Professor Li left. He didn"t ask for a consultation fee, either, although he did ask for a plane ticket fee. Although he didn"t earn any money this time, he was still delighted. Soon, everyone in the medical field around here would learn how Professor Chang had left Chasu City defeated. And, as long as he cooperated with Chasu City Hospital for a few times on this type of surgery, he was confident that he could learn such surgical techniques for himself. Right now, only a few hospitals in all of China could perform such highly difficult liver tumor removal surgeries!Although a hospital"s development couldn"t be done without especially talented individuals, local hospitals weren"t focused on curing difficult diseases or researching top-level medical techniques. Superintendent Ouyang really didn"t know what to reward Zhang Fan with. Giving him too little money would be meaningless, and giving him too much might not even be approved by her bosses, not to mention how the other doctors in the hospital would definitely complain about unfairness!
As for giving him authority? What authority could a resident doctor even receive! The hospital was a place where skills reigned supreme. The positions of authority were the leaders such as the department directors. As for other positions like hospital secretary, you would need to have background support for that.
Just as Ouyang Hong was having a headache about this, she received a phone call from Kang Hua. The moment that Kang Hua mentioned Zhang Fan going to Chark City to perform surgeries, Superintendent Ouyang instantly agreed. She felt like she understood why Zhang Fan was so excellent despite being so young and why he was so motivated now.
Although giving him more money would make other doctors complain of unfairness, Superintendent Ouyang could compensate him in other ways.
"Come to my office," she said in a call to the hospital administration director. When he arrived, she told him, "From now on, any doctors who go to other hospitals to perform surgery must have my signature and approval. Otherwise, they"ll be punished according to hospital regulations. Draw up the doc.u.ments for this new regulation and send them to my office."
Not only was the hospital administration director confused by this, the surgical directors were also really confused. Usually, only the directors or vice directors would be hired to go work at other hospitals. Other doctors would at most go perform small jobs at private hospitals. Before, Chasu City Hospital would just ignore such things. Could it be that someone had caused a medical incident while working at another hospital?
None of them even imagined that Superintendent Ouyang was intentionally making it more difficult for the other directors to get hired to work at other hospitals. This way, Zhang Fan would receive all the other hospitals" jobs. The directors wouldn"t even dare to complain even if they were dissatisfied. Anyone who dared to complain would risk losing their director position!
Zhang Fan learned about this new regulation as well. He was just feeling that things were bad for him when he was summoned to Superintendent Ouyang"s office. She first praised him and then started scolding him. "How old are you? You"ve only obtained your medical license so recently. Don"t you know that licensed doctors are registered at a specific hospital that they must work at? It"s technically illegal for you to go work at other hospitals without my permission, understand? It"s fine if no medical incident occurs, but if one did occur, would you be able to take responsibility? You have such a great future ahead of you! Don"t ruin it at some tiny hospital!"
"I admit my wrongs!" Zhang Fan lowered his head in admittance. Superintendent Ouyang was giving him face already by not scolding him even more severely.
"It"s fine as long as you know your wrongs. Still, the lower-level hospitals do have their difficulties. In the future, if you must take a surgery elsewhere, first report it to the hospital administration department. If there"s an emergency surgery, first call the hospital administration director and report it immediately after you return. Understand?"
Zhang Fan raised his head and gratefully responded, "Understood, Superintendent!" He was sincerely addressing her from his heart!
"Okay, it"s good that you understand. I was worried that you wouldn"t understand! From now on, you don"t need to do any work in internal medicine departments." Superintendent Ouyang had an expression of properness as she nodded towards him.
The hospital administration director then received a call from her regarding Zhang Fan"s permission to work at other hospitals. He instantly understood how it was! However, he was a loyal supporter of the superintendent. Even if he understood, he would pretend not to understand! Since he was the director of the all-important hospital administration department, he was highly skilled at office politics. Otherwise, why would he have received such a position? Because his face was white, or because he was single?
Director Anar also received a call from the hospital administration department, telling her that Zhang Fan didn"t have to do any work in her department. This time, she had accidentally caused Superintendent Ouyang to lose some face by inviting Professor Chang. She had been quite worried that she would lose her position of director! Well, as long as the hospital administration department wasn"t firing her as director, she would agree to anything, even letting Zhang Fan skip work for the remainder of his entire rotation!
Originally, Professor Li had wanted to write a thesis about Zhang Fan"s surgical techniques for liver tumor removal, but then he flipped through the medical magazines and saw that Bluebird City University Hospital had already written plenty of theses on this topic! This was the miracle of surgery. No matter how difficult the surgical thesis, experts would be able to memorize the techniques used in the surgical thesis. However, it would still be impossible to perform such surgeries without tremendous experience or an amazing teaching doctor!
Zhang Fan was now completely free to do whatever he wanted in the oncological department. He was more than happy with this. He looked through medical reports, checked up on patients, and flipped through medical textbooks. He would ask the department"s doctors about anything that he didn"t understand. The oncologists would always teach him everything they knew, because they felt proud about being able to teach someone as skilled as Zhang Fan!
No matter if Zhang Fan had anything to do or not, he would always follow a patient he was interested in to the end of their treatment. The oncologists also witnessed Zhang Fan"s style. They were willing to discuss their treatments with him.
Two years ago, Zhang Fan had still been in Kuake City and addressing all the other doctors as "Teacher" so that he could get extra chances to practice surgical sutures. Now, he was Doctor Zhang! Apart from this being because of his System, it was also due to his unrelenting hard work! It would have been impossible to achieve his current level without hard work, even with the System. Over the past two years, apart from the time when he slightly slacked off due to romancing Shao Hua, he had been grinding surgeries in his System constantly. He would always progress forward. Before, he was progressing by himself, but now he had a girlfriend! He was no longer a lonely warrior!
The previous patient who had accidentally cut off three of his fingers was now discharged. Although he was still wearing a cast, his fingers were now movable again. He could sense his fingers clearly. With the help of physical therapy, his fingers had regained approximately 80% of their original function. The patient and his family were quite happy with this, and gave a silk banner to Ma Wentao"s hospital. Ma Wentao was extremely delighted. He was happier with this than even if he had earned 10 million yuan.
That was because this silk banner represented that he had succeeded. The business he"d chosen to start had started out quite solidly. As long as he worked hard at managing his hospital, he would definitely be able to stand in front of his father one day and say, "Dad, I"m pretty good as well!"
The biggest pain he had was being weaker than his father! Only he knew how this felt! The way his relatives and friends looked at him with pity would injure him so much as if their eyes burned! He could only act like a wild playboy in order to numb himself and escape from such feelings!
Later that night, Zhang Fan had dinner at Shao Hua"s house. They then took a walk together. Typically, Shao Hua would study her accounting textbooks after she got off from work. Getting an accounting license would be quite difficult in China. Its examination was known as one of China"s four major licensing examinations, after all.
Zhang Fan truly would have stayed in this small city if it weren"t for his System. It really was peaceful here. Chasu City had plenty of fragrant fruits in autumn, and it wasn"t hot nor cold. There were also many abundant products here. Chasu City was surrounded by primeval forests, so the air here at night would have the freshness of wood.
Over the past few days, Shao Hua"s parents didn"t need to exercise after eating. They instead went over to Zhang Fan"s new apartment every day to clean things up, opening the windows to air out the new furniture. This new apartment had two bedrooms, one study, one living room, and one kitchen. Shao Hua"s parents also placed a bed in the study. Although the bed was small, it was rather expensive. Shao Hua"s mother had especially purchased it for Zhang Fan. This apartment was close to the hospital, so he would be able to rest here for a while during lunchtime when he came over for food. If it weren"t for the fact that Zhang Fan and Shao Hua hadn"t gotten married yet and she was afraid of gossip, Shao Hua"s mom would have already invited him to come live here.
Now that Superintendent Ouyang had made it impossible for other doctors to go work at other hospitals, the surgical directors only dared to complain in their hearts. At first, they didn"t realize what was going on, but some time later, they all learned that Zhang Fan was still working at other hospitals! Previously, the surgical directors had monopolized the business of the other local city hospitals in the area. Zhang Fan was still young and low-ranking, so he couldn"t compete with them.
But now that the directors were unable to go out and work at other hospitals, Zhang Fan received his chance. Once the other hospitals got a chance to cooperate with Zhang Fan, he instantly would steal the directors" jobs away. This wasn"t because of Zhang Fan"s skills, but rather because he was forever willing to split half of his profits with the doctors of the local hospital. Everyone became willing to hire him for surgeries. As time went on, more and more hospitals hired Zhang Fan to come over for surgeries.
The nearest small city to Chasu City was just over 10 kilometers away. However, this city"s hospital would never transfer patients over to Chasu City Hospital. The superintendent here would immediately transfer any patients over to Raptor City if they wanted, but never signed off for Chasu City Hospital. It wouldn"t be easy to be the superintendent of such a small city hospital. They were too close to Chasu City. If the superintendent here didn"t control things strictly, they would lose all their business to Chasu City Hospital.
The surgeries Zhang Fan was hired for weren"t that difficult. They were almost all laparoscopic appendectomies, gall bladder surgeries, and bone fracture fixations. Zhang Fan was young and filled with energy. He would often go out in the middle of the night to perform surgery, come back and sleep for only two or three hours, and work the next day with no problems.
The other surgical directors couldn"t do anything about this. Before, they could secretly sneak out, but ever since Zhang Fan got his chance to work for other hospitals, those hospitals stopped contacting the directors for any jobs.
Zhang Fan was so busy that his income increased significantly. Before, he mostly went to the farther cities, but now he could easily make 500 yuan in just 30 minutes at a nearby hospital.
The new apartment Zhang Fan purchased for his parents in Lan City was now finished with its renovations. Zhang Fan really understood his parents. They would definitely move in all of their old furniture. He had Shao Hua call his parents because his own words wouldn"t be convincing.
"Ma"am, is your body doing alright recently? Zhang Fan"s doing well, but he does miss you guys. Would you like to come live in Chasu City for a few days?" Shao Hua asked.
"We"re both doing well. Are your parents doing well? We don"t have the time now. Maybe when it"s New Year"s."
"Ma"am, let me tell you something. If I get married to Zhang Fan, we still need to go to Lan City for the marriage. It just happens that my parents also moved, so they can go live over there now. Zhang Fan says that the bed in your home is getting old, so you should purchase a new bed. I"ve already wired you the money! Also, change the television and everything else to brand new. That apartment will also count as mine and Zhang Fan"s new apartment!" Shao Hua"s face was completely red as she made this call. She kept scolding Zhang Fan for coming up with such an idea!
However, this was truly the only way to make Zhang Fan"s parents willing to spend the money to buy new furniture.