NBA: The best team doctor in history

Chapter 168 Chapter 168: China’s Mayo?

"Pioneer Clinic? How's that!"

"The-Rip Clinic!"

"Pfft! Who would come to see a doctor if you tear the clinic apart?"

"K-Ji has Old BJ, so you can call it Little BJ Clinic."

"What do I do when I get old? Change to old BJ again?"

"Hahahahaha."

"Xiao Jiang's clinic, be humble."

"How about we name it after the place or the mountain behind?"

“Even a fancy clinic name is not okay?”

"I nominate Xiao Jiang Clinic, haha."

"Imperial Hospital? Dr. Jiang's Clinic!"

"Too high profile, bro."

Thomas Reese did suggest something that the older generation would have: "Then let's go to the Portland City Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine."

"Yes, just call it Jiang Ming Chinese Medicine Clinic or Jiang Ming Clinic."

Jiang Ming smiled secretly, thinking that it would be awesome if it was called "The First People's Hospital on the West Coast of America", but this Chinese pun is only used by Chinese people to get excited.

It's the West Coast, it's for the people!!
But I have never been involved in politics, so I won’t use such a scary name.

"Jiang Ming, let's go to the clinic tomorrow. I can speak Chinese or English."

"In Chinese, the Ming in Jiang Ming means tomorrow."

"can."

You know what, everyone was very enthusiastic about this naming meeting. This was mainly because they had never experienced this before. No matter how awesome and talented these doctors were,

None of them have experience in running their own hospital or clinic, so this is a huge leap.

This is a truly famous private hospital. My doctor friend suddenly became the dean. This sense of participation is unparalleled.

If he becomes famous in the future, wouldn’t he be another Mayo?
In the end, after a lot of discussion, Jiang Ming decided to use the name "Tomorrow Clinic".

tomorrow!

tommorrow!

I hope everyone who comes here will have a bright future. This should be the hope of all patients.

"Okay, the clinic will be officially opened tomorrow!"

"it is good!"

"Good name!"

"yeah!!!"

"Congratulations, Director Jiang, you now have your own private clinic."

After deciding on the new name of the hospital, Jiang Ming drove his Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicle to take everyone out for a midnight snack and continued chatting.

He just wanted to gather everyone's ideas while having a midnight snack, hoping that everyone would bring up their previous experiences in the hospital and discuss more.

After all, naming is just the first and easiest step. If you want to grow bigger and stronger, you have to keep up with all the good ideas.

Now these people have all worked in hospitals and have rich experience. By following their advice to take the essence and discard the dross, and adding the beautiful environment and good rules and regulations of the Salmon River Heritage Donation Hospital, we can build a very good hospital.

After some discussion, Jiang Ming also recorded many great transformation measures.

I feel more and more excited about what I am saying. After having my own industry, I feel that my life is becoming more and more promising.

Finally, he said:

"Our Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine is responsible for the most critical TCM department in the clinic. Thank you all for your hard work in the next few days to get the hospital running smoothly."

"Chief Thomas, can you help manage and audit our internal medicine department? Fire all the doctors who are not doing their job. If you are free after get off work, you can come to our clinic tomorrow to see a patient. I will triple your salary!"

Thomas Reese was so happy that he was about to smile. The main reason was that this private hospital was very close to the Rose Garden Arena. Who could refuse to make some extra money at such a close distance?

His job in the Trail Blazers is actually like retirement. The money is not much, but it is stable and free. However, he has not been able to show his strength for so many years. He was still very excited when Jiang Ming asked him to go to the outpatient clinic.

It’s been almost 10 years since I last treated a normal patient.

I still miss this feeling very much.

Moreover, he has sufficient management experience. He used to be the chief of internal medicine at Portland City Hospital, so he is well-positioned to manage the internal medicine department of this small hospital.

"Okay, then thank you all for your help. I'll raise a glass to wish the clinic a better tomorrow. Thank you all, you are all the original shareholders of the hospital, thank you!"

Jiang Ming raised the juice in his hand and drank it all, ending the first meeting of the clinic tomorrow.

The next day.

On the Trail Blazers' away game days, the team medical staff does not need to follow the team.

This also gave just enough time to prepare for tomorrow’s clinic, and all members of the TCM department and the team’s medical team volunteered to help out at the Salmon River Heritage Donation Hospital.

Those who go to the advertising company to design signs go to make signs, and those who organize document files go to organize files.

Rearrange the layout of all major outpatient clinics.

And it wasn't just the team's medical staff. After learning about this, many Trail Blazers employees volunteered to come to the hospital during their breaks to help Jiang Ming, relocating old equipment and offices and doing cleaning.

The small shareholder of Pioneer who sells furniture even provided Jiang Ming with a free office furniture replacement service. Jiang Ming went to his store to make his choice, and the selected furniture was delivered to his door free of charge and fully installed.

After all, who wouldn’t want to make friends with such a top doctor?

Office desks, office chairs, sofas and the like only cost a few dollars. The furniture owner thought that if he got sick in the future, this favor would be like buying himself medical insurance.

Although Jiang Ming will certainly treat everyone after opening the hospital, it is good for him to have a slight advantage.

For example, opening a special clinic, consulting with a specialist, etc.
The doctors in the original hospital became even more diligent. Now the most professional person is the director, and there is a feeling of a fresh start after a complete reorganization.

Therefore, while taking good care of the existing patients, we will follow Jiang Ming's instructions and temporarily not accept new patients for consultation, and start with internal transformation.

However, the designs of the original patient gowns, nurse uniforms, doctor's white coats, nameplates, etc. have not changed. These designs in private hospitals are already top-notch and are already very beautiful.

But there is still something that needs to be changed, and that is to change the LOGO.

The logo of Mingtian Hospital is a traditional Chinese character "Ming" in ink painting style, which looks very chic, and the Tai Chi arc pattern is also very soothing. So from this logo, we can see that this hospital focuses on the "non-interventionist" approach of traditional Chinese medicine, which is very different.

That must be different, because Jiang Ming asked his junior to find experts from the Central Academy of Fine Arts to do this remotely, so the aesthetics should be maximized!

Including some other small pattern designs in the hospital, Chinese designers will be arranged to design them later. Of course, this is not the most important thing now.

The most important thing now is to end the transit period as soon as possible.

Then resume consultations as quickly as possible and play the most essential role of the hospital: to treat patients as quickly as possible.

Because with the reports from mainstream media and local media in Portland, the news that Paul Allen donated a small private hospital to Jiang Ming spread like wildfire.

This is a matter that the media is not very interested in, and the haters and basketball fans are not very interested in it either.

The profit and loss of this kind of clinic has little to do with them, and after all, the hospital benefits patients. The haters will at most curse a few words in the comment section and wish it to go bankrupt, but there are also fans lining up to wish Jiang Ming well.

After all, compared to his shares in the Trail Blazers, his position as vice president, and his lifetime honorary team doctor, being sent to a private hospital seemed so natural.
Although Chinese fans are paying attention, the hospital is in Portland, not in the imperial capital.

If I really want to go to the clinic tomorrow, the money for the plane ticket is enough to cover several treatments, so unless it is a difficult or complicated illness, I won't go so far to see a doctor.

People who go to watch the Trail Blazers game are generally in good health. Otherwise, they can watch the game and get their health checked out at the same time, a one-stop service.

So most of the comments below asked about vague and distant things like when Jiang Ming would come to China to open a branch.

Therefore, this seems to be an obvious thing, because in fact, whether it is the chief team doctor of the Rockets, the chief team doctors of the Timberwolves and the Knicks, or the NASA doctor of the Suns, they all have their own private clinics.

Chief team doctors who do not have private clinics more or less hold important positions in certain large hospitals.

It was only a matter of time before Jiang Ming opened a private clinic in Portland. The media had been brewing this news last year. It was just a natural thing for him to open the clinic now, and it was opened by the boss himself.

But it is a great benefit for local fans.

Whether they are local Trail Blazers fans, fans who like Jiang Ming, or patients who want to see a doctor and see traditional Chinese medicine, the opening of the clinic tomorrow will be very attractive to them.

Today, there were many local residents who came to the door because of its reputation. There were also fans who met Jiang Ming and told him about the things on the Internet. There are still many haters who are jealous of him for having such a good private clinic.

Jiang Ming smiled and replied to the fan:

"It's good that it's closed down, because it means there are no more patients in the world, and that's the best.

I don’t have to be so tired anymore, I really want to close down immediately, haha.”

The fan also laughed:
"That won't work. I have had oral ulcers for a long time and Western medicine has not been able to cure them. I want to wait for your clinic to open and try the Chinese herbal decoction."

Jiang Ming took out the watermelon frost spray he always had in his pocket and gave it to him:

"First, spray this on the ulcer. If it doesn't get better, come back and ask me for a decoction. We should be open by then."

"Okay, thank you Dr. Jiang!"

"What miracle doctor? Just call me Doctor Jiang."

Jiang Ming used a loudspeaker to explain the current situation of the hospital to everyone and then went to assign tasks.

He responded to the public that the clinic would reopen in half a month, and he also assured everyone that since the clinic was under his name, he would be responsible for all the patients who came to see him now, in the future, and in the future.

Even if the patient is not one he is seeing, all the nurses and doctors will be carefully selected by Jiang Ming, so everyone can rest assured.

Then there was one promise that he didn't dare to make a final conclusion about right now, and that was instruments and equipment.

The first thing he did after returning to the office was to spend 500 million US dollars to upgrade the equipment. This is the disadvantage of private hospitals. The equipment may be the most advanced at the beginning, but it will be difficult to replace or upgrade it later.

He has been here several times and found that the equipment here is relatively old and outdated, and even Paul Allen can see that it is obviously not new.
If it’s not new, I won’t believe it!

Patients still want to see brand new equipment and high-end sophisticated instruments.

Just as everyone wants to see a clean and hygienic environment, these are the two things that Jiang Ming focused on in the early stages.

After all, his clinic doesn't really need to build a reputation. He himself is the reputation of the clinic. To find out whether his medical skills are good or not, just search for news about Jiang Ming. If nothing else, at least dark-skinned gym students and athletes are definitely frequent visitors here.

However, we do not have medical disinfection equipment such as computer-controlled high-pressure sterilization cabinets, ethylene oxide disinfection equipment, etc.

Therefore, he spent the most money and paid the most attention to equipment.

Jensen is an expert at this and the equipment of the Trail Blazers' medical team is really good, so Jiang Ming asked Jensen to help upgrade it.

As for Chinese medicine's physiotherapy machines and other equipment, there is no need to rush. He will find time to return to China and discuss it with Zhentian Pharmaceutical. The acupuncture and cupping equipment he had at the time were very useful and there have been no problems so far.

Therefore, I will definitely choose the pharmaceutical manufacturer recommended by Fang Xiaofeng at that time. However, if I want to purchase a large quantity for patients as a backup, I must go to the site in person to check and try it out before purchasing.

After all, Chinese medicine is much more profound than Western medicine.

As for Western medicine equipment, any medical student can tell which brand is good and which instrument is the most advanced, because this is part of their exam content.

Traditional Chinese medicine does not have any world-renowned medical brands, let alone knowing which equipment is better to use on patients. Some physical therapy equipment such as hot compresses and moxibustion can only be understood after using them personally.

After arranging the things to do first, Jiang Ming personally held a meeting with the old employees and leaders of the Salmon River Heritage Donation Hospital who were already in the conference room.

This meeting is not that simple, because the participants are all old-school doctors, who came to this private hospital because of the high salary and good treatment, or even because they wanted to take some time off.

Now that the dynasty has changed, most of them have followed the original shareholders to work in the new hospital, but some have not left because they have settled here, and they want to talk to Jiang Ming about their ideas.

They don't want to see the hospital being too busy in the future, just like what a vice president said at the beginning:

"After all, our lives as doctors are also our lives. Dean Jiang, you are famous, and there will be a huge influx of patients. We will be too busy to handle it."

Of course, if you want to work for Jiang Ming, you have to give him enough conditions.

Jiang Ming had already heard what they meant. Although it seemed like a peaceful business relationship, the purpose of their constant talk was money and vacation, freedom and power.
“Dr. Jiang Ming will definitely turn this hospital into the Mayo Clinic of Portland in the future!”

"Mayo Clinic built by Chinese doctors! We are willing to stay!"

"Yes, I'm already imagining the scene where we have plenty of vacation time and papers are reviewed as a priority. It's wonderful."

"With Dean Jiang Ming here, we will do it."

They thought Jiang Ming would keep them because of the shortage of manpower and management personnel, so they were fearless. As a result, this meeting was actually Jiang Ming's final interview with them.

You still say that, right?

Jiang Ming doesn't even want to stabilize them now.

He just smiled and said:

"The average doctor at Mayo earns $40 a year. I can't afford that."

(PS: I watched short videos today and found that many of them looked so fake. Is there any future for me to write books and polish the plot seriously? I always believe that sincerity is the only sure-fire way! Keep writing!)

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