The helpless Y government had no choice but to hand the matter over to its own Ministry of Health, which in turn reluctantly passed the issue to the National Medical Service System (MHS).
The Y National Medical Service System was established in 1948 and, after more than half a century of development and refinement, has become a hallmark project of Y’s welfare system.
The MHS aims to provide free medical services to all citizens. Whether a billionaire or a penniless homeless person, anyone in need of medical support can access the relevant services. Within the entire MHS, the Ministry of Health is the highest decision-making and administrative body, responsible for planning the country’s overall medical development blueprint and formulating and managing medical service strategies.
The MHS is composed of various levels of public hospitals, clinics, community health centers, nursing homes, and other medical institutions, forming the basic units of the medical system, known as Trusts. Most cities and large towns have their own hospital trusts, which provide the medical services that citizens require daily and meet the needs of most patients.
Some Trust hospitals also serve as specialist consultation centers, while others are affiliated with universities and responsible for training medical personnel. Trusts deliver services through health centers and outpatient clinics, and sometimes even visit patients’ homes for diagnosis and treatment. All appointments and treatments are free of charge. The MHS has an extensive coverage, integrating medical research, food safety, national healthcare, child protection, and care for the elderly and disabled.
After receiving this directive, the National Medical Service System immediately began collecting difficult and rare cases from teaching hospitals across the country. After compiling various types of cases nationwide and conducting expert analysis, they concluded that a specific patient could be sent first to Mu Lin’s clinic for treatment.
The patient suffered from multiple neuritis, with symptoms including muscle weakness, paralysis in the lower limbs, drooping wrists, and facial paralysis. His mouth was crooked, his eyes skewed, and saliva drooled from the corner of his lips.
After internal consultations and expert analysis within the National Medical Service System, the conclusion was that, based on current medical technology, the chances of curing this patient were very slim. Even if a cure were possible, it would take a long 3 to 5 years.
After reporting this conclusion to the Ministry of Health, officials there studied it and determined it was a feasible plan. According to their own medical standards, curing this patient quickly was also difficult. However, this patient was neither suffering from AIDS nor cancer. Even if Y sent this patient to Mu Lin’s clinic, the general public and the media in the Western world, who lacked medical expertise, would not be able to find any fault.
By the time Mu Lin’s clinic eventually cured the patient after many years, the incident would have long faded from public memory, minimizing its impact. They sincerely hoped this patient would completely stump Mu Lin’s clinic or at least keep him too busy to cause trouble for the Y government.
Since this matter involved cross-border transportation between two countries—with the patient being transferred from Y to U—it inevitably drew attention from the media of both nations, no matter how quietly Y tried to handle it.
The Y government first informed the U Family Medical Council about the patient’s condition, entrusting them to notify Mu Lin on their behalf. After receiving the patient’s medical records from the U Family Medical Council, Mu Lin glanced at them and immediately instructed them to notify Y that the patient could be sent over right away.
His only requirement was that the patient must be able to sustain life independently for at least two hours upon entering the clinic without needing immediate treatment. In other words, Y should not send a patient who would die the moment he arrived. Additionally, he requested that U’s judicial authorities and the U Family Medical Council supervise the entire treatment process. As for Y’s institutions and experts, since they were sending a patient they themselves found incurable, hoping to learn treatment techniques from this was absolutely impossible. Mu Lin politely declined, citing the need to protect his medical techniques as confidential.
U’s media obtained the news第一时间 from the U Family Medical Council and also acquired detailed medical records of the patient directly from Mu Lin’s clinic. They noted Mu Lin’s act of not even glancing at the patient’s records from Y, interpreting it as a sign of absolute confidence in his treatment methods.
Translation:
U’s media received the news第一时间 from the U Family Medical Council and obtained the patient’s detailed medical records directly from Mu Lin’s clinic. They observed that Mu Lin did not even glance at the patient’s records from Y, interpreting this behavior as a demonstration of complete confidence in his treatment approach.
At the same time, they invited medical experts from various sources to analyze the patient’s case, and their conclusions matched those of Y’s National Medical Service System experts. After the public received this news, opinions were widespread and passionate, with all sorts of views expressed.
The general consensus was that the Y National Medical Service System was despicably underhanded. How could a disease that a nation’s experts couldn’t cure in a short time be expected to be cured by a private clinic? Wasn’t this just making things difficult for someone? Most people were skeptical about Mu Lin’s clinic, believing this time he was merely putting on a show of strength and that his clinic would inevitably fail.
Another perspective argued that since Mu Lin’s clinic had agreed to treat the patient, it must have absolute confidence in its ability. Many people were optimistic about Mu Lin’s clinic and had full confidence in him. However, since Mu Lin and his clinic never commented on the incident, this group’s confidence gradually faded.
Western media across Europe and the Americas debated the issue daily, while the general public remained highly enthusiastic, closely following the development of events. Once again, Mu Lin and his clinic found themselves at the center of a storm.
In this debate, the Y National Medical Service System and Y’s media, under government instructions, unusually refrained from participating. They merely gave the matter a brief news mention without offering any further commentary. Perhaps, after seeing the patient’s medical records, they felt a sense of embarrassment for their own country.
Upon receiving this news, the betting industry also became highly interested. They immediately applied to set odds for betting on whether Y or Mu Lin’s clinic would win.
Firstly, bets were placed on the outcome—win or lose. Secondly, bets were placed on how long it would take Mu Lin’s clinic to cure the patient: within one month, three months, six months, one year, or if the patient remained incurable. Once these betting options were set, the public began placing their bets.
Since neither the Y National Medical Service System nor Mu Lin’s clinic commented on the matter, the public, relying on expert analysis from the media, largely believed that Mu Lin would lose. The odds for a win between Y and Mu Lin’s clinic reached as high as 1:1290. Almost everyone bet against Mu Lin and his clinic.
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