Doctor: Picking Up Attributes in the Hospital-Chapter 412 - 358: New Team Members Joining

The next day.

8:20 AM.

Zhao Heng sat in the physician’s office in the ward, still reminiscing about the punishment from the female teacher yesterday.

To be honest, last night’s COSPLAY was exactly to Zhao Heng’s liking.

Now, the ward managed by Zhao Heng has essentially become a sub-section of the Anesthesia and Perioperative Center.

What Zhao Heng handles here are primarily complex cases and postoperative recovery, whereas Gao Jun focuses mainly on anesthesia.

In this way, the Anesthesia and Perioperative Center is truly living up to its name, no longer the sparse setup it was when it first started.

"Director, the trainees and interns for this session are arriving shortly, and this batch of interns will only arrive the day after tomorrow."

Liu Meng noticed Zhao Heng spacing out and spoke to him.

"How many in total?"

Hearing Liu Meng’s words, Zhao Heng snapped back and asked.

"There are three trainees and four interns."

Liu Meng replied.

"Why so many?"

Zhao Heng was a bit surprised. These three trainees and four interns totaled seven, which instantly doubled the ward staff.

"That’s not all; several people from the nursing side will also join. This way, our ward will finally be fully staffed."

Liu Meng said.

Now she is practically Zhao Heng’s right-hand person, and even Li Yang, who is more experienced, seems to have trouble stepping in.

Once Liu Meng gets promoted to an attending physician, Zhao Heng will surely entrust her with more responsibilities by then.

Life is like this; ability is important, but one must also know how to seize opportunities.

However, with Liu Meng’s intelligence and tact, not rising quickly in the emergency department fully illustrates the intense competition at Eastern Hospital.

Clinically, Liu Meng slowly became a mainstay under Zhao Heng, while Li Yang, despite having no issues with his skills, always seemed to lack something.

On the nursing side, naturally, it was Tian Zhen who would lead the incoming nurses.

In this way, the ward would soon be staffed with more than twenty people.

That would be quite a sizable ward.

"Director, will you be taking on the teaching for this batch?"

Liu Meng asked again.

In hospital departments, senior doctors are naturally expected to take on teaching roles, but Zhao Heng is so busy and young that the hospital committee hasn’t imposed a strict requirement for him to teach.

After all, compared to teaching, Zhao Heng’s research work is more important now.

With Zhao Heng’s current status and skills, many people dream of becoming his students.

"Let’s see first; if there’s someone suitable, we can consider it."

Zhao Heng pondered for a moment before speaking.

He had too many tasks at hand, all complicated and intertwined, leaving little time to teach students.

Moreover, his level was so high, as was his position, that if he had to teach, it should at least be a resident doctor like Liu Meng, who had some experience. Having a top-tier supervising doctor like Zhao Heng teach trainees or interns would honestly be a waste of resources.

In short, Zhao Heng was now akin to a master in hiding; using him to train basic skills was indeed a waste.

His time was precious and should be spent on handling complex cases and research.

"Where’s Dr. Li?"

Zhao Heng glanced around and didn’t see Li Yang, so he asked.

"Dr. Li is taking people around."

Liu Meng replied.

Now, Liu Meng felt she made the right choice by coming to the ward.

Although Liu Meng was quite qualified in terms of education and ability, she didn’t get promoted to attending in the emergency department.

In medical circles, there’s an increasing concentration phenomenon.

In essence, all healthcare workers strive to get into big hospitals.

It’s not surprising, as just two kilometers away from Eastern Hospital, there’s a community hospital where the resident doctors earn several times less than those at Eastern Hospital.

The significant income gap between grassroots and higher-level hospitals is why many push to move up.

Furthermore, for trainees and interns, if they have the chance to stay at Eastern Hospital after their training, it would be a dream come true.

Now the department is aware of this issue, so each batch of trainees and interns comes with reserved positions, serving as motivation.

For instance, Zhao Heng, as an associate director, essentially gets one recommendation slot each year. As long as this person meets the criteria, the hospital committee usually doesn’t reject them.

Being part of the hospital committee, even if only as a reserve member, has such benefits.

Before long, Li Yang entered from outside the office.

Seeing Li Yang enter alone with a stack of files, Liu Meng was puzzled and asked, "Dr. Li, where are the others?"

"The medical affairs department is still holding a meeting with them. I’ll start the morning meeting first, and they’ll come by themselves later."

Li Yang replied.

"Dr. Li, how are this batch of trainees and interns?"

Zhao Heng asked.

To develop a ward well, you need talent. Zhao Heng couldn’t attract top talents like Liu Ziang now, nor are they easily nurtured.

However, while top talents might be hard to produce, nurturing a few competent ones is possible.

Previously, Gao Jun told Zhao Heng that after becoming an associate director, as a leader, you should have competent people under you, ideally ones you cultivate from the start. He advised Zhao Heng that if he found promising candidates among trainees and interns, he should consider keeping them.