The Enhanced Doctor

Chapter 1206: Chapter 1206: Shared Interests

"Director, are you busy? I’ve got something to talk to you about."

The next day at work, Liu Banxia went to Zhou Shuwen’s office.

"Go ahead, there’s no surgery scheduled today." Zhou Shuwen nodded.

"Actually I’ve been thinking about promoting NOSES surgery. If we get the chance in the future, could we push it out to local hospitals?" Liu Banxia said.

"For example, the Jinshui District Hospital or the hospital back in our hometown—especially the one in our hometown. It’s a bit far from Binhai City, and their patient pool is pretty good."

"What’s your concrete idea?" Zhou Shuwen asked.

"It would count as a support project, I guess. We wouldn’t just roll it out there, we’d also use it as a place for teaching and training." Liu Banxia said.

"We’ve got to let them gain some benefits too. If we take all the benefits for ourselves, they’ll definitely be unhappy. But whether they’re even interested in this kind of surgery, I’m still not very sure right now."

Zhou Shuwen thought it over carefully. Come to think of it, this really sounded quite promising.

It just involved a lot of things, belonging to a kind of long-term cooperative relationship. In this sort of cooperation, problems can easily crop up, so the early communication is very important.

But judging from the potential outcome, it would be a big help to the Second Hospital.

"I’ve given it a rough think. There are some minor issues that need to be explored in detail." Zhou Shuwen said.

"The first issue is the promotion of NOSES surgery. The learning curve for this technique is very steep. We’re already having trouble promoting it here, so it’ll be even harder to promote it in local hospitals."

"The second issue is manpower. Once we start this kind of cooperation, you’ll be constantly running back and forth. Can you really handle that workload?"

"Even though there aren’t any inpatients in Second Department yet, this is only the very beginning. It won’t be long before those wards are full too. If you, the person in charge, are often out running around, what happens to the home front?"

"The third issue is equipment procurement and training of relevant staff, and then the compilation of patients’ follow-up outcomes. Sure, we’ll have more data to collect, but can you guarantee the authenticity and accuracy of those data?"

"It’s not that I doubt the local standard of nursing care. It’s just that you’re not personally overseeing it. If something happens, you may not know right away, so the accuracy of those data becomes questionable."

"As for other issues, like benefit distribution and such, I actually think those are minor. For the sake of promoting our NOSES surgery, we can afford to make some reasonable concessions."

These were the things he could think of right now, and they were the problems that had to be faced. If these could be solved, then future cooperation really was possible.

"Director, here’s how I’m thinking about it: first we see if they’re interested, and whether they have suitable people to spearhead this kind of surgery." Liu Banxia said.

"If they do, then it’s very simple. They just purchase the equipment, and in the early phase I go over regularly to do the surgeries. Once Xu Yino and the others have mastered the routine procedures, they can go over as well."

"Judging from their past training progress, give it about another half a year and they should be able to handle operations where the tumor size isn’t too large."

"And in the early stage, we can also deepen cooperation in other areas. For example, for the people they send over from their unit, I think we can give them a clear training plan."

"Of course, by ’clear’ I don’t mean we’re going to poach social doctors’ resources. Our teaching and training work stays the same; we just need to do more recording in our ongoing supervision going forward."

"This would count as an extension of our teaching and training work. Especially since nowadays all these social doctors have gone through standardized residency training; coming to us is just short-term intensive training."

"But personally I feel this will be a big project. The communication and negotiations between both sides will take quite a bit of time. By the time it’s really implemented, those six should already have accumulated a certain amount of technical experience."

Zhou Shuwen thought for a moment, then nodded. "So what you’re saying is, your next plan is to focus on those six. Are there any other arrangements?"

"Heh heh, might as well sneak in a little private agenda. When they’re doing NOSES surgery, we can also appropriately carry out some other operations." Liu Banxia said with a grin.

"Like this time, we got those small-incision appendectomies for Liu Yiqing and Xu Yino—they just slipped them in. Those are also very attractive to local hospitals."

"NOSES surgery will be the main project to promote, and the other projects can be broadened a bit. That way their income can go up a little, though the work is definitely going to be more exhausting."

"I knew you’d have other motives behind bringing this up. But as long as they can hold out, this is a good project." Zhou Shuwen said with a smile.

"Put together a proper plan. This cooperation will be a combination of surgical promotion and teaching/training work, and those two are the main points. Later we’ll see whether it’s led by the hospital or by our emergency center. That doesn’t make much difference; in the end it still falls on you guys."

"Alright, I’ll think it through properly later and make the plan more detailed." Liu Banxia said.

His mood was a bit fired up too. After all, this project counted as something he was truly taking the lead on, and it had gotten approval from Zhou Shuwen.

If this project really goes through, it’ll actually bring him a lot of personal benefits as well.

At the very least, it’ll be a bold line on his CV and provide leverage when it comes to future promotions.

"Teacher Liu, how’d it go?"

Seeing him come out, Xu Yino hurriedly ran over.

Right now she was the embodiment of a little money-grubber, and of course she knew that if this thing kept being pushed forward, it had a lot of potential.

"We have to make a detailed plan. When you guys have time, let’s get together and really talk it through." Liu Banxia said with a smile.

"Getting you some extra benefits isn’t easy. Whether you end up earning more or less depends on personal luck. But one thing’s for sure—over the next while, you’re definitely going to be working even harder."

"Hehehe, as long as there’s money to be made." Xu Yino said with a giggle.

"Let the others know too, so they have something to look forward to. But it’ll still take some time to really push it forward. During this period, you all need to solidify your grasp of the NOSES surgery techniques." Liu Banxia said.

Xu Yino nodded, then dashed off like a shot.

He didn’t bother with the girl. Getting involved in a project like this would be good for them too.

"Jesus, you scared me. What are you doing?"

He had just turned around when he realized that at some point Wang Chao had sidled up next to him.

"Hehehe, Xu Yino ran off all excited—what good stuff are you guys cooking up?" Wang Chao asked.

"What could it be? We’re just going to promote a small project." Liu Banxia said, then briefly explained it to Wang Chao.

"My god, this is a small project? You call this level of in-depth cooperation a small project? Isn’t this basically tying those local hospitals onto our wagon?" Wang Chao asked, exasperated.

"It’s not that exaggerated. It’s just limited cooperation." Liu Banxia said.

"Even so, you’re using power for private gain, using public resources for personal ends, and sneaking in your own agenda. Take me along too, don’t have all the fun yourself."

At first Wang Chao spoke with righteous indignation, then switched to a fawning expression at the end.

"I really have no way to deal with you. With a project this big, involving two local hospitals, there are a million little loose ends. You think I can handle it alone?" Liu Banxia looked at him helplessly.

"It’s not just you. I’m going to need everyone in our emergency center. The average standard at local hospitals is a bit lower, so if we go over, we can basically all play some kind of boosting role."

"But this is a double-edged sword. Used well, it’s a win–win. Used poorly, it’s lose–lose. And even if we use it well, it’ll still attract some resistance from certain people."

"Take NOSES surgery for example. Once we bring in this procedure, we’re pretty much monopolizing their rectal cancer patients. Even if we’re going out there and creating teaching opportunities, do you think everyone will happily accept that?"

"No way. It’s basically cutting off colleagues’ income streams. Not everyone is interested in studying this, and figuring this surgery out takes way too much time."

"So I feel we have to find a balance point. It’s impossible to make everyone happy, but if we can make sure most people are as satisfied as possible, that’s good enough."

"Otherwise we’d be having a blast over here, while a bunch of people are cursing us and resisting us behind our backs. The project wouldn’t be promoted successfully either."

"From the perspective of our partners, they also have to think about their own hospital doctors’ feelings. After all, they’re the ones who are really all in the same family."

"You’re the one with all the crafty ideas. Think this part through properly—how to manage the details of the cooperation. Only you can figure this out. Go for it."

After speaking, Liu Banxia walked off with his hands behind his back, strolling away.

And Wang Chao? At first he was a bit excited, then his brow furrowed more and more tightly.

He’d been had. Liu Banxia had suckered him again. This kind of work is not easy at all—what a joke.

He understood Liu Banxia’s intention: he wanted everyone to share in the benefits.

That’s why he said he needed the whole emergency center team to cooperate. After all, viewed as a cooperative project, it’s still different from the traditional consultation-and-lead-surgeon model.

Plus, he’d be looking for benefits for the partner hospital and for the doctors there who have a stake in the deal—and that’s not easy to arrange.

Who knows if this guy has even got a basic framework yet. If he leaves it to me to think it through, how long is that going to take?

Who’s the one with all the crafty ideas—your ideas are the crafty ones.

With Wang Chao’s brain, of course he knew how huge the returns would be if this project could be rolled out successfully. But the job itself is not easy at all. This "little plan" of Liu Banxia’s touches way too many aspects.

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