Healing Doctor

Chapter 763 Gossip about Director Bai

As dawn approached, the test results came back—a diagnosis of lupus.

The rest is simple; just provide the appropriate treatment.

The Second Affiliated Hospital has a strong ICU team, so Director Bai no longer pays attention to that aspect. He sat to one side, listened to the ICU professor on duty communicate with the patient's family, then silently got up, waved to Ji Xiang, and walked out of the briefing room.

Director Liu was leisurely scrolling through his phone by the door when Section Chief Bai casually asked, "Dazhi, who was that person who was saying those strange things?"

"The expert from the capital city is familiar with Professor Zhou and will perform a kidney transplant in Yuanliao."

"Yuan Liao, so it was him."

"Huh? You know?" Director Liu was taken aback.

Ji Xiang told Director Liu about Zhao Zhe's family situation, and only then did Director Liu understand the whole story.

With both sides paired, the entire puzzle was complete, and Ji Xiang felt a pang of emotion.

Especially when he recalled what the system NPC had said, even though Zhao Zhe's family situation was rather chaotic, Ji Xiang also developed a good impression of this expert.

Director Bai, however, disagreed.

"Doing a kidney transplant like this seems a bit off." Ji Xiang's understanding leaned more towards that of a system NPC.

Director Bai went outside and glanced at the sky. It was already getting light. He turned back to Ji Xiang and asked, "Little Ji, let me tell you some gossip."

Gossip!

Ji Xiang's ears immediately perked up.

He himself didn't realize that he had been unknowingly led astray by Shen Lang, and the deviation was quite out of control.

"My medical office is a dead-end department, you know that, right?"

Director Bai asked with a smile.

"I know. The medical affairs department is responsible for all kinds of clinical affairs and also handles medical disputes. It's one of the most difficult jobs in the hospital," Ji Xiang said honestly.

"Now, let me ask you, what would you do if you had a place like this, a place that can't attract people because it's poor, and even if people come, they don't put in the effort?" Director Bai asked a question that had nothing to do with kidney transplantation.

Ji Xiang didn't even think about it; he simply shook his head.

They can only use the hospital's name to pressure them, but only heaven knows how well the work is actually done.

Director Liu laughed heartily, "Old Bai, don't corrupt the children."

Director Bai smiled and said, "Come to my office and I'll tell you."

It was almost dawn, and even lying down to sleep for a while wouldn't relieve the fatigue. Since Director Bai was in the mood, Ji Xiang accompanied him to his office.

"Many years ago, the deputy director of the medical affairs department of a large tertiary hospital in Beijing got into trouble."

"The incident started because the deputy director had an affair. Every time he went to a hotel, he would only go to the hotel across from the hospital. So, after a while, he was discovered."

"His wife went to the hospital and made a scene, and inadvertently let slip that the problem was exposed."

"Relationships between men and women are also a problem. As Confucius said, food and sex are human nature." Director Liu yawned.

Director Bai ignored him and continued, "Not to mention the top-tier hospitals in the capital, our Second Affiliated Hospital makes copies every day..."

He immediately changed his expression.

"Our Second Affiliated Hospital has 51 clinical departments, 17 medical technology departments, and 121 wards. We currently have 5733 employees, including 1034 professionals with associate senior professional titles or above."

Last year, the number of outpatient and emergency visits reached 288.7 million, with 26.6 patients discharged and 12.4 surgeries performed. The average length of stay was 8.23 ​​days.

Director Bai could recite the basic data of the Second Affiliated Hospital fluently, which greatly impressed Ji Xiang.

That's what good manners are!

The most basic qualities of a medical affairs director!

"About 20% of discharged patients need to make copies of their medical records."

Copying medical records?

Ji Xiang was taken aback.

"More than 50,000 medical records, not counting weekends, that's an average of 220 records per day, and no less."

Each medical record averages 20 pages.

"Each page costs one dollar to print, which means a daily income of over four thousand dollars. This income is practically cost-free. Every year, it's a million dollars in net profit."

"An annual income of one million doesn't seem like much," Ji Xiang thought to himself.

He still hadn't figured out what Director Bai was going to say.

"We only need to submit a dozen or twenty reports. The rest can be distributed among the staff. It's a way for everyone to have some extra food."

Director Bai spoke calmly, while Director Liu smiled without saying a word.

Ji Xiang listened with a dazed expression.

"By the way, Lao Bai, what happened to that deputy director later?" Director Liu asked.

"Relationships between men and women are like this: if you say it's a big deal, it's a huge deal; if you say it's nothing, it's really nothing. But the medical office isn't exactly a pleasant place, is it?"

"That's true."

Director Liu wasn't surprised by the tongue-twisting words spoken by Section Chief Bai; he understood them instantly.

"There wasn't much punishment afterwards, and the money for copying medical records was never officially paid. Making the medical affairs office do so much dirty work without paying them is really a bad idea. Who will do the work in the future?"

"So that person is alright?"

"He led a team to Tianhe to provide support during the pandemic, supposedly to atone for his crimes, but in reality, it was because the situation was so serious that no one dared to go. The hospital leaders took a liking to his professional abilities," Director Bai said. "Later, it seems he was promoted to full director."

"Oh, that's true."

Ji Xiang was completely drenched in dew.

We were just talking about kidney transplantation. Why did Director Bai bring up copying medical records?

There seems to be some connection, but it's too far-fetched.

However, Director Bai is different from the system NPCs. He is unwilling to explain much, and once he has said something, he leaves it at that. He has no intention of instilling any values.

After Director Bai finished speaking, he leaned back in his chair and let out a long sigh.

"Oh shit!"

Director Bai's mouth was full of foul language.

Director Liu laughed heartily, "Old Bai, you were probably stunned when I called you."

"I wasn't completely terrified, but I had only one thought at the time—cursing under my breath, 'Which bastard is causing me trouble again?'" Director Bai said wearily, his eyes closed. "If a blood transfusion can result in a wrong blood type, no matter which ward or which department head, the entire department needs to be reorganized."

"The nursing department is also in turmoil, and even our ward is not safe from trouble," Director Liu said with a sigh.

"However, I think it's unlikely. After all, blood matching in the blood transfusion department involves eight checks, and doctors and nurses with obsessive-compulsive tendencies will have to check it repeatedly. I thought of a few issues when I drove here."

"First, is there something wrong with the blood type testing kit?"

"Yes!" Director Liu slapped his thigh. "Indeed!"

"How could something like this happen?" Ji Xiang was taken aback.

"Of course, something similar has happened before," Director Bai said, "but the possibility is extremely low. As far as I know, that's the only time I've known of it all these years. Secondly, I thought it was the most likely possibility at the time."

Ji Xiang pricked up his ears.

He wanted to know how a seasoned clinician like Director Bai made his judgments.

"A ghost bed?" Director Liu asked.

"Um."

Ji Xiang's mind went blank for a moment, and his jaw almost dropped to the ground.

What the hell is going on in Director Bai's head?!

If Shen Lang had said those words, Ji Xiang wouldn't have been surprised at all. But the fact that it was Director Bai who said them made him wonder what he was thinking!

In Ji Xiang's mind, Director Bai was a very reliable person, but he never expected that Director Bai could also have such whimsical moments.

(End of this chapter)