The Enhanced Doctor

Chapter 1215: Chapter 1215: Treating Xu Chengjun to Dinner

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"Chief Director Xu, don’t be fooled by this place’s small storefront, their boiled fish and braised beef are top-notch." Liu Banxia said with a smile.

"It does look really good, but with the three of you here, I don’t even dare pick up my chopsticks." Xu Chengjun said with a wry smile.

At first he thought it was just Liu Banxia; only when he got here did he realize Chen Xuehai and Shi Lei were also present, and then he knew this meal today wasn’t going to be simple.

At the emergency center, aside from the big director Zhou Shuwen, these three were the core strength. If they invited you to a meal, how could it possibly be that easygoing?

"Chief Director Xu, you’re overthinking it, we still gotta eat. The meeting this time was also about admissions during the New Year period, right?" Shi Lei asked.

"You could call it our annual meeting; every time this season comes around, all kinds of situations just keep popping up." Xu Chengjun nodded.

"This year should be a bit better. Both the city and the district have fully banned fireworks and firecrackers. I’m guessing hospitals in rural areas will still be a bit busy; every year there are patients injured by firecrackers."

"Chief Director Xu, don’t just talk, you have to eat the dishes. We can’t drink anyway, we still have to see patients this afternoon, so you’ve got to eat more." Liu Banxia said.

"I’m going all in today; even if there’s a mountain of blades and a sea of fire up ahead, I’ve got to push forward and take a shot." Xu Chengjun joked.

"You three are the future of the emergency center. The three of you coming out together, Director Zhou definitely signed off on it. That means this has to be something big. I’d better eat first, otherwise after I hear it I might not even have the appetite."

After saying that, Xu Chengjun directly picked up his chopsticks.

The taste was naturally very good; otherwise, even if it was to support a friend’s business, Liu Banxia wouldn’t bring guests here for a treat. Isn’t going to Jinbao better? High-end, classy, more presentable, no?

It was precisely because the food here was good as well, and there were no outsiders today, that he chose this place.

"Chief Director Xu, do you still remember our cooperation on those small-incision appendectomy cases?" Liu Banxia asked with a smile.

"What are you up to? You’re not going to turn my small intestine inside out, are you? We don’t play like that." Xu Chengjun said, pretending to be nervous.

But after he said it, he started laughing himself. "Looks like it really is something good. So, what, you’re thinking of going out and about again? I’d love that, honestly."

"The problem is the related paperwork is a bit complicated, and the fees might not be to your satisfaction either. Rather than going through all that hassle, it’s better to wait for the patient to be transferred."

"As expected of Chief Director Xu, you got the general idea as soon as I brought it up." Liu Banxia said.

"This time around, I’m planning a deep cooperation. We’re going to put our NOSES project on the table. Is that acceptable?"

Hearing this, the chopsticks that Xu Chengjun was using to pick up the boiled fish paused midair.

"This is no small matter. A benefit this big definitely doesn’t come for free. Go on, tell me what exactly you have in mind, and don’t bully me just because I’m getting on in years." Xu Chengjun said.

"How could we? It’s actually pretty similar to those flying-knife gigs before, except this time we don’t need to file for approval every single time; it’d be a long-term contract." Liu Banxia said.

"The main consideration is that NOSES has considerable advantages for colorectal cancer patients. Even with certain BMI requirements, there will still be a lot of eligible patients."

"In that case, it’s bound to eat into some of your doctors’ interests at your hospital. So on that front, we need to balance things out a bit, right?"

"You’re not saying everything." Xu Chengjun said.

"Even if we do end up taking some of the colorectal cancer surgeries, it won’t be that many. Being this close to Binhai City, the news that the Second Hospital emergency center can perform minimally invasive colorectal cancer surgery has already spread everywhere."

"There’s really nothing else. For now, we’re focusing on NOSES and small incisions, and we can slowly expand into other endoscopic procedures. General surgery, cardiac surgery—those are all possible." Liu Banxia said.

"Then what I don’t get is, what’s in it for you in the end?" Xu Chengjun asked curiously.

"Even if I tilt the profit distribution of the surgeries a bit more in your favor, that still has its limits, right? I still have to allocate some to your emergency center first before it goes to individuals, isn’t that so?"

This was something he really couldn’t quite figure out. Just from the way it sounded, it seemed like everything was in the district hospital’s favor.

As for possibly poaching some patients, he honestly wasn’t worried at all.

Just like he said—how many could they poach anyway? The BMI cutoff alone filters out a ton of people.

"Aside from needing a large number of cases to promote NOSES, I also want to help Xu Yino and the others accumulate more experience and make a bit of pocket money on the side." Liu Banxia said.

"In the future, we might not have the time to keep running back and forth, but the six of them, or other people from our emergency center, can make the trips. Even though the money isn’t as much as before, it’s still something."

"I’ll have to think this over. After I go back, I’ll also have to touch base with the hospital and discuss it." Xu Chengjun said with a smile.

"In essence, it’s like treating our place as a training base, which is fine. Even for some laparoscopic operations, we can come observe more."

"But this does affect a relatively wide range of people after all. Director Chen is here too; in future we’ll also be cooperating on cardiothoracic surgeries, right?"

Chen Xuehai nodded. "Right now we still don’t have many cardiothoracic surgeons in the emergency center, but we’ve started training people."

"In the future we may find ourselves stretched thin when it comes to allocating patient resources, so when I heard Director Liu mention this kind of cooperation, I thought it sounded great."

"This is basically full cooperation; you can’t just call it a training base. After all, the operations you come over to do are all ones you’re fully qualified for."

"All right then, I’ve got the picture. Now we can happily get on with eating." Xu Chengjun said with a smile.

"No need to rush this either. Things on our side are pretty busy at the moment—Second Department just opened, we still need a period of running‑in." Liu Banxia said.

Xu Chengjun nodded. "Once we really nail this down, we’ll have to purchase equipment, right? We can’t have you hauling your own equipment over every time, that would waste way too much time."

Liu Banxia laughed. "Just a few days ago I went back to my hometown to do a case, and sure enough I dragged the equipment along. Once you get there you still have to disinfect and calibrate everything—it does eat up time."

"Anyway, the way I see it, if we cooperate it’s truly a win‑win. It gives the kids more chances to operate, and they can earn a bit of pocket money."

"And for you, it boosts the hospital’s reputation. Even if the surgical fee gets split, the patients’ hospitalization fees are still yours to bill."

Xu Chengjun chuckled. "And you don’t even have to worry about the patients’ postoperative outcomes."

Shi Lei and Chen Xuehai both laughed as well; that meant there was at least a preliminary intention to cooperate.

This kind of cooperation is essentially about sharing the gains.

For Jinshui District Hospital, as long as they can keep internal relations balanced, having people from the Second Hospital emergency center regularly come over to operate will significantly raise their patient retention rate.

That also counts toward their performance metrics. Inpatient nursing care is billable.

For the emergency center, this is a way for these doctors to accumulate surgical strength.

It’s not like mastering the technique for one operation makes you top‑notch.

Even in the emergency center, patient allocation isn’t that balanced and can’t really be made balanced.

Some patients come through friends’ referrals, some hear about a particular doctor and seek them out, so there’s bound to be some skew.

Take some liver tumor surgeries now—at the emergency center, the first person people think of is Liu Banxia.

Zhou Shuwen is pretty busy, and he’s got a long queue of patients. His schedule is jam‑packed every operating day.

And improving surgical experience requires case‑by‑case accumulation. Once you reach a certain level and a certain volume, your quality naturally rises.

Of course, you have to put real thought into studying; if you’re just muddling through, even a thousand cases won’t change much.

Even if you improve, it won’t be by much.

"Your emergency center really is something now. Daring to propose cooperation like this shows your level has already reached a certain standard." After eating for a while, Xu Chengjun said.

"It’s actually not as high as people imagine, but we’ve always set the bar very strict, so our baseline is a bit higher." Shi Lei said.

"Forget about Wei Yuan and Qi—just look at Xu Yino and the other five. Their performance on routine laparoscopic procedures is already very solid."

"Today Banxia took Huang Bo through a splenectomy. Judging by Banxia’s standards, he’s already at graduation level."

"But when they come over in the future, it’ll mainly be for NOSES procedures and small‑incision appendectomies. Didn’t you send someone to intern with us as well—Li Tianyang, right? He’s already mastered the small‑incision appendectomy technique."

Xu Chengjun nodded. "He mentioned that when we talked; he was over the moon."

"This idea actually came up when I went back home and was chatting with the chief director of the hospital there." Liu Banxia said.

"In terms of attracting talent, you definitely can’t compete with us. So if you want to improve your diagnostic and treatment capacity, you’ve got to train people yourselves, bit by bit."

"Step it up, and be more willing to invest. As long as you’re willing to send people, we’re willing to treat them like our own doctors and teach them."

"Honestly, seeing Li Tianyang’s progress, I really did start thinking along these lines. We’ll study this properly when the time comes. I truly feel at ease sending people to you." Xu Chengjun said with a smile.

He was genuinely happy now; this kind of cooperation would be a real boost for the district hospital.

And he didn’t have to worry about becoming a mere appendage of the emergency center—steel has to be tempered by your own fire. As long as they train up their reserves, in three to five years they’ll have some fighting strength.

He didn’t dare hope they’d reach the emergency center’s level by then, but at the very least they could have some influence within the district.

So patients wouldn’t treat coming to the hospital like going to a health check center—get the tests done and then walk right out.

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