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Chapter 1065 - 578: Giving Ordinary People Hope (Please Subscribe)_2

Chapter 1065: Chapter 578: Giving Ordinary People Hope (Please Subscribe)_2

About half an hour of consultation flashed by.

The current situation is broadly divided into two categories.

One option is the one recommended by experts from Yancheng Central Hospital and Southwest Hospital, which is to quickly proceed with the surgical removal of the lung tumor. While it is still in the early stages, sooner surgery is somewhat better.

This is also the most conventional consultation result.

After all, in the early stages of cancer, if one is to receive a more thorough treatment, that would be to surgically remove the tumor. Procedures like this are relatively easier to perform before there is any spread.

The other plan is the suggestion previously given to Ding Yue by President Jiang Zhongbo, which is to go directly for transplant surgery.

After all, cancer cells have already formed in Director Qi Chunsheng’s lungs. To tell the truth, surgical removal is hardly ever a hundred percent curative. If the cancer cells are not completely eliminated, they can still reoccur after the treatment, aside from medication, and a complete cure might not be achieved in the end.

And the truly thorough cure would be transplant surgery.

However, before now, transplant surgery was very difficult to realize, so many patients with early-stage cancer had no choice but to opt for surgical removal, which is the first plan mentioned.

After all, where can you easily get a complete organ?

And a certain level of matching is also necessary.

You should know that organ trade is illegal in certain respects both domestically and internationally, so if patients need transplant surgery, they can only match organs from the donated organ supply.

But resources are scarce to begin with, and the match rates are not that high.

Therefore, this plan was not highly recommended by the experts from Yancheng Central Hospital and Southwest Hospital.

But now it’s different.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, our Mist City Central Hospital currently collaborates with Mist City Arts and Science University on 3D bioprinting technology, which I believe everyone is aware of, and this year we have already successfully completed a transplantation case."

President Jiang Zhongbo brought this to the attention of all the experts.

"Using a 3D bioprinter, can you perfectly print a biological organ that matches the patient?"

At this moment, an expert from Yancheng Central Hospital asked.

"Yes."

Ding Yue finally spoke up.

In this area, Ding Yue knew a bit more than the experts present.

After all, Ding Yue had followed the 3D bioprinting technology project for a long time and, through exposure, had come to understand a lot.

While the experts present specialized in cancer, they might be relatively unfamiliar with 3D bioprinting technology.

"By matching the patient’s biological genes, a 3D bioprinter can print an organ that is nearly identical to the patient’s."

Ding Yue explained confidently.

"Since the prerequisites for transplant surgery are rather sufficient, I too agree to proceed with transplant surgery, as this method seems more thorough."

Eventually, the experts from Southwest Hospital shifted their stance, from initially supporting surgical removal to now advocating for transplant surgery.

Subsequently.

The experts from Yancheng Central Hospital also agreed to the transplant surgery plan.

In other words, the expert consultation ultimately determined the direction of treatment for Director Qi Chunsheng’s lung cancer, which is transplant surgery to completely resolve the lung cancer cells.

This approach, which incurs exceedingly high costs and involves a high level of surgical difficulty, can only be properly performed by top-tier hospitals like Mist City Central Hospital.

And the amount of money required is not insignificant.

But money was not an issue for Ding Yue.

Director Qi Chunsheng’s surgery this time was also of great significance.

If the successful liver transplant surgery for Xu Meijia before had set a medical precedent for the application of 3D bioprinting technology in organ transplant surgery,

then this time, Director Qi Chunsheng’s surgery would likely give the outside world a peace of mind.

In turn, once the costs were reduced, patients across the country in need of transplant surgery, especially those suffering from organ cancer, would have a chance at a complete cure.

Of course, this was provided that the disease was in the early to middle stage; if it was in the late stage, then there was no cure!

During the two hours of the expert consultation that followed, the experts were thoroughly discussing the details of the surgery, which was all too familiar to them.

It was finally decided that doctors from Mist City Central Hospital would form the surgical team, with doctors from the other three hospitals serving as surgical guides.

This consultation was indeed special treatment for Director Qi Chunsheng.

After all, it’s impossible for a typical patient to have such an extensive panel of consulting experts or to have the top medical team as their backup.

After the expert consultation meeting concluded, Ding Yue had a brief chat with President Jiang Zhongbo, assuring him that as long as Director Qi Chunsheng could be restored to health, money was no object.

President Jiang Zhongbo also expressed that Director Qi Chunsheng’s surgery was of extraordinary significance, and Mist City Central Hospital would not overcharge for it.

Additionally, touching on the topic of reducing the cost of using 3D bioprinting technology that they had discussed on the phone, President Jiang Zhongbo brought it up again with Ding Yue.

If this could be achieved, it would be an immense boon for ordinary people.

Many patients die not because of illness but because they cannot afford the high costs of treatment and must opt for the most conservative treatment instead.

But the most conservative treatment merely buys a little more time at the end of one’s life.

If the application of 3D bioprinting technology in the medical field could truly become affordable for the average family, it would be a great deed beneficial to both the country and its people!

Ding Yue understood this point well and indeed supported making the cost of 3D bioprinting technology affordable for the public. For instance, an organ transplant surgery used to cost hundreds of thousands or even millions before.

But if the cost of 3D bioprinting technology could be controlled to around 100,000 to 200,000 yuan, and not exceed 500,000 yuan at most, it would actually be affordable for ordinary families.

"Principal Ding, we at Mist City Central Hospital will also strive to get the advanced medical technology of 3D bioprinting included in the national health insurance for major diseases, which will at least provide some reimbursement for patients and naturally ensure the best profitability for you," President Jiang Zhongbo expressed his commitment.

It wasn’t realistic to solely pressure Ding Yue’s side to reduce costs; after all, they weren’t a charity, and even public hospitals needed to profit from medical services, let alone Ding Yue’s Mist City Arts and Science University and Feiyue Group.

"That would be wonderful."

Ding Yue felt reassured by President Jiang Zhongbo’s sincerity.

A person like President Jiang Zhongbo truly served the country and its people—a great figure in the medical profession.

After talking with President Jiang Zhongbo, Ding Yue went to visit Director Qi Chunsheng in the ward, then left Mist City Central Hospital and headed back to the university.

On the way back, Ding Yue spoke with Professor Yang Kaining about developing raw materials for biological ink to reduce the cost of applying 3D bioprinting technology.

Professor Yang Kaining also committed to making the effort, though it would require him to bring a few people over from the Zurich Federal Institute of Technology in Europe, Switzerland.

While Professor Yang Kaining was the developer of the biological ink, it was not very realistic for him to solve the related raw material technology issues by himself.

As for Professor Yang Kaining inviting more professors from the Swiss Zurich Federal Institute of Technology, Ding Yue fully agreed, since attracting more expert professors to his Mist City Arts and Science University was the best scenario imaginable.

If the cost issue of the biological ink could be resolved,

then the 3D bioprinter developed by Mist City Arts and Science University could truly provide hope for ordinary people...

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