|Author: |Source: | 2007-06-06 |
After the rain, the mountains, the air is fresh and intoxicating, the sunlight sprinkles down through the gaps in the clouds, and the valleys gradually brighten in the morning sun.
Because of this year's rain, the green grass has long been spread over the hillside, and colorful wildflowers are blooming in clusters and clusters. The clear call of the cuckoo awakens another bright morning on Mount Baluk.
"She's busier than ever"
On May 25, less than a year later, we once again entered Tasbasteau, a place that means "stone spring" in Kazakh. In front of the courtyard drying light yellow wild rosebuds, fragrant, waiting for the flower collectors to collect and bag, made of healthy tea, into the life of the city people.
Learned that Meilian went to the clinic early in the morning. Agricultural nine divisions of sixteen a group of nine companies staff took us to a dozen meters away from the clinic. In the 10 square meters of treatment room, Mei Lian is focused on the infusion of patients mixing injections, as last year's appearance, the room was cleaned neat and clean. When she turns to see us, she has a smile on her face, like a wild chrysanthemum blooming in the mountains.
The meeting with Meilian was a bit rushed, as she was leaving in the afternoon to go to Beijing to receive the "National Youth Unity and Progress Award". This is the first time in her life to go to Beijing, but also her farthest from home: she had to travel 130 kilometers by car to reach the nine agricultural division in Emin County, and then take the night train for nearly 10 hours to Urumqi, from there and the other 16 winners of the whole of Xinjiang together with the plane to Beijing, and she is the only representative of the Corps to get this award. Mei Lian looked very happy, because when she came back she could describe to the children what the capital of the motherland is really like. As an ordinary doctor in a remote mountainous company clinic, she was a bit surprised to win the national award and was eager to see what other winners were engaged in and what they had done.
But, Meilian was embarrassed. She said the June national occupational physician qualification exam is imminent and she always feels that there is not enough time. She has to fight to pass both theoretical and practical subjects and often has to stay up late to study hard. Yes, the remote mountain clinic, the practice of medicine to see patients using the most stethoscope, she has not had the opportunity to operate those advanced medical instruments. The most difficult thing for her is the 28 practical subject exams such as cardiac electricity, blood biochemistry and bone penetration. Mei Lian hopes to have the opportunity to go to the regiment or a higher level of hospital learning to further study, and actually improve the technology.
Over the past year, Mei Lian has been awarded the "Corps national unity model advanced individual", "national excellent rural doctors", "national 'May 1' labor medal", "national 'May 1' labor medal". 'Labor Medal'" "autonomous region youth national unity advanced individual", but also shortlisted for the "2006 Moving Corps Person of the Year" selection. Mei Lian more than ten years in the hard mountain company enthusiastic for all ethnic workers and herdsmen mass service story, more and more by the media attention and reports, Mei Lian to participate in speeches and presentations also more opportunities.
Every time she attends speeches and presentations, she is very nervous, a far cry from the calm and decisive manner in which she handles emergency patients. She has been practicing medicine in the mountains for 20 years, and she has always felt that she was just doing her job as a doctor. She chose to practice medicine in difficult areas because she, like many corps workers who fulfill their duties in the garrison, is a descendant of the people of the Junkyard, living in the border company guarding the motherland's border defense.
Mei-Lian said, every honor, she felt heavy heart; with the honor compared to, she feels that their current medical technology is still very limited, dealing with cases of common diseases, to afford the workers and herdsmen this trust, but also strive to improve the level of business.
Cao Yongsheng, a cadre of the company, told us, "This year, Mei Lian has not been easy, she is busier than before." After each report, Mei Lian always came back with a guilty conscience and worked even harder. This year's "May Day" holiday, although many years have not been with her mother and daughter, but Mei Lian still gave up the opportunity to reunite with her family, stayed on duty alone in the company.
"May Day" during the workers back to visit relatives and go to the family more people, the company than usual to be much more lively, colds and fevers headache and brain fever can not help but more than usual. "More patients, Mei Lian is always patient and careful, to us and the voice of the whisper, she is so hard-working." Dong Xuehua, an employee who seeks medical attention from Mei Lian, is quick to say.
I hope the workers and herdsmen can afford to see the disease
A small company clinic, bear the company even outside the 200 households of the masses of health care work. Mei Lian has a deeper understanding of the reality of the lack of medical care here.
Wen Shu'e, who has been a neighbor to Mei Lian for more than a decade, told us that many workers and mountain herders can't afford to pay for their medicines, so they are on credit with Mei Lian, and in order to maintain the company clinic's normal operation for the second year, the medical fees on credit will be advanced by Mei Lian. Last year, Mei Lian advanced more than 5,000 yuan of medical expenses. For Mei Lian, who earns just over 1,000 yuan a month and has two daughters in school, this is a lot of money.
But Mei Lien does have her own helplessness. She told us that due to economic constraints, how many years the workers "small illnesses do not company, big illnesses do not come out of the mission, mountain herdsmen have a disease is able to procrastinate, often to the seriousness of the condition only to medical treatment; for chronic diseases or economic difficulties of the workers, the cost of medicine is a heavy burden.
According to a survey by the national health department, farmers in rural areas due to disease (return) poverty accounted for 30% to 40% of poor households. And in the remote 16th regiment of nine companies, 80% of the difficult families are due to disease.
Chen Ronglan, an employee, has two daughters in college and needs to spend more than 10,000 yuan in tuition a year. Coupled with their own atrophic gastritis, her husband and gallstones need long-term medication, the economy is very difficult. Over the years, Meilian has been advancing medical expenses for them, and will also lend money to them when their children start school. Chen Ronglan is very grateful, she said: "Mei Lian this doctor when it is not easy to see the doctor no day and night, but also to pay for us to pay back the debt, this grace do not know when you can pay back!"
Kazakh herdsmen Bulaiti, Mahadati and other clinics in the clinic are owed medical bills, to the end of the year, the company clinic and the regimental hospital settlement, Mei Lian quietly for them to pay on. Every July and August on the pasture lambs are sold one after another, the hands of the herdsmen have a living money, the money owed back to Mei Lian; but sometimes, encountered sheep mismanagement or market conditions are not good, the herdsmen do not have the money on hand, the shortfall only Mei Lian themselves bear.
Nowadays, before the sheep are sold to the lambs, the herdsmen have urgent need of money, and are used to looking for Meilian's help. Klin's wife suffers from severe rheumatoid arthritis, knee swollen like a bun, Mei Lian advised them to the county hospital, but they can not get the money; Kai Kaixi old Khan's son to betrothed to his girlfriend, a moment of money turnover; Saili Khan this year, want to buy more lambs, the number of sheep to expand the number of some ...... from 100 to hundreds of dollars to the How many people have borrowed money, and how much they paid back, Mei Lian himself can not remember.
Company conditions have improved a lot over the years. With the construction of the Yutie Highway and the Tonglian Highway in 2004, the situation of having to walk for more than ten hours in the winter on a horse-drawn plow has improved, and it is now only an hour's journey to the regiment's hospital on a shuttle bus.
The company's health clinic expanded from 20 square meters to 80 square meters, with a diagnostic room, treatment room and infusion room. Although the clinic is still simple and does not have much medical equipment, but the improvement of transportation, after all, make the life of the workers better and better every day.
This year, the Corps allocated another 50,000 yuan for the nine companies to meet the standards of the Grade A health room. Mei Lian's biggest wish is to hope that with the deepening of the reform of the health care system and the improvement of the life of the workers, the workers and herdsmen can afford to see a doctor.
Family love and care gives me confidence and courage
Because she always advances the medical bills for the clinic, borrows money from workers in need, and has to pay for her two daughters to go to school, Mei Lian's finances are also not generous. In order to make up for the shortfall, Mei Lian opened a small store in the company, and also raised more than 200 sheep. However, often too busy to even take a meal, Mei Lian basically no time to take care of. Busy until dark to return home alone, the morning put into the stove sheep manure less than noon to burn out, the whole house cold.
Because she had to take care of the two children for Meilian at the regiment, Meilian's mother could not go up to the mountains during the week. Mei Lian's labor and busyness alone in the company made her mother very worried. The mother is really heartbroken and misses her daughter, so she puts her granddaughter at Mei Lian's aunt's house and goes to the mountains to stay for a few days. As she was uneasy about her two school-going granddaughters, her mother soon rushed back to the company.
Doctors in the city can enjoy free leisure time after work, but Meilian has to be ready to go out at any time.
One day in early March this year, before the snow melted in the mountains, herdsman Shadi knocked on Dr. Meilian's door at 12:00 a.m., saying her sister-in-law was in labor. Dr. Mei Lian followed Shadi on horseback for 2 hours and saw Hadi Xia, who was lying in the felt room, screaming in pain. As Hadi Xia was weak, Mei Lian took measures to assist the labor, and only after ten hours of hard work was the baby safely delivered. She returned home at noon the next day. Neighbor Wen Shu'e said, Mei Lian just sat down and sucked two mouths of noodles have workers looking for her to get medicine and injections, she bowl a put down, but also a busy until dark.
"Thanks to her now husband, so that Mei Lian has a warm home, can let her work at ease." Speaking of Mei Lian's current husband, Gong Jianwei, Mei Lian's mother feels satisfied and relieved.
The first meeting with Mei Lian was unforgettable for Gong Jianwei, who was introduced to her by Mei Lian's aunt in January 2005 by the simple Shaanxi man Gong Jianwei. But the first meeting has not said a few words, the mountain herdsman to find Mei Lian, said his wife is about to give birth. Mei Lian put on the medicine box, stomped on the back of a horse all night to the Tas River Valley five-star ranch, until the next morning before returning.
Perhaps because of the self-confidence of the most beautiful serious women, from then on, Gong Jianwei realized the mountain company doctor's work hard and difficult, but more in front of this gentle appearance, the inner courage of the female doctor impressed.
On November 2 last year, carrying the mother's expectations and the blessings of friends, they finally came together. Gong Jianwei's tolerance and consideration made Mei Lian feel the warmth of a family and dissolved some of the pressure from her busy and tiring work.
The small store that often gives workers and herdsmen credit for rice and flour and basically earns little money, as well as her children's tuition fees for the sheep have been taken care of; no matter how late to come home, there will always be a hot meal at home for her to prepare.
Melian went to the pastoral clinic a few times from the horse fell off because of hypoglycemia a few times in the clinic nearly fainted, the mountain winter is so cold Melian tired to return to the hut alone in the face of just cold pots and pans cold stoves ...... think of these, Melian's mother is often worried about the sleeplessness. But now, she can finally breathe a sigh of relief, someone is around to take care of Mei Lian, the mother's heart to get a lot of comfort.
In the twilight, a group of evening sun hanging low in the treetops of the western mountains, the fresh spring water gurgling through the valley, the fragrance of wild roses dense with the entire company. The distant Baluk Mountain looks majestic and elegant, like a mother with her head hung low watching the children in her arms. Just as the clear night sky where Mei Lian clinic, guarding the peace and quiet of the mountain. (End) (Edited by Shi Jin)