A doctor who travels through two eras

Chapter 19: It's too hard to work in a hospital

Kuanjie Chinese Medicine Hospital, Director’s Office.

Dean Shen Guoming felt a little overwhelmed when he looked at Lin Kucan's family in front of him.

Why? Because the country is in trouble and there is a policy that the capital's population of 400 million will be reduced by one third, which means more than 100 million people will be sent back to their hometowns. This is a huge effort.

Kuanjie Chinese Medicine Hospital also has a target to reduce its staff. Originally there were 400 employees, and more than 100 of them were to be reduced at once.

Dean Shen is already having a headache because of this. It would be quite offensive if he could reduce the number of employees and not reduce the number of employees.

Because when you lay off an employee, it often means that the employee's entire family has to return to their hometown together, especially if their hometown is in the countryside. They will never have the chance to become city dwellers again in this lifetime.

Therefore, it is very difficult to reduce work costs. Many employees who received the dismissal notice started crying, making a fuss, and even threatening to commit suicide.

Dean Shen has not dared to go home for a long time, because as soon as he goes home, either employees come to his house to cry and complain, or employees come to his house to give gifts, making the whole house restless.

As a result, at this critical juncture, the Lin family came to the door and wanted to arrange a job for the youngest son. This was really embarrassing.

If other employees who were laid off due to downsizing knew that I was firing employees while adding employees, I would be hacked to death.

What common people fear most is not the scarcity of wealth but the inequality of distribution of wealth.

Dean Shen was all smiles at this time, and he personally made a cup of tea for Lin Kushen:

"Well, Dr. Lin, you also know the current situation of our hospital. The country is in a difficult situation right now. Our hospital alone has to reduce the number of employees by 100. Well, well..."

Lin Kucan was a little embarrassed because there were six members of the Lin family working at the Chinese Medicine Hospital, and according to the policy, at least two people had to be laid off.

However, Lin Kushen is a national famous Chinese medicine doctor and a special talent, so he is given preferential treatment and the Lin family has not been touched.

Now the Lin family is going to add one more person on top of the six employees. There are only 6 employees in total, and the Lin family will account for 1. This is really too much to tell others.

So Lin Kucan, an honest man, could only nod with a red face:

"Yes, the country is in trouble, the hospital is in trouble, I, I..."

When Jin Caifeng heard that her husband was about to be tricked, she felt dissatisfied and interrupted him directly:

"President Shen, when we first came to Beijing, the agreement clearly stipulated that all my children would be arranged to work formally. Why did we come all the way from the south to this unfamiliar city? Isn't it for the medical cause of our motherland?
Our Lin family has made such great sacrifices and contributions, but in the end we can't even arrange a job for my youngest son. This is unacceptable. Besides, this is the condition that the country promised us in the first place, and I am not trying to embarrass you, Dean Shen, right?"

Dean Shen was sweating and could only nod:

"Yes, yes, yes, the country did make a promise at the beginning, haha, but this, this, this is different now."

Jin Caifeng didn't care and said excitedly:

"It's the same at all times. The country and the hospital can't ignore us ordinary people. And I've heard that young people without formal jobs are likely to go to the countryside as educated youth. I won't let my youngest son go to the countryside to suffer alone!"

The movement of educated youth to go to the countryside began in 1955, when a "youth reclamation team" composed of students from the capital went to Luobei, Heilongjiang.

Of course, the peak of educated youth going to the countryside was in the 1978s and s. In , major cities no longer mobilized high school graduates to go to the countryside, and educated youth who had gone to the countryside began to return to the city in large numbers.

In the 1950s, the educated youth went to the countryside voluntarily, which was considered a very honorable thing. But Jin Caifeng was born in a wealthy family and had extraordinary experience. She had long expected that voluntarily now might not be a guarantee in the future, so she resolutely did not take this risk.

Jin Caifeng made up her mind to let her youngest son stay in the city and stay with her.

Dean Shen was sweating again after hearing this. He thought that this woman from the Lin family was not easy to deal with, so he had to think of another way. So he looked at Lin Sanqi and asked:
"Well, this is Comrade Lin Sanqi, right? You are 23 years old this year. What is your educational background?"

Lin Sanqi was a little embarrassed because his character was a missing homeless person, so how could he have the chance to go to school?

"Dean Shen, I don't remember much about my childhood, I think I only have an elementary school diploma..."

"Oh, you only have an elementary school diploma. Have you ever systematically studied Chinese medicine?"

"No, no..."

After hearing this, Shen Guomin suddenly sighed:
"This is difficult to handle. After all, we are a hospital, and hospitals are highly professional. Comrade Lin Sanqi has no diploma and does not know Chinese medicine. This does not meet the hospital's employment requirements."

Lin Kucan felt helpless. His youngest son had just been wandering outside for 10 years, so how could he have the opportunity to learn any medical knowledge?

It seems that the dean has taken possession of this matter.

Jin Caifeng refused to give up easily and said with a smile:

"You don't need a medical background to work in a hospital. The Organization and Personnel Department, the Hospital Office, the General Affairs Department, the Propaganda Department, the Security Department, the Archives Department, etc., all need promising young people like my son. If you don't know Chinese medicine, you can just work in an administrative position."

Now it was Dean Shen's turn to be speechless. After all, his sister-in-law worked in the Finance Department. She was also admitted as a ward and had no medical background.

It’s not possible that your own family members can use the back door, but when it comes to the employees’ families, you have to stick to principles, right?

The scene became quiet and no one spoke.

Jin Caifeng knew in her heart that it would be difficult to ask the dean to arrange an extra job for her youngest son, but she also had a backup plan:
"President Shen, let me put it this way. I am 50 years old this year. Although I want to fight for the revolutionary cause for a few more years, my body does not allow it. The country allows children to take over the job, so I decided to retire directly and give my job quota to my youngest son. Is this okay?"

Lin Sanqi was shocked when he heard this. He wanted to make his mother lose her job, which was a big deal:

"Mom, I..."

Jin Caifeng patted her son's hand and signaled him not to speak.

Shen Guomin heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this: "Replacing the position, well, well, the country has no clear regulations on this, but since he is Doctor Lin's youngest son, I think it's okay."

Top positions do not occupy unplanned quotas, and the total number of employees remains the same, which is indeed the best solution at present.

The dean has spoken, so Jin Caifeng's retirement and Lin Sanqi's replacement has been decided, which makes Lin Kucan smile a little more.

Jin Caifeng was obviously not satisfied. Now that she had retired, she wanted to give her son a good job.

"President Shen, you see I have retired, so you have to arrange a better, easier job for my son. You can't let my son guard the gate or do cleaning, right?"

Shen Guomin was in a dilemma again. Lin Sanqi didn't understand Chinese medicine, didn't know Chinese medicine, and didn't have a diploma. What could such a "three-nothing person" do?
(End of this chapter)