Rebirth of a Doctor Without Regrets

Chapter 122 Arranging Surgery

After leaving the 120 emergency command center, Chen Changhai plopped into the car and let out a long sigh of relief.

He felt nauseous when he smelled the lingering tobacco scent of the cigar on his fingertips and carefully cleaned them with alcohol gel.

Hu Jiancheng's promise was still reliable, but Chen Changhai was well aware of the principle of "not putting all your eggs in one basket".

The patient volume brought by the emergency center's dispatching efforts alone is not enough for the Second Hospital's cardiac surgery department to catch up with the First Hospital and the Provincial Hospital within three months.

Back at the Second Hospital, Chen Changhai picked up the landline, pulled out a list he had already compiled from his address book, and dialed the phone numbers of the directors of county hospitals, district hospitals, and even township hospitals under the jurisdiction of Chuncheng City one by one.

These primary hospitals are small in scale and have limited medical resources, especially in terms of heart-related diagnosis and treatment. Most of them can only prescribe some simple medications, and when they encounter heart disease patients who need surgery, they can only choose to be referred to tertiary hospitals.

Then you have a lot of autonomy over where to refer patients.

When the call connected, unlike the obsequious attitude towards Hu Jiancheng, the lower-level hospital was inherently inferior to the top-tier hospital.

This time, he exuded a more domineering aura: "Dean Li, I am Chen Changhai from the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chunda University."

"Yes, yes, our Second Hospital is currently vying for the qualification of a provincial-level cardiothoracic disease center."

"In the future, if your hospital has heart disease patients, especially those who need surgery or have complex conditions, please prioritize their referral to our Second Hospital."

"Don't worry, as long as you refer the patient here, we can send people to your hospital regularly to provide support, whether it's business guidance or technical training, we will fully cooperate."

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"Sure, sure. If you have suitable cases, our core cardiac surgeons can come and perform scalpel procedures for you to help improve your professional skills. We will never refuse."

Compared to Hu Jiancheng's glib tongue, these hospital directors at the grassroots level were much more straightforward.

To be honest, the facilities in grassroots hospitals are not bad at all. In fact, some newly built county hospitals have better operating rooms than older tertiary hospitals.

But what's the use of just hardware? A skilled surgeon can still perform surgery even amidst gunfire.

Grassroots hospitals have long suffered from a lack of high-quality surgical personnel, and Chen Changhai's promise is undoubtedly a timely help.

The idea of ​​solving their own hospital's treatment problems while also getting a "big tree" (referring to the Second Affiliated Hospital) was met with almost no hesitation from the hospital directors, who promised to prioritize the referral of the patients.

Of course, there are also some who have already reached agreements with Chungda First Hospital or Provincial Hospital. Chen Changhai can only offer more favorable conditions, but it is still difficult to poach their employees.

Therefore, this competition to select the center's qualifications is a truly comprehensive assessment.

The hospital's level of medical treatment is one aspect, but the hospital director also needs to leverage his connections and resources.

To be fair, Chen Changhai did not hold the Second Hospital back at all; in fact, he was a plus.

After hanging up the last phone call, Chen Changhai felt a sense of relief and peace.

With priority dispatch from the emergency center and preferential referrals from primary hospitals, the number of cardiac surgery patients will inevitably increase significantly, which is exactly the result he wants.

With more patients, the number of surgeries and the number of difficult cases treated will naturally increase, thus increasing the chances of winning the evaluation.

He leaned back in his chair, closed his bloodshot eyes, and finally found a moment of relaxation.

He has done all he could; now it's up to the younger doctors to prove themselves.

Meanwhile, in the cardiac surgery department of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chung Hsin University, Chief Resident Zhao Zhao was staring at his computer screen, frantically grabbing his hair.

A thick stack of medical records lay to the side, each marked "awaiting surgery".

These past few days, he has clearly felt the strain.

Previously, the cardiac surgery department performed a stable number of 20 to 30 surgeries per day. Although the schedule was tight, we could still manage.

But in the past few days, patients have been flooding in like a tide.

Most of them are patients with complex heart diseases referred from primary hospitals, and there are also a few patients with chest pain sent from the emergency department.

Dean Chen did allocate a group of interns and resident trainees to specifically support the cardiac surgery department.

With these personnel, miscellaneous tasks such as preoperative preparation, postoperative ward rounds, and patient care were taken care of.

However, these miscellaneous tasks can be done by interns, and assistant doctors can rotate among attending physicians, but the chief surgeon is irreplaceable.

Every surgery requires the chief surgeon to personally oversee it, especially for highly complex level 3 and 4 surgeries and difficult cases, which are inseparable from the work of Lin Gaoming, Shen Hao, and Zhu Chunhua.

"How am I supposed to arrange this?" Zhao Zhao muttered to himself, his face filled with despair.

My work schedule is already packed, so it's impossible not to schedule rest time.

With no other option, Zhao Zhao had to bite the bullet and go to each of the three responsible persons to coordinate the surgery schedule.

He first went to Director Lin Gaoming's office, knocked on the door, and carefully handed over the schedule: "Director Lin, we've had so many patients lately that we can't keep up with the surgeries. I was wondering if we could schedule a few more surgeries?"

Lin Gaoming glanced at it and said impatiently, "Xiao Zhao, I know it's difficult for you, but I'm getting old and can't handle it anymore."

Here's what you'll do: fill your schedule with surgeries from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., but you must allow two hours for rest at noon.

Zhao Zhao muttered to himself as he left the director's office. The office was already fully booked from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., so why did he need to say anything?

However, compared to before when Lin Gaoming only performed surgery on two days a week, and only two cases a day, the number of surgeries has increased almost tenfold.

Director Lin is indeed over fifty years old this year and can't afford to stay up late. Moreover, as the head of the department, he also has to coordinate various matters, so he really can't overwork himself.

Next, Zhao Zhao went to find Shen Hao.

Shen Hao was in the main office instructing resident doctors on how to organize surgical records. After listening to Zhao Zhao's words, he seemed to have been mentally prepared.

"Schedule me up from 8 a.m. to 12 a.m., with half an hour for lunch and half an hour for dinner, and the rest of the time for surgeries."

Zhao Zhao was taken aback for a moment, then a look of joy appeared on his face, and he quickly said, "Thank you, Deputy Director Shen! You are truly responsible. With your words of encouragement, things will be much easier for me!"

Shen Hao simply waved his hand dismissively, signaling him to hurry up and make the arrangements.

Finally, Zhao Zhao went to the deputy director's office and found Zhu Chunhua.

Zhu Chunhua seemed to be constantly staring at the computer, either reading or writing papers.

After listening to Zhao Zhao's request, Zhu Chunhua frowned: "I don't have any objection to scheduling more surgeries—but most of the surgeries in our group are performed by Wang Xiao, so I can't decide how many can be scheduled. You should ask Wang Xiao."

"Zhao Zhao sighed helplessly. There was even a treatment team leader who couldn't make the decision."