Spy Wars: Get the Predator equipment at the beginning

Chapter 1067 Streptomycin, a specific drug for pulmonary tuberculosis

The two embraced tightly, a scene that was quite an eyesore for some of the older generation. Many soldiers and officers around them turned their heads away, and some female officers blushed with embarrassment, thinking to themselves that the two were shameless.

"Hugging and cuddling in public is inappropriate!" a middle-aged man couldn't help but criticize.

The commander standing beside him smiled and said, "It's normal for the couple to be affectionate after not seeing each other for so long. It's alright, it's alright!"

Zhang Yunhe was tall and wore a reddish-brown leather jacket with fur trim, along with high-top military boots. He looked very attractive, and some of the female soldiers around him couldn't help but glance at him frequently. They were worried about being discovered, so they could only look at him secretly.

"You must be tired after flying all night?" Liu Huilan asked with concern after the two parted ways.

Zhang Yunhe said, "I started sleeping at eight o'clock last night and woke up at three o'clock this morning. I set off at four o'clock sharp and have been flying for more than three and a half hours. It's okay, not too tiring!"

Seeing that he did not look tired, Liu Huilan said, "Alright, I'll take you to see our commander!"

"it is good!"

As the two turned around, a group of people came to greet them.

"This must be Mr. Zhang? You must have had a long and tiring journey!" The commander extended his hand to Zhang Yunhe.

Liu Huilan quickly introduced the two of them.

With Liu Huilan's introduction, Zhang Yunhe shook hands and greeted the commander and several other accompanying personnel.

After exchanging pleasantries, Zhang Yunhe said, "I almost forgot the important matter. Let's unload the goods first!"

After saying that, he turned to the co-pilot and shouted, "Xiao Xiang, go open the cargo door and let everyone unload the cargo!"

"Understood!" the co-pilot replied, turned and ran to the plane, climbed the gangway and crawled inside.

A short while later, the cargo door of the plane slowly opened automatically, and you could see from below that the plane was full of cargo.

Zhang Yunhe took out two lists, handed the first one to Liu Huilan and said, "This is the list of the goods you asked me to purchase a few days ago. Everything has been purchased!"

"And this one!" He handed over a second list, saying, "This is a list of medical equipment I'm donating, as well as some newly developed drugs from international sources. The drugs include treatments for diabetes, stomach ailments, heart disease, and some commonly used medications for headaches and fevers."

"There's a drug called penicillin that's very effective in treating traumatic infections. It's a newly developed anti-inflammatory drug, and in the United States it's called penicillin!"

A medical worker standing nearby excitedly said, "Mr. Zhang, you're saying there's penicillin in this shipment?"

“Yes, there are 20,000 boxes in total!” Zhang Yunhe nodded and said.

The middle-aged doctor was both surprised and overjoyed: "My God, 20,000 boxes? This, this is too valuable, too valuable!"

The commander beside him quickly asked, "Dr. Hua, what's wrong? Is this medicine called Xilin very expensive?"

Dr. Hua quickly explained, “Commander, this penicillin is not just expensive, it’s outrageously expensive and there’s no market for it. Before I came back from the United States last year, one vial of penicillin cost a gold bar on the black market. A box usually contains six vials, and one box can save a life! Even if you take a gold bar to the black market, you still have to see if they have any in stock. If they don’t have any stock, you can’t buy it no matter how much money you offer!”

"Twenty thousand boxes. If we really wanted to buy them, it would cost 12 gold bars, and it would be impossible to purchase such a large quantity, because this medicine is only a laboratory preparation, not a pharmaceutical factory mass-produced. The output is extremely limited!"

The commander was deeply moved and shook Zhang Yunhe's hand again, saying, "Mr. Zhang, thank you so much. You've given me such rare and valuable medicine so readily, and in such large quantities at that. I really don't know what to say."

Zhang Yunhe shook his head and said, "If I were just looking for a thank you, I wouldn't have taken such a big risk to send this batch of supplies over! These medicines can indeed be sold for a high price. To be honest, this medicine can only be produced in laboratories in the United States and the United Kingdom, but we have already achieved industrialized mass production in Hong Kong, and the output is increasing every day!"

"We've now sold this drug to the United States, the United Kingdom, and even Germany, and we've made some money. In pharmacies and hospitals around the world, most of the penicillin is our product. Its price on the international market has started to drop because production has increased, so a price reduction is inevitable!"

Dr. Hua was even more excited after hearing this and said, "Mr. Zhang, your ability to achieve industrial-scale production of penicillin and lower its price is truly a meritorious act. Every year, this drug will save hundreds of thousands or even millions of patients!"

Zhang Yunhe added, "The other medications in this batch are all effective treatments, such as medications for diabetes that can effectively control blood sugar! There's also streptomycin, a highly effective drug for treating tuberculosis. This drug generally needs to be used continuously for 6 months. Tuberculosis patients need to maintain adequate nutrition and get plenty of rest, which can shorten the recovery time!"

In fact, not all patients with tuberculosis die. A significant portion of them recover without medication, simply by receiving ample rest and nutritional support in a sanatorium. For example, J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, contracted tuberculosis when he was young, before even the earliest antibiotics like Prontocilizumab had been invented. He recovered on his own by staying in a sanatorium and receiving sufficient rest and nutritional support.

Therefore, in the 18th, 19th and the first half of the 20th century, a large number of sanatoriums appeared in Europe and America in order to treat tuberculosis. These sanatoriums were built in places with beautiful mountains and clear waters and a warm climate all year round. However, due to the lack of effective drug treatment, most tuberculosis patients died one after another, and only a small number recovered.

Traditional Chinese medicine is effective in treating tuberculosis. Although it cannot completely kill the tuberculosis bacillus, it can control the disease from becoming chronic or worsening. Many celebrities suffered from tuberculosis and controlled their condition by taking traditional Chinese medicine orally. Moreover, the cause of death for these people was not tuberculosis.

"What? This streptomycin can really cure tuberculosis?" Dr. Hua was quite shocked by Zhang Yunhe's words.

Zhang Yunhe nodded and said, "Yes, it can cure tuberculosis, but it's not absolute. A considerable number of tuberculosis patients can be cured by this drug, but because it requires long-term use, some patients will develop drug resistance after a period of time and cannot be completely cured. We must find a way to combine it with other drugs, but we haven't developed such drugs yet."