Sent to the countryside, I turned the health center into a top-tier hospital.

When Chen Ping arrived at the health school, it was just past 8:30, and the students had already started studying.

Upon seeing that it was Chen Ping, the security guard at the door was much more polite than last night. "Principal Su has instructed that you should go directly to the conference room on the third floor of the office building."

The meeting room was small, with seven or eight people sitting on either side of the long table.

Su Meng sat in the main seat and nodded when she saw Chen Ping come in, gesturing for him to sit in the empty chair next to her.

Several school leaders had materials spread out in front of them on the table, and a female teacher from the academic affairs office was sitting next to them, looking down and flipping through a notebook.

The man in his fifties sitting to Su Meng's right had his hair neatly combed, wore a dark gray jacket, and was leaning back in his chair, observing Chen Ping. His teacup was steaming.

This is the director of the Academic Affairs Office, surnamed Zhou, who is in charge of student internships.

Chen Ping didn't sleep well last night. The absurd incident last night made him spend half the morning cleaning up. Although he washed his face and changed his clothes, he still couldn't hide the dark circles under his eyes.

Su Meng glanced at him, probably assuming he was just tired from traveling, and didn't ask any further questions.

"Everyone, this is Dr. Chen from Siping Township Health Center. He's here to discuss the internship base with our school. Our school happens to be short of places for student internships, so Dr. Chen, please give us a brief introduction."

After Su Meng finished her introduction, she nodded to Chen Ping.

Chen Ping immediately understood, and then introduced the situation of Siping Township Health Center.

After she finished speaking, the meeting room was silent for two seconds. Just as Su Meng was about to reply, Director Zhou spoke first.

"Dr. Chen, I have listened carefully to what you said, but I have a few questions."

He spoke slowly and deliberately, with a businesslike and amiable expression on his face. "I checked the location of Siping Township Health Center. It's more than 100 kilometers away from the city, all mountain roads, and it takes more than four hours to drive there."

"Our nursing students' internship period is eight months to a year. Eight months are spent in a mountain health center more than 100 kilometers away from the city. It's too far away from the city, and it's inconvenient for students to do anything."

Director Zhou picked up his teacup, took a sip, put it down, and continued, "Furthermore, with students interning there, can the supervising teachers keep up?"

How many qualified practicing physicians do you have in your area? And how many of them are capable of undertaking teaching duties?

"I'm not doubting your abilities, but the evaluation criteria for the internship base have strict requirements."

Just as Chen Ping was about to answer, a young teacher wearing glasses chimed in, "Director Zhou is right. I previously surveyed the students' preferences, and most of them prefer to go to hospitals in the city or suburbs, or community health service centers."

"Siping Township is indeed remote, so there may be very few students signing up. If only one or two people end up going, then there's not much point in setting up this base."

Another female teacher nodded in agreement, "Besides, it's a mountainous area, and it's cold in winter. The living conditions there are definitely much worse than in the city. If the students can't get used to it and want to come back halfway through, the school will be in a very passive position."

Su Meng sat in the main seat and listened without immediately expressing her opinion, but her brows furrowed slightly.

Chen Ping glanced at the expressions of these people and realized that what they said wasn't entirely unreasonable.

However, their main concern was not the quality of the internship, but the fear of trouble.

He didn't rush to refute; he waited until everyone had finished speaking before speaking.

"I do not deny the difficulties that the teachers mentioned."

"Siping Township is indeed far away, more than 100 kilometers of mountain road, and it takes more than four hours by car. That's the objective fact."

"But what I want to say is that it is precisely because it is far away that there is a shortage of people there."

"Hospitals in the city and suburbs, as well as community health service centers, have no shortage of interns. What can your students do there?"

"Writing medical records, organizing files, taking blood pressure—how many of these core diagnostic and treatment procedures do you actually get to perform? The supervising physicians are already overwhelmed with their own tasks; where do they find the time to teach you step-by-step?"

"Most importantly, do the places you mentioned require interns who graduated from nursing schools?"

"Those undergraduate medical students all need connections and backdoors to get into their internships, so why should these vocational nursing school students get in?"

Chen Ping's words silenced everyone.

What Chen Ping said was true; all the teachers knew that.

With such good environments and proximity to the city center, why would students from health schools be able to intern at these medical institutions?

He paused, glanced at everyone, and continued, "The situation at Siping Township Health Center is different. We are short-staffed, especially lacking people with basic nursing skills."

"Interns come here to provide manpower, not to observe. They can perform tasks such as injections, changing dressings, administering IVs, cleaning and suturing wounds, and assisting with first aid. At other internship sites, students can only watch, but here they can do them themselves."

"Of course, it's done under the supervision of our supervising physicians. We currently have five licensed physicians, and we see forty to sixty patients a day."

"The range of diseases covered includes basic conditions in internal medicine, surgery, gynecology, and pediatrics, as well as traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture and massage. Which community health service center in the city can compare to this kind of hands-on training environment?"

Director Zhou's lips twitched slightly. "I acknowledge the practical opportunities Dr. Chen mentioned, but whether the students are willing to participate is another matter."

"It's over 100 kilometers of mountain road, and it's inconvenient to go home on weekends. If students don't sign up, this base will be empty."

Everyone nodded in agreement; without students signing up, everything would be for naught.

Schools can't force students to do internships in remote mountain areas; otherwise, parents will definitely complain.

"So we can pilot this first, instead of bringing in a lot of people at once. The first batch will consist of five people, and anyone who wants to go can come; it's not mandatory."

"After the internship, if the students feel they have gained something, they can go back and help us promote it, and then there will naturally be people willing to go in the second batch."

"Moreover, the environment there is different from before. The buildings are newly built, the dormitories are standard rooms, the canteen has dedicated staff to cook, and there is heating in winter."

"We are also building a new medical center, which will be put into use next year. These conditions are not unique in mountain health centers, but they are not far behind."

"If any school leaders still have concerns, they are welcome to come with me to the health center for an on-site inspection. We welcome them anytime."

Chen Ping said with great confidence.

He's not afraid of people visiting or going to see it; he's afraid they won't go.

The young teacher wearing glasses said, "Director Zhou's main concern is student management."

"Sending students away from home for eight months will indeed make it difficult for the school to manage them on a daily basis. If anything happens to a student, the school will be held responsible."

Chen Ping glanced at the young teacher with glasses and thought to himself, "This guy really knows how to flatter."

When did Director Zhou say these things? It's obvious that he's just flattering Director Zhou.

However, Chen Ping was not offended. Since the other party had expressed their concerns, he would address them.

This is supposed to be a stage where both sides negotiate and assess each other.