godfather of surgery

Chapter 1147 Just Choosing a Dean
Everyone knows that Dean Xia's style is somewhat simple and crude, but no one expected it to be this simple and crude. No one knows how he managed Sanbo Hospital so well.

Upon hearing that Dean Xia was going to entrust the future of the Fourth Affiliated Hospital to thousands of employees, the dean felt a little apprehensive. This was because of the famous Director Qian, whose former dean was still performing regular, free voluntary labor at a fixed location, while he had been swiftly promoted to the position during a time of crisis.

The culture at the Fourth Affiliated Hospital was in a terrible state. Dean Gu Junhao, who had risen through the ranks in this environment, knew very well that if he were to let thousands of employees solve the problems at the Fourth Affiliated Hospital, he would be drowned in their spittle.

"Since everyone is so aware of the importance of this issue, then let's use a highly aware approach to solve it," Dean Xia said firmly.

The deans were speechless after being confronted, and for a moment they couldn't say anything. After a long while, the dean of the Fifth Affiliated Hospital said, "Dean Xia, let me be fair. Since the managers of several affiliated hospitals use thousands of employees to make decisions, why don't the deans of the Clinical Medical Colleges do the same? This is clearly a double standard."

Dean Wu's words immediately broke the deadlock, and everyone immediately abandoned any pretense of harmony and face, speaking their minds freely.

Dean Xia smiled slightly, these words hitting the nail on the head: "This is what a meeting should be like. Everyone can speak their mind. As I said before, we can debate, argue, and even bang on the table behind closed doors around this conference table. Anything can be resolved here. Complaining in private outside doesn't count. Your idea is excellent, I agree. Not only should the deans of the affiliated hospitals be decided by the staff, but the deans and vice deans of the Clinical Medical College should also be decided by the more than 10,000 medical staff in all the hospitals. How about that? This isn't a double standard, is it?"

The dean of the Fifth Affiliated Hospital was taken aback. He thought he had found Xia Changjiang's weakness and was going to use his own methods against him. He didn't expect him to agree so readily. Why was this guy so unpredictable?

Professor Zou, the dean of the First Affiliated Hospital, remained silent, only smiling. If this method were used, Xia Changjiang would likely be unanimously elected as the dean of the Clinical Medical College. Sanbo Hospital's development over the years has been remarkable, and it is renowned for its excellent treatment of doctors. All kinds of talents can give full play to their abilities, and doctors can all receive training and further education opportunities. There is not a trace of nepotism; individuals earn their rightful positions entirely through their own abilities. Currently, the offices are still in temporary buildings, while the office building has been given up to be used as wards for doctors. Who wouldn't want such a good dean?

The other deans immediately fell silent. Such talk was fine, but if things were really done this way, Xia Changjiang would be invincible. As for the rest of them, it was uncertain!

"What are your opinions?" Dean Xia asked. Of all the deans, only two had offered their opinions so far.

Dean Zou said slowly, "I agree."

After Professor Su became the president of Nandu Medical University, he stepped down as the dean of the First Affiliated Hospital. Professor Zou, Professor Su's student, took over as the dean of the First Affiliated Hospital. He was in his prime and was very strong in both academics and management, with no weaknesses.

Most importantly, like Professor Su, he is full of reform spirit and will continue to push the First Affiliated Hospital toward the goal of becoming a world-class hospital. Compared with the other hospital directors, he has a particularly good reputation among the medical staff of the First Affiliated Hospital and is deeply loved by them. If the policy of letting the staff make the decisions is really implemented, Professor Zou can continue to serve as the director without any problem.

Huo Weiqiang, the president of the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Nandu Medical University, is also a young and promising scholar. He greatly admires President Xia's straightforward and direct style, which avoids bureaucratic jargon. He has always admired President Xia. Sanbo Hospital was established relatively recently and had a weak foundation, yet it has managed to surpass all other affiliated hospitals to this day. Xia Changjiang undoubtedly possesses extraordinary abilities. Last time, when Xia Changjiang was investigated by the disciplinary inspection department for more than a month, they were able to find no problems, which made everyone admire him even more.

"I agree too!" Dean Huo raised his hand.

At this moment, the other hospital directors were extremely uneasy, their brows furrowed tightly. The director of the Fourth Affiliated Hospital, in particular, had intended to use this issue to give Xia Changjiang a hard time, but unexpectedly, Xia had turned the tables on him. In his eyes, the affiliated hospitals of Nandu Medical University were the absolute hegemons of the medical field in Nandu Province, and the emerging Sanbo Hospital, even if it produced a Nobel Prize winner, could not compare to them. Like an old aristocrat looking down on emerging forces, he constantly nitpicked at the newcomers' origins, foundations, and history.

Therefore, whether it was the dean of the Fourth Affiliated Hospital or the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, they all inherently looked down on Xia Changjiang, who came from humble backgrounds. After this reform, they had to be subordinate to this commoner, so they were naturally resentful and spoke very rudely.

Several people have raised their hands in agreement, and they are starting to get anxious. If this is really implemented, their positions as hospital directors will definitely be in jeopardy. Let alone becoming a director, they will even have trouble getting a position as a department head in the hospital.

The dean of the fourth affiliated hospital wanted to continue his rivalry with Dean Xia and was about to ask, "Really?"

But he swallowed his words back. Although he hadn't dealt with Xia Changjiang much, he had heard a lot about him. Xia was known for keeping his word. If he said that, he was afraid that Xia would approve the plan on the spot.

"Dean Xia, you may have misunderstood me. I said it was for the benefit and future of the entire hospital, not that we should let them elect the dean. That would cause chaos and confusion in the hospital." The Fourth Affiliated Hospital quickly corrected itself to avoid being decided by Xia Changjiang.

Dean Xia softened his tone: "Then just say what you think directly. There's no one else here. If you don't say it directly, it means you agree with the plan we just discussed. If there are no objections, I'll start drafting this plan, and we'll proceed according to it. As I just said, any problems will be discussed and resolved at the meeting. Private discussions after the meeting don't count."

Dean Xia knew exactly what these guys were thinking. No matter how many changes they made, as long as his power as dean wasn't touched, everything else was negotiable. Even if half the staff were laid off, it wouldn't affect them at all. In their eyes, their position was the most important thing. So sometimes, in order to quell public opinion, they could smooth things over, ignore the questions, and not investigate, and directly punish the doctors.

"Um, this, that..." The hospital director of the Fourth Affiliated Hospital was so embarrassed that he couldn't say a complete sentence because he couldn't bring his thoughts to the table.

It's impossible for him to say directly, "With this reform, you can't take away my personnel and financial authority."

"I mean, reform is a good thing, and restructuring is for a bright future for all affiliated hospitals. But, but the reform should also take into account the interests of our hospital staff, right?" The dean of the Fourth Affiliated Hospital finally organized his thoughts.

"Does having the hospital's president and vice president elected by all medical staff affect the interests of the employees?"

"Won't this disrupt the hospital? They work so hard, their clinical work is already demanding enough, and now they have to spend so much time thinking about who should be the hospital director? Isn't this just adding unnecessary pressure on them? The hospital was very stable before, won't this kind of disruption cause chaos?"

"Voting won't take much time, it won't affect our work, and the hospital won't be thrown into chaos because of it. I don't believe that electing a hospital director will cause trouble for the hospital. It's just electing a director, what's the big deal? If there are no valuable opinions, it means everyone agrees, so let's do it this way," Director Xia said calmly.