medical treatment

Around three o'clock in the afternoon, President Li Yao and Vice President Qu Chang came to Youyou Hotel.

Several people met with President Lu Yuntao of Union Hospital and President Xiao Rui of West China Hospital in the private tea room of the hotel.

After a round of greetings, they sat down again.

Li Yao pretended to be joking and asked, "The Dean's Forum will be held on the 7th. Why did you come here quietly today? What is your intention?"

Lu Yuntao laughed and said, "It's very lively here. Can't we come over in advance to see the excitement?"

Li Yao laughed and said, "Alright, that's great!"

"We are just taking advantage of Dr. Yu Zhiming's wedding to facilitate some medical exchanges and research. There is nothing hidden. You can read it freely."

Xiao Rui sighed, "Such a gathering of famous doctors was just casually organized? It's hard for a national academic event convened by the state department to have such a scene, right?"

"The appeal of Huashan Hospital is no longer what it used to be. No one should doubt that it is the best hospital in the country."

Li Yao said with a smile: "We at Huashan Hospital don't dare to claim the title of the top hospital in the country. You two also know that it's not Huashan Hospital that has great appeal, but Dr. Yu Zhiming's appeal."

"Dr. Yu Zhiming!"

Lu Yuntao repeated it, and said with envy and jealousy: "It would be great if he was discovered by Union Hospital."

"To take a step back, if he had successfully become a graduate student at the Beijing University Medical School, he would have definitely stayed in Beijing."

Speaking of Peking University Medical School, Lu Yuntao chuckled again and said, "Nowadays, every time Peking University Medical School is mentioned, people say that they not only missed a medical genius, but also missed the biggest opportunity to develop Peking University Medical School into a first-class medical school."

Li Yao chuckled and said, "So, opportunities are hard to come by. Doctor Yu coming to Huashan is like a huge pie falling on our heads. You guys should stop making random plans."

He picked up the teacup and took a sip of water, saying, "President Lu, President Xiao, you are both very busy people. You definitely didn't come here to watch the fun."

"If you have anything to say, please speak up."

He went on to say, "We have been a little too busy these past few days, I'm sure you understand."

Lu Yuntao did not answer directly, but slowly picked up the teacup, took a sip, and gently put the cup down.

"President Li, the country has lifted restrictions on foreign investment in my country's medical industry. It is conceivable that in the near future, all types of medical institutions wholly owned or acquired by foreign capital will flourish in my country."

Qu Chang said, "No matter how foreign-funded hospitals develop, with our hospital's reputation and strength, there will be no shortage of patients. Dean Lu, do you want to establish a medical institution similar to our Huashan Second Hospital to compete for middle- and high-income patients?"

Lu Yuntao shook his head and said, "Given the status of Union Hospital in the medical community and in the hearts of the people, it is not appropriate to establish a medical institution that serves middle- and high-income patients. People across the country will curse it to death."

He said with concern: "What I am most worried about is that the medical experts in the hospital will be poached by foreign-funded hospitals with high salaries, and we will become their talent training base."

"As a public hospital, we cannot significantly increase the salaries of excellent doctors."

This made Li Yao smile and said, "For this situation, we do have a solution, which is to give excellent doctors an extra salary."

Lu Yuntao asked in confusion: "President Li, what do you mean by giving me an extra salary?"

Li Yao smiled and said, "President Lu, President Xiao, this is an important topic at this president's forum. I can reveal a few things first."

He paused for two seconds before continuing, "The two deans may not know that Dr. Yu and the Ning'an Group and Changxu Pharmaceutical behind him have come up with a medical insurance plan."

"This insurance is mainly aimed at middle- and high-income people, providing them with expert-level medical services."

"This medical insurance plan relies on well-known hospitals across the country to establish a medical network. When patients have serious illnesses, they will be matched with excellent medical experts across the country for treatment." Xiao Rui exposed: "To put it bluntly, you are using well-known hospitals across the country as a gimmick to attract middle- and high-income people to buy your insurance."

Seeing that Dean Li did not speak, Qu Chang explained, "Dean Xiao, this is a win-win situation for both sides."

"From another perspective, we can see this medical insurance plan as each hospital setting up a virtual high-end medical institution that serves middle- and high-income patients."

"Because it is not a physical entity and has the medical insurance company as its front, it will not affect the reputation of Union Hospital, West China Hospital and other hospitals among the public."

"Moreover, the medical insurance company will also offer a remuneration to the outstanding doctors involved. In addition to the remuneration, the participating hospitals and doctors will also exchange information and conduct exchanges and training regularly and irregularly."

Li Yao took over the conversation and said, "As long as the number of middle- and high-income people participating in this medical insurance plan reaches a certain scale, the income of excellent doctors in various hospitals will increase significantly. Coupled with the continuous communication and training opportunities, it will be much more difficult for them to be poached by foreign hospitals."

"It can also be said that our well-known hospitals across the country are working together to make common progress, develop together, and jointly resist the competition from foreign-funded medical institutions."

Lu Yuntao nodded slightly and said, "President Li, Vice President Qu, your medical insurance plan sounds very attractive, and I don't doubt the possibility of its realization."

"But it is not an easy task to take a plan, implement it, and then make it a success."

"Insurance doesn't have a very good reputation among the Chinese people, and Ning An and Chang Xu are not in the insurance business. If they implement this plan, it will take ten to eight years for there to be results, which I think is fast."

"The problem is that time is running out and we need to advance quickly. Our strength to fight against Ning An and Chang Xu alone is too weak."

Li Yao was touched when he heard this. He looked at Lu Yuntao and Xiao Rui and asked thoughtfully, "Actually, you already knew the content of this medical insurance plan?"

Lu Yuntao nodded and shook his head, and said with an embarrassed look on his face: "President Li, I only know that there is such a medical insurance plan, but I don't know the specific content. But after listening to what you said, I feel that this insurance plan still has great potential."

After two seconds of silence, he said, "To be honest, we are here to act as lobbyists."

He met the gazes of Li Yao and Qu Chang and introduced, "There was some unpleasantness between Huaihai Investment and Dr. Yu Zhiming."

"Huaihai Investment also realized its mistake and decided to change its investment strategy to do business in a down-to-earth manner."

"The industry they picked out was health insurance."

"At present, they own the controlling stake of an insurance company. If Dr. Yu is willing to cooperate, they promise that the annual investment in the next five years will not be less than 10 billion. The important thing is that they are only responsible for investment and do not have the right to make operational decisions."

"Other cooperation conditions can also be discussed!"

Li Yao waited for Lu Yuntao to finish speaking, then asked in confusion: "President Lu, President Xiao, how did you get involved in this matter?"

Lu Yuntao smiled bitterly and said, "Once an elder who helped me a lot found me, and I couldn't refuse."

Xiao Rui also spoke softly: "To be honest, I am in almost the same situation. I hope Dean Li and Vice Dean Qu can mediate."

Li Yao pondered and said, "I don't know much about the matter between Huaihai Investment and Dr. Yu. But I do know one thing, the closure of Gancaotang across provinces has completely irritated Dr. Yu."

Qu Chang suddenly asked: "The other party asked you two to come over to negotiate peace. Is their situation not good?"

Lu Yuntao said softly, "From what I understand, the higher-ups are furious and have set up an investigation team to thoroughly investigate Huaihai Investment."

"They thought that before the results of the investigation came out, they would reconcile with Dr. Yu and try to get a less severe punishment..."

(End of this chapter)