To be honest, Li Ke was quite surprised. He did not show any hostility throughout the whole process, nor did he show any strange behavior. His actions were actually very suitable for this era. Medical records were quite precious in this era. Those who could read a hospital's medical records were usually students trained by the hospital and the foundation of the hospital. The practice of finding a qualified doctor and handing over medical records was actually a tacit industry rule. As long as the doctor who was found handed over a part of the money he received, this kind of thing would be directly tacitly accepted.
Of course, it was normal to be rejected. No one wanted to have strange competitors in their own family. However, it was really the first time he was rejected by someone with the reason of 'you are a dangerous person'. Judging from the doctor's suddenly accelerated heartbeat and the obviously heavier breathing, the doctor was still afraid of him.
This kind of thing was really strange.
"I don't think I've gone overboard. I can guarantee that I just want to know how many patients here persevered until the end … Well, although I know a little bit of medical skills, my current job is actually a reporter. This time, I'm here to investigate the situation of the poor in Zu 'an."
Li Ke indeed wanted to learn about the treatment of the poor in this city from the medical records and the doctor's mouth. The number of newborns over the years, the number of deaths, and the profit of the hospital could be roughly analyzed. These were the data that could roughly analyze the situation of a place. And only in this kind of place where life and death were at stake could one see the faces of the people in this city. As long as one observed the mood of the sick young people and children, the attitude of their parents, and their conversations, one could easily see the faces of the people in this city.
"Maybe, but you give me a feeling that you are too dangerous. I won't help you!"
The old doctor who had already regarded Li Ke's words as nonsense raised his hand to send him off. He threw the bag of gold coins back into Li Ke's arms without any reluctance. Seeing that his attitude was so firm, Li Ke had to stand up and look at the nameplate on the old man's table.
'Taergul Maeve, Master Alchemist, Chief Apothecary.'
Li Ke memorized the name and walked out of the room without any hesitation. He entered another doctor's office and within half a minute, he received the doctor's recommendation. The doctor left the patient he was diagnosing and brought Li Ke to the director's office. He wanted this generous and generous customer to bring them more beautiful gold coins.
This was a superpower.
Fiddling with the highest currency of these two cities, the gold coin known as the Golden Sea, Li Ke silently followed the doctor who was constantly trying to please him. Following this person, he dropped over 100 gold coins to the director as he wished. After that, he obtained a position in this hospital. He could wander in this hospital unscrupulously, visit the work of any department, and read all the documents except for financial documents.
"Most of the people who come here are poor, so most of the time, we rely on the funds from Pi City to maintain this hospital."
The director's son was sent to help him with his work. He looked a little shy. He tried his best to suppress the excitement in his heart and explained the situation of this hospital to Li Ke who was reading the documents related to the newborns born in this hospital. Li Ke glanced at the medicine price list and asked a sharp question.
"So, the medicine here will be cheaper than outside?"
The young man froze for a moment and smiled awkwardly.
"How is that possible? Sir, you have to know that the operating and storage costs are very high, so we can't offer too many discounts in terms of price. "
As he spoke, he awkwardly threw the price list of the medicine aside.
"And what you saw was last year's price list. Due to the war this year, a lot of resources are tight, so the price of medicine has fluctuated slightly. This table is no longer accurate."
Colluding with each other to raise the price of medicine, this is really familiar news.
"I see."
Li Ke didn't comment further. He just memorized the position of the table and pointed at a row of data in the document in his hand.
"The number of newborns is increasing continuously, but the rate of premature death is increasing at the same time. Isn't that normal here?"
In this document, the number of newborns delivered by this hospital for the past six years had skyrocketed from ten thousand per year to one hundred thousand per year. If one were to compare this to the historical timeline in Li Ke's mind, one would realize that in the second year of Noxus' invasion, the number of newborns delivered by this hospital would skyrocket, and the number of patients in other departments would also increase by quite a bit.
Unfortunately, in the face of such a huge number of newborns, the number of children who died prematurely increased from one-third to three-fifths. The number of pregnant women who died of dystocia increased from more than 1,300 to more than 10,000 every year. This increase and mortality rate could be said to be a huge problem. It could be said that this hospital was treating human lives like grass.
"Ah, this, we can't do anything about it. There are too many outsiders. They don't have money, and they don't have a good place to live. Even if we save them, they usually don't last more than two weeks."
When the young man said this, the excitement in his voice suddenly decreased a lot. There was a hint of sadness and sadness in his voice. It was clear that he also felt a wave of sadness at the number of deaths. However, Li Ke didn't give him too much time to be sad. Instead, he placed this very simple statistical table in front of the young man. He then pointed at the blank part on it and asked another question.
"… Then, have you calculated the race of the pregnant women, the mortality rate, natural birth rate, and the disability rate of these newborns?"
This question obviously stunned the young man. He didn't understand why such data was statistical. However, when he looked at Li Ke's suitcase, his sadness disappeared and was replaced by an unpleasant feeling.
"Of course, although we don't have it now, if you want, we can send someone to do the statistics. But you also know that this is the period of large-scale outbreaks, so the manpower …"
Li Ke smiled and casually took out a money pouch.
"So?"
The young man showed a shy smile and scratched his head embarrassedly.
"You have to pay more."
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