I Can Hear the Heart's Voice of Traditional Chinese Medicine-Chapter 302 - 133: Establishing a Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Lu Appointed as Director (Part 2)

Chapter 302: Chapter 133: Establishing a Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Lu Appointed as Director (Part 2)

At the Health Center, aside from not being able to admit patients for hospitalization, there’s really no difference from a big hospital.

Besides, I’ve gotten used to this place. If I really went to a big hospital, I’d have to blend into a new environment again. The most crucial thing is, as you all know, I’m not the type who likes to deal with too many people. And the relationships in big hospitals are complicated; I just want to focus on serving patients, promoting traditional Chinese medicine, and not waste time on managing interpersonal relationships and deceitful schemes."

Upon hearing Lu Xuan’s last words, everyone suddenly seemed to understand why Lu Xuan made the unbelievable decision to stay at the Health Center.

Indeed, if one goes to a big hospital, such situations are likely to happen.

After all, the more people there are in a big hospital, the more disputes naturally occur.

Some say hospitals are like royal palaces filled with intrigue and deceit, where backstabbing is more terrifying than viruses. Although exaggerated, it’s not far from the truth.

There are only so many positions in a hospital, but those who want to climb up are several times, if not dozens of times, more. Naturally, deceit and intrigue can’t be avoided.

This kind of thing doesn’t just happen in big hospitals; any company with a significant number of employees will have such issues.

Even in a slightly larger Health Center, it’s the same.

Especially Zhou Liting, who feels deeply about such matters. Upon hearing Lu Xuan’s words, she couldn’t help but sigh, "Speaking of which, it reminds me of the time upon graduation, when I went to our local Community Health Center. Although the workload was halved and night shifts weren’t needed, the open and covert struggles in grassroots hospitals are no less than those in big hospitals.

And because everyone is relatively idle, they would spend more time paying attention to others, like a whole political drama.

I remember my main job back then was administering injections, and since this department was in the corner of the Community Health Center, I seldom interacted with people in the outpatient department, thus avoiding many conflicts.

Moreover, our department had very few staff, only four people in total. The director wasn’t in good health and rarely checked on us, so I basically managed the department’s affairs. My leader was truly a good person, and I consider myself luckier than many, but even so, I was ostracized, which prompted me to come to Yong City in anger and meet all of you.

But a classmate of mine wasn’t so fortunate. Right after starting work, she faced workplace intrigue. No one sympathizes with you just because you’re new; as long as you share the department’s resources, you’re an adversary.

Moreover, nobody was willing to teach her and wished her failure. Many of my classmates who went to big hospitals experienced the same, but I was slightly better off because I’d leave if things went south.

The Community Health Center was like this, so I truly can’t imagine how frightening the open and covert struggles in big hospitals must be.

Although I don’t know if you’ll change, Lu, at least for now, it seems you’re not suitable to stay in big hospitals. That environment and atmosphere can drive an innocent doctor away."

"Liting, I didn’t expect you to have such experiences. How come you never mentioned it before?" Cheng Gaowen looked at Zhou Liting in surprise.

Zhou Liting shrugged, "There’s nothing worth mentioning. Mainly, I don’t want to bring up unhappy things to add to the troubles. It’s just today, hearing Lu’s words stirred my feelings."

"Sometimes I wonder, why is it so hard to just be a quiet doctor who saves lives?"

Cheng Gaowen didn’t know what to say. Her brother-in-law is Su Baoqing, so she could go to any hospital she wanted, right?

If she went, those aware of her connections likely wouldn’t dare gossip, and might even flatter her. But knowing such things would happen, she didn’t want to get caught up in the whirlpool of intrigue, so she chose to stay at the Health Center.

The pay isn’t as high as in big hospitals, but it’s peaceful and free from much deceit, and being happy is better than anything else.

"Let’s pause sharing personal experiences for now. We can talk more during our next gathering."

Seeing everyone engrossed in sharing their experiences, Hu Meiqiao had to bring the topic back: "All of you have expressed your opinions. Lu choosing to stay is an honor for our Health Center, and I genuinely feel happy.

However, we can’t let Dr. Lu give up his future just for our Health Center."

Everyone instinctively looked at Hu Meiqiao, their faces filled with confusion.

What does she mean?

Does the Dean support Lu Xuan leaving the Health Center?

Lu Xuan was the most bewildered. After all, the reason Hu Meiqiao contacted her old classmate to secure an invitation from the United South Chinese Medicine Association for him was primarily to keep him at the Health Center. But now, her words seemed to carry another layer of meaning.

For a moment, Lu Xuan couldn’t figure out what Dean Hu was up to.

Did she want him to stay or not?

Likewise, Wang Youqing was also puzzled.

Based on his previous conversations with Hu Meiqiao, he knew she wanted Lu Xuan to stay, yet her words left him perplexed.

Both were furrowing their brows when they heard Hu Meiqiao say earnestly, "It seems everyone has forgotten something, especially Old Wang. You’ve been at the Health Center for so long, have you forgotten about the unused building?"

"Dean, are you referring to..." Wang Youqing suddenly looked up and pointed to the five-story building behind them.

"Yes, that building."

Hu Meiqiao nodded, "I want to allocate that building to the Traditional Chinese Medicine department, submit a report to the district health bureau, request manpower and equipment, and transform it into a Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital within our Health Center." 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Of course, the main issue is funding, and our Health Center alone can’t provide it. We can only rely on subsidies from the top."

"This... seems difficult."

Wang Youqing frowned, "I’ve thought about that building, but reactivating it seems impossible. Our Health Center only has so many people, and the district health bureau wouldn’t agree.

Not to mention providing us with equipment and manpower. Plus, turning that building into another hospital within the hospital would require substantial funding, at least a few million, which isn’t feasible from the top.

Dean, I’m not trying to discourage you, but the probability of getting such a report approved is near zero, with a higher chance of getting scolded; receiving a rebuttal is a minor concern, but the negative impact is the main issue.

And it’s hard for the top to agree to this; opening this door would lead to other Health Centers following suit. How would the top manage it then?

The hand is equally important; the top can’t favor one over another.

If you ask for millions in funding, others will do so too. The top doesn’t have that much money."

Hu Meiqiao also knew that reopening that building wasn’t easy but still said, "People make things happen; without trying, how would we know it couldn’t succeed?"

"Moreover, it’s not about favoritism; we’re proposing this because we have Lu. Do they have someone like him?"

"They indeed don’t."

Hu Meiqiao laughed, "Then that’s it. Without someone like him, why should they ask for funds and people? They can ask if they find a doctor seeing over a hundred patients a day, and I won’t say a word.

But they can’t do it!

We want to restart the building, ask for funds and people because it’s necessary. To be blunt, grabbing this opportunity might even make transforming our Health Center into a new Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital not impossible, which would be an achievement for the top. Why wouldn’t they do it?

If it succeeds, we could separate the Health Center and TCM department, directly establishing a Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, with Lu as the dean; it’s not impossible.

Of course, this is quite challenging, but there’s room to work with. At most, I’ll forego my face, go crying to my old leaders daily, and maybe annoy them into signing."

Seeing Hu Meiqiao so confidently indulging in these triumphant scenarios, Wang Youqing could only chuckle in exasperation.

The idea is beautiful, but the reality is harsh!

If leaders signed just because you cried, wouldn’t everything fall into chaos?