Simulation Game: Crisis Management

Chapter 575 - 261: Outbreak of Infection

"Establish an investigation team?"

"Yes, I need a professional investigation team that can establish contact with the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization, responsible for collecting and reporting daily MERS infection situations in major cities, ports, and airports within the country, the number of close-contact patients, civilian emotional states, and population movements, among others."

As soon as Gu Ji finished speaking.

The doctors and experts attending the meeting began to whisper softly to each other.

"This kind of investigation team is something I’ve never seen before."

"The difficulty of the investigation is too high. Is it necessary? Since MERS was discovered until now, only three people have been infected!"

Gu Ji glanced around, expressionless.

He now sees this national public health crisis entirely as a game.

In that case, "game data" is the most important thing.

This is actually similar to the principles of anti-terrorism.

Data equals intelligence information.

Only by always knowing the national infection situation can he formulate reasonable solutions for a specific area, rather than running around aimlessly like before.

"We at AM Medical have branches in important cities domestically and maintain close cooperation with local CDCs. The suggestion you’ve made, we will try our best to implement, but..."

Jiang Youzhen crossed her hands, her slender fingers slightly intertwined, and then shifted the conversation.

"Activating response measures, without the help of government forces, is difficult to execute solely by our hospital. The public generally won’t cooperate easily, and it requires a lot of manpower, funds, especially the endorsement from Cheongwadae."

"I know, we can voluntarily station people at airports, important ports, etc., to provide temperature checks for tourists, distribute masks, and disinfectant wipes for free. For hospitals in both Seoul Special City and Gyeonggi Province currently infected, set up special fever and respiratory disease channels to separate and isolate from regular patients, investigating patients’ epidemiological history."

As he spoke, Gu Ji took out his phone, which displayed Lin Renna’s resume information.

"This is Mr. Lin, I will have him start promoting AM Medical online from now on. You can assign a few experts to take shifts for daily live broadcasts, mainly promoting personal protection, self-isolation, and enhancing public awareness, with daily free giveaways of protective kits to attract traffic."

Originally, everyone already had complaints about the matter of the "investigation team".

Hearing that they would have to get people to station at the airport for free, and broadcast live while also giving out masks, disinfectants, and protective kits for free to civilians, how much manpower and money would this waste?

"I disagree, this is purely a waste of hospital resources!"

"I also disagree, looking at previous MERS events announced by the World Health Organization, the number of infected generally never exceeded four. I think this domestic incident will end soon, so there’s simply no need for such a big fuss."

"Mr. Jin, before formulating the strategy, did you calculate the input ratio in detail? Do you know how much money is required just to prepare these masks and disinfectants?"

All of a sudden.

Many experts turned their criticism toward Gu Ji, and some even slammed the table.

Gu Ji didn’t argue with them but said calmly.

"Of course, I know this will be a considerable expense, so I suggest you establish your own factory production line, which can cut costs. By initially using free distribution to promote and attract traffic, it will eventually feed back to AM Hospital in the mid to late stages."

"Establish a production line?"

When he said this, everyone was dumbfounded.

A production line can easily cost billions of won or even more. Is this person crazy for suggesting such a huge investment?

Jiang Youzhen, however, detected the implication in Gu Ji’s words.

"Mr. Jin, are you suggesting that MERS won’t end easily?"

"What do you think? From the time the Disease Management Division announced the first case on the 20th, in three days, the number of infected rose to three, all of which were from in-hospital treatment infections. Once the virus mutates and gains the ability for sustained human-to-human transmission, do you think the current hospital handling approach can stop the virus from spreading?"

Gu Ji’s words were like a thunderbolt out of a clear sky, waking everyone up.

Whether it was the South Korean Government or hospital experts, they were all based on the World Health Organization’s current information and investigation summary of MERS, thus ignoring the important trait of the virus’s tendency to mutate.

If the situation indeed develops according to Gu Ji’s prediction.

Then South Korea will inevitably face an international sudden public health event, when the entire nation’s people will need a large number of masks, disinfectant alcohol, gloves, and other medical protective items.

Jiang Youzhen seemed to see an excellent opportunity for AM Medical to rise.

Her eyes revealed determination from afar to near, "Fine, we’ll proceed as Mr. Jin suggested!"

"Mr. Jiang, is deciding now a bit too risky..."

"I’ve already decided."

Jiang Youzhen directly cut off the hospital representative’s words, then turned to look at Gu Ji, "I didn’t expect Mr. Jin to have such extensive experience in public health; I hope we can work well together!"

"There’s no time to lose, I’ll get Mr. Lin over now!"

Gu Ji directly called Lin Renna.

"Great, I have a younger brother who loves photography and journalism; I’ll have him coordinate with Mr. Lin."

Though Jiang Youzhen looked very young, she was born into a chaebol family, having been exposed to such environments from a young age and also a graduate of a prestigious university in the United States, endowed with strong execution ability.

She quickly arranged for the establishment of a national MERS investigation team within the group and sent medical teams to airports and ports.

To better promote AM Medical.

Jiang Youzhen even specially found a room, having a construction team renovate it as a studio for the daily expert live broadcasts.