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“Doctor Zuo, shall we go together for the pick up at the airport?” Hospital Director Bo found Zuo Cidian and smiled to show his sincerity.
The Du family had signed all the surgery forms. As the medical intermediary, he had perfectly achieved all of his tasks. However, in order to create a relationship with Yun Hua Hospital and Ling Ran for the sake of a bright future, Hospital Director Bo did not want to just go away after he received his pay.
Businessmen who dealt with hospitals had a strong sense of humanity. Sometimes, or rather, most of the time, they would do things for the sake of forming relationships instead of solving problems.
It could also be said that the emotional support needed by doctors always came from the business people dealing with hospitals, and not from patients nor their family members. It was not wrong at all to say that this was a very ironic matter in the current modern hospital system.
Zuo Cidian smiled too and asked, “Are they doctors you brought from overseas?”
“I don’t have any choice.” Hospital Director Bo could tell exactly what a person was implying just by the choice of his words, and he immediately groaned. “Since the customer’s made such a request, we can only try to satisfy their need, isn’t it? Actually, I’ve always been opposed to inviting foreign doctors over, but you know what’s going on, people at Lao Yongyong’s age always think that the grass is greener at the other side…”
“And what age are you exactly referring to?” Zuo Cidian became slightly wary.
Hospital Director Bo knew exactly what Zuo Cidian was unhappy about based on what he said, and quickly said, “Just like the people at our seniors’ age…”
Zuo Cidian immediately broke into a smile. “Then, let’s go together.”
“I’ll drive.” Hospital Director Bo quickly served him, and his expression was on point.
He knew that if he were to invite Ling Ran to perform surgery or invite other doctors from Yun Hua Hospital to perform surgery, he needed to knock down the walls around Zuo Cidian. As the saying went, “The lackeys are even more difficult to deal with than the boss.” This was especially so for old lackeys like Zuo Cidian. He would need to give him even more respect.
Hospital Director Bo purposely drove his Mercedes-Benz S-Class and opened the door for Zuo Cidian. This made the old resident doctor feel rather pleased.
“Good car,” Zuo Cidian praised.
“It’s my friend’s car. I deliberately borrowed it to pick the leaders up.” If Ling Ran had been to one to praise the car, Hospital Director Bo would have considered letting Ling Ran drive it. But for a lackey, even if he was an old one, there was no need for Hospital Director Bo to give him such an expensive gift.
Zuo Cidian chuckled. “Truly, you live much better lives when you’re working outside the hospital system. You can spend what you earn, and whatever money you earn is yours. You don’t have to consider much when you buy a car to drive or do other things…”
Hospital Director Bo asked tentatively, “Doctor Zuo, if you need some money…”
“If a man is full, his whole family would not starve.” Zuo Cidian waved his hand and looked completely free of worldly worries.
Based on Hospital Director Bo’s observation, though, Zuo Cidian’s eyes showed sadness, indignation, dejection, and helplessness…
Hospital Director Bo sighed secretly. The country held intensive crackdowns all the time, or else, he could bring Old Zuo to the places that could not be mentioned in the books, and all his problems would be solved.
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The three foreigner doctors flew over with their respective planes to the capital before they took a transit to come over. The medical staff of Junan Clinic and the interpreters accompanied them throughout the journey. They formed a huge group of people and came over following the passageway.
Zuo Cidian was impressed when he saw that. “So many people? The flight tickets alone are going to cost tens of thousands RMB, right? I wonder what Chairman Du will think when he sees the bill.”
Hospital Director Bo tried to hint at something and said, “If he still has the mood to look at the bill, he will be happy. Everyone has round trip tickets, and they have been allocated cabins with two-seat combinations, while the three foreign doctors will enjoy sitting in first-class cabins as they fly over from their countries. The total cost for transportation will be over hundreds of thousands RMB.”
‘So rich,’ Zuo Cidian thought in his heart. That was equivalent to the price of two or three of Lu Wenbin’s BMWs.
Hospital Director Bo smiled. “That’s money from the shareholders. Tonca is a listed company… Welcome, Mister Faulkner.”
He moved forward and welcomed the doctors. He kept greeting them in English and German, “Mister Dobin… Herr Corbert…”
Zuo Cidian quietly memorized their faces while he stood behind Hospital Director Bo.
Hospital Director Bo had introduced these people to him while they were on their way to the airport.
Faulkner was an attending physician of Mayo Clinic, and he was the most reputed among the three doctors. In China’s medical world, which idolized the American medical system, normal chief physicians would never be able to invite those from Mayo Clinic over.
Dobin was an attending physician from New York-Presbyterian University Hospital, and he was Lao Yongyong’s contact as well. New York-Presbyterian University Hospital was an affiliated hospital of New York University, and it was joined with Cornell Presbyterian. The name itself made it clear that it was a large-scale hospital because both hospitals were very capable, and this was a collaboration between the strong.
When it came to inviting foreign doctors over, Lao Yongyong had contributed a lot as well. As a family doctor, his final goal and interest were the same as his employer’s, Chairman Du Jiadong.
If Du Jiadong passed away, with his two sons’ attitude, they would probably make Lao Yongyong retire very soon, and that was if his two sons were really kind and understanding.
However, Corbert, who was invited by Hospital Director Bo, was a doctor from the General Hospital of Heidelberg University.
When it came to a world-class reputation, the existence of Heidelberg University surpassed universities like the University of Tokyo Hospital. Corbert was also a surgeon who focused on liver cancer. His experience and surgery volume related to the field were more than Dobin and Faulkner.
With the current trend, American hospitals and American doctors were still more welcomed on Chinese grounds.
“I’m going to say this first. I’ll not perform the surgery unless an emergency happens.” Faulkner from Mayo Clinic did not even bother to greet them. He said, “If anyone’s life is in danger and I’m the only one on the spot who can save his life, then because of the principles of humanitarianism, I might help. However, if such a scenario really happens, your company needs to pay me with the corresponding compensation. This was all labeled in the agreement, do you agree to that?”
“If we do run into the conditions as mentioned in the agreement, we’ll follow what was mentioned in the agreement.” Hospital Director Bo’s hospitality faded away just a little.
“No matter what happens, I will not participate,” Dobin, who was from New York, added and stared at Faulkner with a thought-provoking look.
Mayo Clinic always boasted about its reputation as the world’s best hospital. This was related to its income structure. All doctors in Mayo Clinic obtained the average salary of those in the same field. Regardless of whether the doctor was ranked very highly in the world, in Mayo Clinic, their annual salary would still just be tens of thousands of USD.
If it were not because Mayo Clinic was too reputed and offered to teach many tempting skills, Mayo Clinic might have long since shut down.
As for the doctors of Mayo Clinic, before they became attending physicians, their goal was to become an attending physician. This was the highest title given to the doctors in America. The title was at the same rank as the title of a chief physician in China.
After becoming an attending physician in Mayo Clinic, their work at Mayo Clinic would slowly become insignificant to them. When they reached their fifties, which was Faulkner’s current age, they were more willing to take some side income from external sources.
So, even if they lost their jobs, they would not be really bothered by it.
If they had to compare, New York Hospital, where Dobin was based, offered good pay, but the doctors there did not want to take any risks.
Hospital Director Bo understood this and forced himself to smile before he said, “The chief surgeon for today’s surgery has been confirmed. The three of you just need to observe and make a report. You may also provide all kinds of information or participate in the surgery. You do not need to perform the surgery.”
“Haha, that’s a pretty good reason you found.” Faulkner smiled. “I remember that you said that the chief surgeon you found is a young man? Don’t you have any older doctors? Others might not have any trust in a young doctor performing a gastrectomy in combination with hepatic resection.”
“Doctor Ling Ran, whom you just mentioned, is really the chief surgeon.” Hospital Director Bo looked at Zuo Cidian and felt embarrassed.
Faulkner chuckled. “Pretty good. Just insist on what you said. Regardless of who may inspect you, do not let your mouth runoff. Usually, they won’t come and investigate things, so there’s no need for you to worry.”
Faulkner finished talking, stretched his hands, and said, “Give me the information. You did print it out, right?”
Hospital Director Bo was speechless. “It’s at the hospital. You really don’t have to consider performing the surgery.”
“Regardless of whether it’s real or not, you just need to pay accordingly.” Faulkner looked rather arrogant. “Please remember to bring along the information next time and not waste my time.”
