The Enhanced Doctor

Chapter 1146: Chapter 1146: Another Promotion

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"You’ve all heard the recent discussions about internal issues in our Emergency Center, right?" Zhou Shuwen asked.

Liu Banxia was slightly stunned. It seemed like apart from his own complaint this time, there weren’t really any other issues in the entire Emergency Center, were there?

"Director, are you talking about the discussions on setting up subspecialties in General Surgery?" Liu Banxia asked tentatively.

Zhou Shuwen nodded. "Under normal circumstances, for our Emergency Center to get to the stage of having subspecialties, it would take at least two years, or even more."

"Actually, you can feel it too—the development of our Emergency Center has been a bit fast. The establishment of each department and the recruitment of staff have all moved much faster than we anticipated."

"You could say that our Emergency Center’s capacity for seeing patients has already far exceeded that of a regular secondary A-level hospital. Right now we’re just limited by staffing and scale; otherwise I’d dare to compare us to a tertiary B-level."

"Even though secondary A and tertiary B are only one level apart on paper, there’s actually a gap between them that’s hard to cross. At present our surgical capability isn’t bad; what we lack is research capability."

"Our Emergency Center has developed so quickly, and we’ve done an excellent job in trauma admissions. On this point, you’ve contributed a lot."

"Heh, director, don’t praise me. Are we really going to establish separate General Surgery subspecialties?" Liu Banxia asked.

Zhou Shuwen nodded with a smile. "So you do get anxious sometimes, huh? Originally we planned to wait until after the Spring Festival to split the departments. That way, with the Spring Festival period, personnel adjustments would be easier."

"But your NOSES surgeries are going very well now, and the follow-up data on the patients we’ve seen so far is also very good. Chief Director Chen and I discussed it and felt we should just establish it at New Year’s, so we can also increase our patient volume."

"Our original idea was also to separate Xu Yino and the others. They’re growing very quickly, but they still have many shortcomings and need to be tempered in future work."

"But considering that promotion of your NOSES surgery project has significant research value, we decided to assign all six of them to you."

Liu Banxia grinned. "Director, they were all upset about this just a while ago. If they hear this news, they’ll probably be over the moon."

Zhou Shuwen took a sip of water. "This is still mainly from the perspective of their growth. NOSES is hard to learn and hard to master. Letting them be exposed to more of it will help them grow faster."

"But assigning all six of them to you also makes your job very demanding. You not only have to do a good job on the NOSES project research, you also need to be involved in daily emergency admissions."

"At the same time, training these six will pretty much all fall on your shoulders. As for surgical training, still look for opportunities in the emergency work—whatever surgeries you encounter, let them scrub in on those surgeries."

"Work will be even heavier in the future: internal department work, Emergency Center work, plus assisting and implementing the teaching and training tasks. The load is heavy and will take up more of your time."

"Director, don’t worry, I guarantee I’ll complete the tasks." Liu Banxia said quickly.

"Confidence is good, but we must strengthen the department’s professional capability. In a bit, go meet with Xuehai and Zhou Li; after the split, let Zhou Li decide on the head nurse candidates." Zhou Shuwen continued.

"Oh, and Director Qiu has been thanking me. You should go over to the Inpatient Department more often from now on. You can also have Xu Yino and the others carry out teaching tasks for small-incision appendectomy over there; give them something to do."

"Director, if we send them over, will other people have opinions?" Liu Banxia asked with some concern.

Zhou Shuwen glanced at him in amusement. "Relax, this was proposed by Director Qiu. We and they are all departments of Second Hospital, proper brother units. We should have more交流."

"When those six grow up in the future, it won’t be enough for them to just stay in our Emergency Center. They’ll all need to shoulder more responsibilities."

"I hope our Emergency Center can keep this drive going. After I retire, when I come back and see it again, I’ll be happy for the Emergency Center’s growth."

"Alright, I’ll go tell them later. But I think Su Wenhao can scrub in more surgeries with Shi Lei; their temperaments really match."

"You still need to report that to me? You guys coordinate it yourselves." Zhou Shuwen said.

"Splitting into First and Second General Surgery doesn’t mean you’ll cut ties for life. You’re all working for the Emergency Center, so you still need to cooperate well with each other."

"Got it. Then I’ll go out and tell them this good news first? Director Chen probably hasn’t stepped down from the podium yet, there’s an emergency patient needing valve replacement." Liu Banxia said.

Zhou Shuwen nodded. Once he’d finished explaining, that was that. He believed Liu Banxia could do a good job as this department director; he’d always kept a good grip on the business side.

Liu Banxia was quite happy about this news. After all, he was used to working with his six "little ones." If three of them were reassigned, he’d have to worry much more.

When he got outside, Liu Banxia didn’t rush to inform Xu Yino and the others just yet. Since not everyone was here, he decided to wait until Huang Bo came out of the OR.

"Tsk tsk, looks like something good just happened." Wang Chao swaggered over.

"I’ve noticed your sense of smell really is too sharp." Liu Banxia said helplessly.

"What good news?" Wang Chao immediately perked up.

"The new General Surgery Unit 1 and Unit 2 are being set up right at New Year’s, huh? I just realized I forgot to ask whether I’m in Unit 1 or Unit 2," Liu Banxia said.

"Not bad, not bad. Otherwise your deputy director title would still feel a bit hollow. Now that you’re in charge of a department on your own, this is the real deal," Wang Chao said with a smile.

"I thought this would only happen after the Spring Festival, didn’t expect the big Chief Director to be this impatient. Probably influenced by the NOSES surgeries—there’ve been quite a lot of patients coming to see you lately."

"I’ve figured it out, you really picked the wrong line of work. You should’ve gone into criminal investigation; you’d definitely have a brighter future than being a doctor," Liu Banxia said helplessly.

"You think I didn’t want to apply to the police academy back then? My family wouldn’t let me. I even passed the physical exam," Wang Chao said, even more helpless.

"Heh, were you already thinking of getting closer to Officer Ma back then?" Liu Banxia asked with a grin.

"Nothing like that. Becoming a doctor was more of a twist of fate," Wang Chao shook his head.

"This time it’s really something. If the emergency center before only had the bones, now we’re starting to put flesh on them."

"Because of the particular nature of our emergency center, the General Surgery team is a bit stronger for now. But don’t worry, the other departments will also expand one after another, and when that happens it’ll really be something."

"Looks like Director Zhou has his own vision too. This pace is pretty good, up to the level of a 350 km/h high-speed rail. Comrade Liu, you’d better work hard and not let the leadership down."

"What else are you trying to say?" Liu Banxia asked.

"Haha, let’s add a dish at lunch and celebrate a little," Wang Chao said, eyes crinkling in a smile.

"I figured that’s what you were angling for. Fine, we’ll add something—cold dressed cauliflower we can still afford, it’s not much money," Liu Banxia said, then walked into his office with his hands behind his back.

"You want to fob me off with cold dressed cauliflower? In your dreams," Wang Chao muttered.

This time he absolutely couldn’t let them brush him off with just cold dressed cauliflower; he had to at least score a chicken leg.

Back in his office, Liu Banxia was also feeling quite emotional. Wang Chao’s nose for this kind of thing was really too sharp. No matter whether it was politics or something else, he probably really would have a brighter future than being a doctor.

This was the result of family environment shaping you. His family was just suited for these things. And someone like Ming Yuan? He was well-suited for doing business, and for "studying" people.

This "studying" wasn’t meant in a negative sense, but in the sense of analysis. In different settings he could get along with anyone, and you’d never feel like he wasn’t on your side.

To be fair, his mood was a little excited.

Just like Wang Chao said, this was a "real post." The deputy director title at the emergency center was, to some extent, a bit nominal.

The emergency center’s patient volume was so huge. In the future the patients they would admit wouldn’t just be NOSES cases; it would be comprehensive.

It’s just that because he was currently promoting NOSES surgeries, that type of patient made up a higher proportion.

Right now he was doing quite well with related general surgery procedures, and his future workload would indeed increase a lot.

But he still genuinely felt happy inside. This meant he was truly taking charge on his own, and in a sense it was also a promotion.

He was a normal person too, with his own seven emotions and six desires. If he couldn’t be happy about this kind of thing, he probably needed a head MRI.

"Teacher Liu, that patient I received didn’t respond to anticoagulation. She’s just been wheeled into the OR. Pulmonary embolism, plus heart failure—might even end up needing an open chest,"

Right as he was thinking about all this, Xu Yino walked in.

"That fast?" Liu Banxia asked in surprise.

Xu Yino nodded. "It’s probably still the effect of OHSS. I don’t even know if she’ll be able to get pregnant again in the future during her recovery period."

"They’ve been hoping for this for so many years. If it fails this time, they probably won’t try for a child again. Even if they wanted to, her heart might not be able to take it."

Liu Banxia rubbed his face. Even though it was happening to the patient, he still felt a bit miserable.

After all, this was also a matter of life. Even if that little baby didn’t yet count as a fully formed life, in his heart it was still a life.

In a situation like this, even if they didn’t terminate the pregnancy, the later stages of pregnancy would place a huge burden on her heart. The choices down the line would be even harder, and it would make everyone suffer.

"Alright, let’s get back to work first. Wait for me at noon and we’ll eat together. Tell the others too," Liu Banxia said.

Xu Yino gave him a curious look, then nodded.

Specifically asking everyone to stay for lunch—something had definitely happened.

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