My Medical Skills Give Me Experience Points Chapter 1441 - 575: Third Hospital’s Revival, The First Act of the New Director (Part 2)

After studying with his mentor, he realized that orthopedic knowledge is far more profound than he imagined.

For example, the source of human blood isn’t the heart, but the bone marrow.

Moreover, the body’s omnipotent cells also come from the bone marrow.

Bones not only serve as support for the human body, but also hold multiple significances. After hundreds of years of evolution, each bone has its specific function.

His graduate studies made him understand why major hospitals highly value academic qualifications, almost hiring based solely on them.

There is indeed a considerable difference in the knowledge level between undergraduates and graduate students.

Now he has the identity of a teaching assistant, vice leader of the emergency surgery team, and an in-service graduate student, which is evidently much higher than before.

The weight and status cannot be compared to the past.

Vice Dean Bai and Vice Director Ye promised to help him enter the quality control department, and there are already leads appearing.

If nothing unexpected happens, he should soon achieve his wish.

Unconsciously, he is gradually becoming like those famous doctors, with a heap of titles and positions.

Of course, he is just starting out, with plenty of room for growth.

He definitely needs to work harder.

There is a significant gap between him and truly famous doctors.

Currently, he’s not a truly famous doctor; he was previously only in the reserve talent pool of famous doctors.

Now he is entering the series of quasi-famous doctors.

One more thing worth mentioning is Zhang Qilian from the Third Hospital. After two surgeries, his life was saved but the severe aftereffects prevent him from working and living like a normal person.

The domestic medical level is limited, and currently there’s no good way to solve these aftereffects.

The only solution is a heart transplant.

However, with his severe systemic arterial blood vessel lesions, even a single heart surgery posed tremendous difficulty and involved many risks. The probability of dying on the operating table during a heart transplant is very high.

No hospital dares to take this risk.

Soon after Zhang Qilian was discharged, he chose to retire early due to illness.

The Third Hospital, which he left in a mess, was on the verge of bankruptcy. Choosing to retire due to illness at this point made things easier for him but harder for his successor.

The person replacing him as director is none other than Zhang Mingxing, who frequently visited Zhang Qilian in the hospital during his stay.

Originally already a vice dean and Zhang Qilian’s trusted right-hand man, it was natural for Zhang Mingxing to take over his position as director. Due to historical reasons, the management and appointment mechanisms of hospitals in the "First" series are more rigid than other major hospitals.

When a director retires normally, they have the right to recommend their successor.

Moreover, the superiors usually carefully consider the successor recommended by the previous director.

Because the person most familiar with the situation at any hospital is undoubtedly the director.

Retirement due to illness also counts as normal retirement.

If a director is investigated for embezzlement or bribery, it doesn’t fall under normal retirement. In such cases, the previous director loses their recommending rights.

At this point, either there is an internal election or an external appointment.

After taking over the Third Hospital, Zhang Mingxing surprisingly merged it directly with the First Hospital, willingly making it a branch of the First Hospital.

When the news first came out, nobody could believe it.

Only when the formal announcement was made did everyone believe it was true.

Zhou Can actually admired Zhang Mingxing’s audacity and strategy.

The Third Hospital was already on the brink of closure. After taking over, no amount of hard work from Zhang Mingxing could revive it. Plus, he wasn’t going to be given much time.

In such circumstances, choosing to be ’taken over’ by the First Hospital was a very clever move.

With the financial support from the First Hospital, the newly constructed surgical complex could continue. The wages owed to employees of the Third Hospital could also be paid.

Soon after Zhang Mingxing took office, the hospital employees received their long overdue salaries, naturally bringing joy. Their support for Zhang Mingxing soared.

No one hesitated to praise his wisdom.

After reviving the Third Hospital in this unique way, Zhang Mingxing continued to deepen the development policy of ’importing’.

The first thing he did was not to send an air ticket to that Japanese cardiothoracic expert but to give him a raise instead.

Don’t think Zhang Mingxing doesn’t know that this Japanese cardiothoracic expert is an amateur.

He sees it clearly as day.

Choosing to do this was to reinforce the ’import’ policy. To bring in truly high-level foreign talent, he needed to use this Japanese cardiothoracic expert as a promotional point.

When other medical experts from Japan saw this, they thought, "Wow, even that half-skilled fake expert can earn such a high salary, with great benefits, so experts with real skills like us will surely get even better treatment if we go."

This is Zhang Mingxing’s brilliance.

In terms of methods and vision, he is clearly more sophisticated than his predecessor, Zhang Qilian, by far.

It’s an interesting phenomenon that often those who seem to only suck up to gain high positions aren’t without real skills, but have wisely chosen to hide them.

This way, they make their leaders look more impressive.

Take the historically infamous corrupt official Hee Shen, who in the public’s mind, had no real skills and only knew how to flatter.

In fact, his skills were far greater than those of honest officials.

He did a lot for the Qing Dynasty.

The Third Hospital continues its development path by introducing foreign experts and importing advanced medical equipment, which shouldn’t be underestimated. Its future development remains to be seen.

Give it a year or two, and more clues will emerge.

Just like the Xinxiang Women and Children’s Hospital of the past, which was restructured and now boasts rapid growth, catching up with top provincial hospitals like Tuya and the Provincial People’s Hospital.

Now let’s talk about Zhou Can’s Emergency Department.

Its expansion is still progressing rapidly.

Zhou Can has officially gone from being a mere small figure to becoming half a leader in the Emergency Department. He’s now invited to participate in some important departmental leaders’ meetings.

Currently, there are only two leaders in the emergency surgery room, Dr. Xu and Zhou Can.

The master-apprentice duo nearly controls all the affairs of the emergency surgery room.

With the position of deputy leader, Zhou Can has authority over other members of the surgery room. This includes managing attending physicians like Fu Chachun, Dr. Cui, and Tang Wannian. He also oversees the operating room nurses.

However, he inherited Dr. Xu’s management style.

Generally, he doesn’t interfere much. Only when other doctors encounter high-difficulty surgeries, patients with potential safety hazards, or negligence in work, does he step in.

His primary role is to lead the operating doctors and nurses in continuously enhancing their professional skills, providing better service to patients.

Recently, during ward rounds, Zhou Can happened to overhear some patients and their families complaining, saying that if they knew the treatment level at Tu Ya wasn’t as good as rumored, they might as well have undergone surgery at the local hospital.

The speaker was unintentional, but Zhou Can was attentive.

This accidental complaint immediately made Zhou Can highly alert.

Perhaps it’s indeed time to address the quality of the Emergency Department’s operating room.

Due to Zhou Can’s personal development needs, he gradually stopped performing ordinary Level 1 and Level 2 surgeries, assigning them to others, which led to a problem. The surgical team in the Emergency Department varied, with differing levels and work attitudes. The quality of surgeries performed by them was inconsistent, some excellent, some not.

Initially, he didn’t notice any changes.

But over eight or nine months, issues started emerging.

The number of surgeries in the Emergency Department hasn’t decreased, as it handles the largest patient flow at Tuya Hospital.

Compared to any other department’s outpatient services, the number of patients in Emergency is always the highest.

Moreover, patients in emergency present with acute symptoms.

Such patients are more likely to require surgery.

The emergency attending doctors will surely find ways to retain some patients for their department to handle.

This concerns the revenue generation of the entire department and directly affects the income of each doctor and nurse in Emergency. They inherently know how to proceed without needing instructions from the department leaders.

Therefore, rather than just looking at the surface number of surgeries, one should consider whether there’s a significant reduction in ’repeat patients.’