"Let me think about it. I still haven"t thought about what hospital I would like to go study at!" Zhang Fan couldn"t say that he didn"t actually want to go on a study program, because that would make it impossible for the other three doctors to make their requests. He could only use this excuse instead."Alright, there"s no rush. How about you three, then?" Ouyang Hong asked the other three doctors.
"I want to go to Shuitanzi Hospital! I want to join their orthopedic spine surgery department. I request that I be allowed to partic.i.p.ate in surgeries every day there!" Chen Qi requested. Most doctors who went on study programs to better hospitals would only be able to observe the surgeries there and then write the medical reports for the doctors. And at the best hospitals, there might not even be a chance to write the medical reports, because there would be plenty of other doctors there on study programs, doctorate degree doctors, master"s degree doctors, and intern doctors fighting over the opportunity to even write the medical report.
"Haha, it"s no problem." The woman chuckled. Superintendent Ouyang glared at Chen Qi, thinking to herself, "This shameless b.a.s.t.a.r.d!"
"Then I"ll go to Zhongyong Hospital. My request is the same as Vice Director Chen"s, haha!" Yu Bin requested.
"I"ll also go to Shuitanzi Hospital, to study arthroscopy," Li Hongtu requested.
"That"s no problem. I"m truly grateful to you all. I will arrange the study programs for you doctors after I return to Beijing. Mr. Zhao, I would like to talk to this doctor individually, is that alright?" The woman looked at the city leader.
"Sure, of course. Superintendent Ouyang, please arrange it."
The patient"s sister could easily tell at a glance that Zhang Fan had no interest in going on a study program—she was an expert in psychology. It was obvious to her from Zhang Fan"s expression. So, she would agree to any other request that Zhang Fan had instead as long as it wasn"t too overboard. She was the type who wouldn"t treat such a lifesaving favor lightly. Not to mention, Zhang Fan hadn"t only saved her younger brother, he had saved her entire family"s hopes and dreams.
She knew that people"s desires in society typically boiled down to either money or power. Most people who desired to climb higher would do so for the sake of one or both of these.
"Doctor Zhang, it"s just the two of us now. You may speak freely. I will definitely do anything within my power for your sake."
Zhang Fan truly didn"t know what he should request of her. However, he also didn"t want to let go of this opportunity. He felt that the heavens wouldn"t spare him if he didn"t take advantage of a rich and powerful person.
"Yeah! It"s what I should have done for your brother"s sake. I"m not interested in going on a study program, but I really haven"t considered what I want yet." He figured that he would have plenty of opportunities to go on study programs in the future as he was still young, and if worse came to worst, he could always go back to Bluebird City Hospital and talk to its Superintendent Lu. Superintendent Lu was quite well respected as well.
"Haha, but you"re still too young. It"s inconceivable for you to be a hospital superintendent." The woman chuckled. She was under the mistaken impression that Zhang Fan wanted more power.
"No! No! I never even dreamed of something like being a superintendent, nor am I the type who"s good at such a job." Zhang Fan became rather panicky; he felt that Superintendent Ouyang would eat him alive if she heard such a thing!
"Oh! That"s easy then. I understand. I"ll be troubling you for one more day to take care of my younger brother while he"s here." The woman, with her psychology expertise, now believed that Zhang Fan simply wanted a cash gift.
Meanwhile, Zhang Fan was rather surprised. He hadn"t even thought of what he wanted yet, so what had the woman understood?
Inside the intensive care unit, Chasu City Hospital"s directors of cardiology, respiratory, neurosurgery, neurovascular surgery, orthopedic surgery, and so on were all personally working on the care of this one patient for the entire day that he was still here. This was because this patient was being treated as a literal hero who had almost died in the service of the country!
"All vitals are stable!" The nurses would report on the patient"s vitals to the doctors once every half an hour.
Superintendent Ouyang constantly accompanied the patient"s sister all this time. City Leader Zhao also tried to stay with the patient"s sister, but she didn"t agree.
Zhang Fan was exhausted after getting up in the middle of the night to perform surgery. He sent Shao Hua a quick text before instantly falling asleep. Whatever thoughts of rewards or praise couldn"t even slow down the grasp of sleep calling out to him.
Superintendent Ouyang was also really tired as she had been woken up in the middle of the night as well. However, she was filled with excitement, and didn"t feel sleepy at all. She felt that this was an excellent opportunity for Chasu City Hospital to receive the funding to construct a new independent building for its emergency department. Things from as small as receiving more personnel to major ones like receiving more funding for an additional building could all be considered benefits for the hospital that could be gained from successfully completing this political task.
On the second day, the patient"s condition seemed to be quite stable. Guest doctors Director Guo and Director Liang had a discussion with each other, and agreed that it would be alright to transfer the patient to Beijing. This was also because Beijing"s hospitals were of even higher quality, with the most advanced medical equipment and medicine, which would help the patient to recover faster after surgery.
Before the patient"s sister left, she met with Zhang Fan privately one more time. "Doctor Zhang, I truly am so grateful to you. There"s not much more I can say. When my brother fully recovers, I"ll also have him personally visit you to thank you for saving his life. Please accept this bank card. This is something heartfelt from me and my family." What she left unsaid was that if there were any negative aftereffects from the surgery, this was all the thanks that Zhang Fan would receive, and that he wouldn"t receive anything else afterwards if that happened.
Zhang Fan refused once only because it was Chinese etiquette to do so, and then hurriedly took the bank card. He felt that it probably contained at least 50,000 yuan inside, which meant that he could have more renovations done on his house! Besides, he figured that a sum like 50,000 yuan would be nothing more than pocket change for someone like her.
Guo Shubin couldn"t bring himself to let go of a talent like Zhang Fan. "Sigh! It"s really such a pity for you to stay here. Honestly, talent like yours doesn"t come by easily. I hope that you won"t be seduced by the benefits before you. The world is really big. Here, take my cell phone number. I will wait two years for you! I hope that you will change your mind and contact me as soon as possible."
Chasu City Hospital sent several of its best nurses together with emergency medication and medical equipment on the plane that took the injured patient to Beijing.
Now that the patient had finally left, City Leader Zhao and Superintendent Ouyang both felt tremendous relief. Although there was a tremendous amount of benefit to be had from a political task like this one, there was also tremendous risk. But now that the patient was on the plane, they were no longer in any danger, because even if something happened to the patient afterward, it would no longer be their responsibility. So, they only had the benefits to look forward to!
"Superintendent Ouyang, well done, truly well done," City Leader Zhao said to Ouyang Hong before he left.
Superintendent Ouyang carefully sent off City Leader Zhao. She was really excited and delighted as she watched his car disappear off into the distance. After today, she would truly be the undisputed ruler of Chasu City Hospital.
Superintendent Ouyang still couldn"t rest yet. She had to have a talk with Zhang Fan as his medical skills were incredibly high, which meant that keeping him as a rotation doctor would be a bit of a waste.
"Doctor Zhang, you"ve truly accomplished a great thing. Chasu City Hospital will reward you, as will I. Our hospital is constructing new apartments for our employees next year, and I"ve already reserved one just for you beforehand. Also, you can end your rotations now. Which department would you like to be a.s.signed to? I"ll let you join any one that you want." Ouyang Hong wasn"t concerned about whatever the patient"s sister had rewarded Zhang Fan with.
"Thank you, Superintendent Ouyang. However, I would like to finish my rotations first in the various departments. All the rotations through these different departments have been such a great help in improving my medical skills. I truly love this rotation system that you put in place. I think that I"ll have a better understanding of which department I would like to go to after I truly finish my rotations."
Superintendent Ouyang was even more delighted to hear this praise for her system. "Okay. No wonder you"re so skilled, Doctor Zhang. Only you can truly understand the effort I put into this rotation system for doctors. If there"s anything you need at all in the future, please feel free to come directly talk to me. Also, feel free to take the next few days off from work so that you can properly get some good rest."
"Okay! Thank you, Superintendent Ouyang."
But when Zhang Fan left the superintendent"s office, he realized that he didn"t know where to go. Since the superintendent had just told him to take time off and rest, it would obviously be inappropriate for him to return to the respiratory department, even though Zhu Qianqian was incredibly eager for Zhang Fan to return and write medical reports for her. Most ordinary doctors at Chasu City Hospital still had no idea of what just happened over the past two days.
It was now currently midday, which meant that Shao Hua was still at work, with no time to accompany him. Zhang Fan suddenly recalled the bank card that he had received from the patient"s sister. Yesterday, he had been busy helping to take care of the patient, and hadn"t had the time to check it out yet.
Zhang Fan happily decided to go check how much money was on the card. If there was 50,000 yuan as he surmised, he would immediately go to pay for finis.h.i.+ng the remaining renovations of his house. He felt awkward about still living in the apartment that Kang Hua had loaned to him when he had a place of his own that he could live in.
There was an ATM right at the hospital entrance. Zhang Fan inserted the bank card and typed the pa.s.scode, which the patient"s sister had told him was 000000. Zhang Fan was absolutely stunned when he saw the number displayed in the bank card"s account on the ATM screen. This bank card contained 300,000 yuan!
*Gulp!* Zhang Fan swallowed quite a bit of saliva. He was rich, truly rich now! He no longer had to act so miserly! He immediately took the bank card out of the ATM and ran at top speed to Shao Hua"s bank. He really wanted to share this joy with the person he was closest to, which was Shao Hua. He no longer cared if she was busy with work right now or not.
Shao Hua was rather confused when she saw a somewhat crazed Zhang Fan arrive in front of her. Normally, Zhang Fan was the steady and reliable type, and almost never showed such powerful emotions. Although she was mystified, she could also tell from Zhang Fan"s expression that something good had happened.
Shao Hua chuckled, and asked, "What happened?" She didn"t have any customers at the moment, and was in her own office together with a really excited Zhang Fan.
"I"m rich! Rich!"
"What? Rich? Did your hospital issue you a large bonus?"
"Haha, that"s not it, what happened yesterday was~" Zhang Fan summarized everything regarding the military patient"s emergency surgery.
"Really now!" Shao Hua was also quite happy for Zhang Fan"s sake. 300,000 yuan was truly a lot of money in China of the year 2010.ED/N: Over 40k USD. I think that prices were fairly lower in China 10 years ago when compared to those in the US today, though.