients dying in the lobby of Minhong Hospital in the next few days. Lin Yao and Minhong will inevitably face condemnation from the whole society.
With 110,000 patients and a continuous stream of critically ill patients in the future, should we save them or not?
Lin Yao hesitated. Although he had previously felt that his personal abilities and Min Hong's abilities were limited and that it was impossible to save all the patients, this idea began to waver after these patients actually came to his door.
Xia Yuwen told me that many of them have very pitiful backgrounds. So, should we save them or not? And how should we save them?
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Chapter 377 The Current State of Minhong's Strength (Second Update)
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"Yao'er, Minhong is not able to save these people right now."
Lin Hongmei's tone was heavy, but her attitude was firm. She gave her answer directly: "Even if the money you bring in from abroad doesn't require much interest, we still have to set aside money for loan repayments every month. So the money you used to treat patients abroad last time is still untouched and cannot be touched. It can only be saved."
"The repayment pressure of 16 billion US dollars in two years will be even greater. Those foreigners are very principled, and the contract terms have very severe penalties for overdue payments. So now I can say that I, as the person in charge of the money, am the most troubled. If you don't have the ability, you don't have the ability. Don't learn from your father. Our family are all doctors. We should be more open-minded about life, old age, sickness and death. Only by hardening our hearts now can we help more people in the future."
"As for these people, I can only apologize."
Lin Hongmei seemed to have used all her strength to finish what she wanted to say in one breath, and the slight sob in her voice at the end revealed her reluctance.
Lin Yao knew his mother, Lin Hongmei, was telling the truth. Minhong was indeed unable to help these people at present, even if things improved in the future. Even if they were no longer in debt, they wouldn't be able to shoulder the heavy responsibility of helping people treat illnesses regardless of the cost. No company other than the state could handle this task, not even the world's richest company.
There are always more patients, and the treatment cost for each critically ill patient is astronomical. Even if we calculate the medical cost of a single terminally ill patient at 100,000 yuan, it would cost 100 million yuan for 1,000 patients. If these 1,000 people were distributed across the country, it would be a drop in the ocean. Even each Minhong Hospital could not allocate a single patient to them.
Even the government is often powerless in this regard because the required funds are simply too large. Even departments with huge social security funds cannot handle all the applications, let alone Minhong Pharmaceutical, which has no income and only pure expenditures.
The troublesome local officials have severely impacted public hospitals across the country, affecting not only work efficiency but also the balance of income and expenditure in various regions. Many hospitals are no longer able to support their daily expenses with meager "profits".
This is also what Lin Hongmei, the financial manager, is worried about. She not only has to control the current financial situation, but also has to consider the loan repayment pressure in less than two years. Therefore, she was able to harden her heart and refuse to discuss Min Hong's intervention to save people. Because Min Hong's ability alone is absolutely not enough to solve the problem, Lin Hongmei simply did not want to discuss it.
The plan Xia Yuwen mentioned earlier was devised by Qiu Zuiyue, a young journalist who offered her opinion from a media and news perspective. Of course, this opinion needed Lin Yao's approval to be implemented. It was also a way of preparing for the inevitable media attacks against Minhong that would follow.
In Qiu Zuiyue's plan, the patients and their families who are blocking the entrances of Minhong Hospitals in various places each have their own pitiful circumstances and difficulties. Since Minhong is not able to help them all, then an activity will be launched, just like the talent shows in the entertainment industry in the past, to publish the information of these patients and their family situations on the Internet, and then accept the votes of Minhong members across the country.
Every so often, Minhong provides a few free special medical opportunities, allowing the public to choose who to give these opportunities to. This also expresses Minhong's attitude: "We are willing to help these people, but our capacity is limited."
Looking at the detailed instructions on the computer screen, Lin Yao suddenly had a flash of inspiration. He quickly opened a webpage, downloaded a special tool, contacted Gou Xiaogou, and after exchanging ideas, a smile appeared on his face.
Gou Xiaogou truly lives up to his reputation as someone born for the data world. His Minhong system possesses incredibly powerful capabilities; Lin Yao's request was immediately supported. It only required minor modifications to the variables and their relationships—Gou Xiaogou even said it was a piece of cake. He could get it done in one night, and then Minhong's data system could be upgraded and updated for immediate use.
Lin Yao's inspiration came from Qiu Zuiyue's suggestion. He thought of how, in the past, when the public selected celebrities in the entertainment industry through talent shows, the whole country would vote for them via mobile phone text messages and online virtual currency. This way of making money from the public could be applied to the current situation of Minhong.
Minhong's online payment system is very sophisticated. Donors can not only transfer funds to Minhong's account through various channels, but also add their own messages and opinions, which provides a basic guarantee for Lin Yao's idea.
Gou Xiaogou determined that all of Minhong's hospitals and clinics could automatically publish donation information of members and non-members online as quickly as possible through two methods: second-generation ID card readers and manual input. This made Lin Yao's idea possible.
Lin Yao plans to offer five special clinic slots nationwide each month, allowing members to vote for the best candidates. Once selected, Min Hong will provide free treatment without charging any fees.
Meanwhile, for other publicly listed patients, Minhong accepts donations from all over the world. Anyone can express their love through the Minhong platform through any channel. However, this donation is accompanied by Minhong's principle that all donations are only temporarily registered under the patient's name and are not considered as assistance that the patient can receive until final confirmation.
Once a patient or their immediate family member is found to have engaged in serious unethical behavior, Minhong will immediately revoke their public disclosure eligibility, and all donations received will be refunded according to the recipient. The refund can be processed by transferring the funds to the member's personal balance and deducting the cost when purchasing Minhong medicines for the next time, or by allowing members to directly collect cash from Minhong hospitals in various locations after identity verification. Those who donate via online banking can also set their cash collection method and the identity of the person handling the cash collection in the additional information when donating one yuan.
With Gou Xiaogou's technical support, Lin Yao immediately contacted his parents in Chengdu and explained his ideas in detail. Luo Jimin and Lin Hongmei immediately took action, launching a promotional campaign and handling the specific operational matters for Minhong Hospitals and Clinics across the country. For this campaign, Minhong only needed to pay over ten million yuan in advertising fees and five special consultations for Lin Yao each month, which could be considered solving the biggest problem with the least amount of money.
That evening, an article titled "The Current Strength and Status Quo of Minhong" was posted on Minhong's official homepage and was reprinted and linked by major websites across the country, allowing the Chinese people to clearly understand Minhong's strength and current situation for the first time.
This article brought Minhong Pharmaceutical, which had been hyped up by the media, back to normalcy. The public finally realized that this was a private company that, while patriotic, had limited capabilities, and that it deserved more tolerance and understanding.
“We are very poor. All our fixed assets and funds do not belong to us. We rely entirely on loans.”
“Our capabilities are limited. To date, we do not have a single officially licensed doctor practicing at Minhong Hospital. Minhong Hospitals across the country are just empty shells, functioning only as pharmacies.”
"The so-called 'angel' that Minhong has is just a doctor with superb medical skills. His personal abilities are also very limited. He needs to devote more energy to helping Minhong raise funds, so he cannot provide much help."
“There are still many people in this world who need help. Minhong prays that everyone can extend a helping hand. Even if you save the money for a pack of cigarettes, or even just a penny, it can all contribute to a great deal and help some families regain happiness.”
"We are willing to set an example for the good moral standards of this society, and we pay the highest respect to those who set an example in the same way. Therefore, we are willing to give them the help we can when they encounter difficulties."
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The simple language and straightforward narration quickly cooled down the nationwide myth of the "People's Red" and sparked a round of discussions and deep reflections on happiness and dedication.
Being free from illness and disaster is happiness!
A happy family is true happiness!