Chinese medicine: When you do things to the extreme

Chapter 169: Acting as Hospital Director (Subscription Request)
May 5. Tuesday.

Trauma Surgery, doctor's office, 8 a.m.

Tan Zhongyu warned earnestly: "The Hunan Province Orthopedics Mid-Year Academic Conference is coming soon. The participating students and venue staff must fulfill their duties."

"At the venue, try to put the overall situation first; this time the organizer is the Second Hospital, and our hospital is the co-organizer."

"When two different units negotiate, there are bound to be some inconsiderateness, and everyone should understand that."

"We have also served as the organizer, and everyone knows that there will be a lot of tasks at that time."

"This is the first point."

When everyone heard this, they all laughed but said nothing.

Zhou Yanqing looked at Professor Tan Zhongyu's serious expression and almost believed it.

As we all know, once an academic conference begins, the details can be kept in the dark, but in the process of academic exchanges, there will inevitably be "controversies."

Within Hunan Province, the controversial objects of academic discussion were Xiangya Hospital and the Second Hospital.

"Second, no matter what time it is, the patients in the hospital and in the department are the top priority."

"Surgeries cannot be stopped. Elective surgeries can be scheduled less frequently, but they cannot be canceled."

"Please arrange elective surgeries for patients in your group, comfort the patients in your group, explain the reasons clearly, and try to avoid noisy behavior by patients and their families in the department."

"Third, doctors on duty must perform their duties well and must not slack off just because their superiors are away. They must be more cautious."

"At any time and in any situation, you can directly call the main hospital telephone number and the superior telephone number of this group!"

"Fourth, during the meeting, Zhou Yanqing is the acting chief resident of the department, in charge of all matters within the department."

"This includes but is not limited to emergency consultation, review of all discharge medical records of this department, and supervision of whether each group conducts ward rounds every day!"

At this point, Tan Zhongyu gave Zhou Yanqing another sharp sword: "Yanqing, these few days, if you dispatch the emergency staff on duty in this department, if you can't transfer them, just give me the name."

"I will personally report to the Residency Training Office or the Graduate School when the time comes."

Zhou Yanqing nodded when he heard this: "Okay, Master."

In fact, such a thing basically would not happen. Zhou Yanqing still has some status in the department. If he shouts at someone, even his junior colleagues in the next group will not refuse.

"There's nothing else to do. Each group should go and do their own rounds."

"Yanqing, you won't leave the operating room today. You can follow Ning Zhu for a day and experience it yourself." Tan Zhongyu said.

After he finished speaking, everyone stood up.

Ning Zhu and Zhou Yanqing nodded and followed the crowd from the doctor's office to the main inpatient office.

After pushing open the door of the resident office, Ning Zhu sighed: "Yanqing, Master is really good to you."

"You followed me for a while two years ago and you already know the basic principles. But he still wants me to tutor you. Isn't this just giving you and me a break?"

"Would you like some noodles?" Ning Zhu asked.

"You can have a bowl. I packed some clothes at home before going out this morning." Zhou Yanqing nodded.

Zhou Yanqing often eats breakfast outside.

But as a substitute resident, Zhou Yanqing had to have an attitude. He had to bring towels, toothbrushes, shower gel, etc. from home, and also bring a few sets of clean clothes.

In principle, patients have to stay in the hospital. Zhou Yanqing can go to the laboratory to do experiments, but if he encounters an emergency, he has to rush to the emergency department for consultation as soon as possible.

"Then I'll order first. Is double code okay?" Ning Zhu asked.

Zhou Yanqing nodded: "That's great, Brother Zhu."

Zhou Yanqing is rarely so extravagant. The double codes Ning Zhu mentioned must be fried pork with peppers and meat pancakes, and fried eggs are also a must.

Ning Zhu typed a message: "Yanqing, if you want to eat boxed lunches in the next few days, you can eat better. When the time comes, count the cost and Brother Zhu will reimburse you."

"Brother Zhu, it's okay." Zhou Yanqing said.

Originally, Zhou Yanqing was not supposed to serve as the chief resident in the department, but was supposed to go to the competition as an instructor.

But Zhou Yanqing refused to go. After thinking about it, Tan Zhongyu decided that it would be more reliable for Zhou Yanqing to stay in the hospital than to let Liu Qingshan stay there after Ning Zhu left.

Zhou Yanqing was drafted into the army.

"Since you said it's okay, I'll take it as your consent."

After Ning Zhu finished editing the message, he hesitated and said, "How about I give you some money when the time comes?"

Zhou Yanqing stood up upon hearing this and said, "Brother Zhu, if you say so, I will go tell Master that I quit now."

Of course, helping is a favor, and not helping is one's duty.

But Zhou Yanqing is not such a money-grubber that he would ask Ning Zhu to share his salary just by taking over a few days' shift. That would ruin the atmosphere between them.

Back then, when I first joined the department, it was Brother Ning Zhu who led me in my clinical research and published several articles, which helped me accumulate more experience.

"No, no, no, don't be impulsive."

Ning Zhu pressed his hand: "Don't I feel bad? You said that when I go out to compete, it's like traveling, and I have to rest at night."

"You come to work, but I still get paid. I always feel a little guilty about this."

"Brother Zhu. This is also a kind of early experience." Zhou Yanqing said.

"According to my teacher's arrangement, I will defend my thesis in June next year, which means I won't have time to go abroad!"

Zhou Yanqing sighed.

The other doctoral students have all arranged their own time to go abroad, but when it comes to Zhou Yanqing, Tan Zhongyu thinks that there is no need for Zhou Yanqing to go abroad for "further studies" and he can just apply for early graduation next year.

The doctoral program at Central South University is a four-year program, and in principle, Xiangya Hospital requires new employees to have overseas experience.

Ning Zhu was surprised when he heard this and said, "Master wants you to graduate next year?"

"You're not allowed to go abroad?"

"This is a sign of great recognition for you."

"No, if you graduate next year, what will happen to Yu Yue? Our hand surgery department will recruit two people at the same time next year?"

Zhou Yanqing shook his head: "This is what Master has arranged for now. I can only follow Master's arrangements for the details."

Zhou Yanqing actually still wants to go abroad to have a look. After all, the highest level of medical care is still in developed countries.

Even if you are not going to learn surgical operation techniques, it is good to experience other aspects of the atmosphere.

This is also an extremely valuable life experience.

"Since Master has said so, he must have made some arrangements."

"But it's a pity that you are not allowed to go abroad. After all, if you want to go abroad in the future, you can only be a visiting scholar."

"Of course that's fine." Ning Zhu said.

When you are a visiting scholar, you can participate in surgery, or even co-operate in surgery, so you can experience the medical atmosphere abroad in a more core way.

I can learn more than working like a slave in a laboratory as a student.

"Yanqing, thank you for your hard work these days." "It's okay, Brother Zhu, if I have any problems in the future, you will definitely be happy to help, right?" Zhou Yanqing thought long-term.

Everyone will encounter some problems, and when they encounter problems, they need someone to help.

Because Zhou Yanqing had followed Ning Zhu for a long time before, and was not the official chief resident for the time being, but was just acting as chief resident for a period of time, there was not much he needed to know.

Neither Ning Zhu nor Zhou Yanqing were so noble as to go into the operating room and shine right after explaining their tasks.

Have fun when the test is big, have fun when the test is small, have fun when the test is small, and have no fun when there is no test.

The next few days will be a competition for Ning Zhu and a challenge for Zhou Yanqing, so naturally he needs to take a "rest".

After the two of them had breakfast, Zhou Yanqing said, "Brother Zhu, I'm going to the lab first. I have an appointment at the lab at 11 o'clock today."

The lab workstations also require reservations. Even Professor Tan Zhongyu's lab is not one where you can do experiments whenever you want. The lab has not been left idle to this extent.

"You are really cool!" Ning Zhu sighed.

Zhou Yanqing can graduate and stay in the hospital peacefully just by lying down now, but he is still working so hard. He is leaving no chance for others to survive.

Zhou Yanqing smiled, opened the door and went out.

……

The next day.

Zhou Yanqing arrived at the department early.

There are not many people in the department today, and only Wang Qingyao is here so far.

There are only three people from our group who stayed behind to do the ward rounds today, Liao Meng and Chu Weiming from the first grade, and Wang Qingyao from the second grade.

The person leading the ward rounds in Professor Du's group is Associate Professor Chen Lei, and the attending physician Wang Jiaqin is also unable to leave because he has to participate in a competition.

Similarly, Professor Ding Xiao's group was led by the old attending physician Kang Qiquan, who missed the opportunity to participate in the competition and was also here to lead the ward rounds.

However, the attending physician Kang Qiquan came very early. After entering the office, he saw Zhou Yanqing was also there. He smiled unexpectedly and said with a thick nasal voice: "Yanqing, why are you here so early today?"

"Brother Quan." Zhou Yanqing was looking to see if there were any archived discharge medical records that had not yet been reviewed, but the cabinet was empty. Zhou Yanqing once wondered if he had found the wrong place.

However, it must have been Brother Ning Zhu who worked overtime yesterday to read all the discharge medical records before he came to his senses.

"Are you here to check on the ward today? So early?"

Kang Qiquan had a big head and was bald a long time ago. "Well, come earlier, so that you can go to the venue after you finish your work, right?"

"It's 7:30, and almost everyone in our group is here. Yanqing, please don't lie."

Kang Qiquan made a joke because Tan Zhongyu gave Zhou Yanqing an imperial sword yesterday.

"Brother Quan, you are joking."

"Have you had breakfast? I just ordered some noodles." Zhou Yanqing asked hurriedly.

There is no handover today, only ward rounds, so the ward rounds at 8 o'clock and 8:30 are the same concept.

It's only seven o'clock now, and the noodles will be delivered in just fifteen minutes, so I still have time to eat some noodles.

"I've already eaten, you can eat it yourself."

"Young people nowadays are really awesome." Kang Qiquan touched his flat nose and shook his head with emotion.

Zhou Yanqing exchanged a few more words with Kang Qiquan, and then Kang Qiquan ran to the deputy senior director's office to smoke.

Kang Qiquan is already 37 or 38 years old. In fact, he is qualified to be promoted to associate professor long ago. The reason he has not been promoted is because of his insufficient academic accumulation.

Kang Qiquan is the type of person who just wants to lie down and do nothing. He is not interested in doing scientific research and only wants to do his clinical work well.

But in Xiangya Hospital, this is not entirely in line with hospital regulations.

As a comprehensive teaching and research hospital, if you don’t want to teach or do scientific research, you can go to other hospitals. Why are you lying in Xiangya Hospital?

It is Kang Qiquan and his group that have caused all new employees at Xiangya Hospital to have a "secret agreement":

If you fail to obtain a general research project or the National Natural Science Foundation Youth Fund within ten years of joining the company, you may face the risk of being fired!
In fact, I heard that Kang Qiquan’s clinical ability is very good, no worse than that of Associate Professor Huang Xianming, but because of insufficient scientific research output, his current professional title has not been promoted.

As I said, if others have similar qualifications and have accumulated more than you, you have to stay at home!

It’s not like Associate Professor Huang Xianming and his colleagues are far inferior to you!
Naturally, knowing the truth of the matter, Zhou Yanqing still felt emotional and sighed.

How wonderful it would be if being a doctor could just be a doctor.

No scientific research, no teaching, only clinical practice——

But if this continues, the profession of doctor will die. If no one teaches students and no one does scientific research, how will the discipline develop?
At around eight o'clock, several junior brothers in the group arrived.

The three junior brothers were all quite sensible. Wang Qingyao accidentally bought too many buns, Chu Weiming accidentally bought too many drinks, and Liao Meng seemed to have discussed it with them in advance and wholesaled a batch of signing pens!

There are two absolute hard currencies in the hospital.

A signature pen.

Second cigarette.

Zhou Yanqing doesn't smoke, so the only hard currency he has is his pen.

"You guys will definitely be the leaders who force people to make mistakes in the future." Zhou Yanqing sat in the doctor's office with a smile on his face.

"Brother Qing, look at what you said. If we eat a few buns, drink one or two bottles of beverage, and share a few pens, it will be a mistake. Then all of us brothers will die." Wang Qingyao said with a smile.

Wang Qingyao is a student of Associate Professor Huang Xianming, but he is actually relatively outstanding in this class and is also cheerful and smart.

It is common for fellow apprentices to treat each other to a meal.

"Do you want to go to the venue later? Or to the practice room?" Zhou Yanqing naturally knew what these junior brothers meant.

On weekdays, when everyone was around, Zhou Yanqing didn't have the energy to pay too much attention to a few people. Any questions they wanted to ask would be answered by their senior brothers first.

Zhou Yanqing didn't have much time to give instructions.

Wang Qingyao said first: "Brother Qing, not now, in two days, in two days, let's prepare some questions first."

"I definitely don't need you to be there all the time to give instructions."

Being called in for training by Zhou Yanqing is a treatment only given to top talents like Brother Yu Yue. Although they want to strive for the opportunity, they cannot be greedy.

They don't want to participate in the competition, so they will definitely not take up too much of Zhou Yanqing's time.

Zhou Yanqing looked at the flattering and nervous expressions of several people, and for a moment he thought of himself back then.

He said: "There is no need to be too nervous. Brothers should be relatively casual when getting along with each other. As long as they are not the kind of people who go against the will of Heaven, joking around is fine."

"I'm not as serious as you think."

Wang Qingyao nodded quickly: "Yes, yes, Brother Qing, you must be very easy-going."

"It's just that we are junior brothers and sisters, we still have to respect each other, and jokes are just jokes."

"Brother Qing, we are all here. How about you take us to check on the patients first?" Wang Qingyao suggested.

(End of this chapter)