My Medical Skills Give Me Experience Points

Chapter 1335: Chapter 527: Interaction Between Two Hospitals, Deputy Director Lu’s True Ordeal (Part 2)

Zhou Can nodded in agreement.

"I really hope this matter can be realized soon! Then, the two hospitals can communicate and learn from each other. I’ve long wanted to see the level of anesthesia at Tuya Hospital. This year, several highly challenging surgeries were successfully completed at Tuya, and I am particularly interested in the anesthesia risk control and intraoperative risk management involved. Unfortunately, there’s been barely any exchange between the two hospitals, so there’s been no way to seek advice."

Director Ming Xin was very pleased to see that both parties have a clear intention regarding this matter.

Director Feng from the anesthesia department at Tuya Hospital is indeed highly skilled.

However, those extremely difficult surgeries can’t rely solely on anesthesiologists. The main surgeon is also a significant influencing factor, and even the entire surgical team is crucial.

Zhou Can assisted Cardiothoracic Surgery in completing several extremely difficult and high-risk surgeries.

Among the surgeries Director Ming Xin is interested in, many might have been operated on or attended by Zhou Can.

Of course, such matters would certainly not be known to doctors from other hospitals.

"I’ve already ordered late-night supper. Everyone worked hard today, how about we chat while eating?"

The speaker was still Director Xiang Fei.

Zhou Can was more curious about Director Xiang Fei’s identity.

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Around half-past ten in the evening, Zhou Can walked out of the Provincial People’s Hospital.

He hadn’t expected that a brief check on Deputy Director Lu’s condition would lead him to temporarily play the role of a surgeon, keeping him busy until this late.

Eating supper took quite a bit of time.

The focus was not on eating but rather using this rare opportunity to get familiar with several chief doctors at the Provincial People’s Hospital.

Tonight’s gains were significant.

Not only did he make substantial progress during the surgery, but he also successfully expanded his network at the Provincial People’s Hospital.

Moreover, he met several chief physicians.

Several excellent young doctors actively sought Zhou Can for his contact information and added him on WeChat, saying they hope to have opportunities to exchange medical insights with Zhou Can and seek his advice.

Of course, Zhou Can wouldn’t refuse.

He returned with a fruitful harvest.

Deputy Director Lu’s vital signs are quite stable, and the brain signals became exceptionally active after waking from anesthesia, which is great news. As long as there are no unexpected incidents, Deputy Director Lu’s life is likely saved.

For the Provincial People’s Hospital, the gains are equally enormous.

Putting aside other aspects, just saving a severely injured high-fall patient is worth heralding for quite some time.

By the time he returned home, it was close to eleven.

Seeing him return safely, Su Qianqian was always very happy. She had prepared his bath clothes ahead of time, and ginseng soup or bird’s nest porridge to nourish his body was always waiting for him.

A virtuous wife at home is a blessing for any man, cultivated over several lifetimes.

After taking a bath, Zhou Can sat on the sofa and drank the ginseng soup she brought, but he didn’t rush to go to bed. Instead, he took out Deputy Director Lu’s letter and opened it to read.

"Who is the letter from?"

"It’s a suicide note from a former colleague who jumped. He probably thought he was sure to die and hoped I’d help him seek justice after his death."

Zhou Can replied.

"To think of having you seek justice even in death, it seems they trust you quite a lot! But I hope there are fewer of such requests to help. You’re my husband, I just hope you stay safe."

She probably still felt afraid recalling the incident where Zhou Can was almost assassinated.

Even though it’s a lawful society now, there will always be outlaws who trample on the law. The number is not small.

If he can avoid trouble, it’s best to steer clear.

"Don’t worry, I’ll handle things with caution. Deputy Director Lu only has one daughter who is still studying. His emotional intelligence is not particularly high and he’s prone to offending with his words. He was also later poached by the Third Hospital, probably left with no close friends. Eventually, finding no solution, he turned to me for help."

While explaining to her, Zhou Can began to read the content of the letter.

Su Qianqian has excellent manners; she didn’t peek at it.

Even between married couples, such personal letters are private. Unless invited, it’s best, like her, to control one’s curiosity and avoid meddling.

Having read the entire letter, Zhou Can’s expression darkened, his mood became immensely heavy.

The Third Hospital showcased the darkness of human nature thoroughly.

Deputy Director Lu wasn’t the only one driven to suicide; he was just the first. There are definitely more victimized doctors.

The Third Hospital poached a large batch of Cardiothoracic Surgery medical staff from various hospitals, with over twenty from Tuya alone.

Back then, those who switched jobs were dreaming of making big money, supposedly catching the fast lane with the Third Hospital.

However, they boarded a pirate ship instead.

The Third Hospital’s Cardiothoracic Surgery business is swiftly shrinking, unable to even pay salaries.

It’s also carrying tremendous debt from the expansion of new hospital grounds.

Its current predicament contrasts sharply with its previous glamorous facade.

The veil is yet to be totally lifted.

If the financial chain snaps, it will burst like a dazzling soap bubble.

This hospital is nearly doomed unless it adopts some extraordinary measures soon.

And rightfully so.

The reasons pushing Deputy Director Lu to jump are multifaceted. First, after switching from Tuya to the Third Hospital, the promised high salary and bonuses were never fulfilled. As for promises about helping Deputy Director Lu achieve high academic status, they were filled with deceit.

If all that remained were unfulfilled promises, it wouldn’t be particularly vicious.

At most, it would just be fraudulent.

It also made those doctors they poached sign non-compete agreements. Within five years, they couldn’t switch to other hospitals, or they’d face huge penalty fines.

It’s understandable why the Third Hospital would have these doctors sign non-compete agreements.

Having poached these highly skilled Cardiothoracic Surgery experts, naturally, they wanted to prevent them from being poached again.

Placing some restrictions to prevent job-hopping became inevitable.

These moves directly caused the doctors and nurses who switched to the Third Hospital to suffer heavily.

The commitments from those poaching were verbal, while theirs were in written form, fingerprints and all. It’s a major loss.

Of course, if not blinded by profit, if they had some principles, they wouldn’t have ended up in this bind.

After switching jobs, Deputy Director Lu received only a month’s basic salary, then nothing.

Coincidentally, his daughter got admitted to a school overseas, which required a significant sum of money.

The job switch was intended to earn more to support his daughter’s education abroad. Instead, it resulted in financial ruin and explanations to his daughter became impossible.

Seeking the Third Hospital’s leadership for solutions resulted only in delay or perfunctory responses with no real answers.

In the end, Deputy Director Lu found himself at a dead end, faced physical deterioration, and struggling for clarity, he contemplated suicide. He chose the location to jump as the surgical building of the Third Hospital.

The aim was to expose the dark world of the Third Hospital with his life.

If even this didn’t work, he’d have Zhou Can act as a guardian for his daughter, ensuring she doesn’t lead a life filled with hatred.

The letter didn’t ask Zhou Can to seek justice.

Instead, it pleaded on behalf of the remaining twenty-plus medical staff who moved from Tuya Hospital, hoping Zhou Can could help them return to work at Tuya Hospital.

Having consulted with lawyers about the non-compete agreement, certain loopholes were identified.

As long as Tuya Hospital was willing to accept them, they could return to work at Tuya without breaching the agreement.

Now Zhou Can finally understood why Deputy Director Lu would shamelessly seek his help to return to work at Tuya Hospital.

After being refused, Deputy Director Lu likely sought other old colleagues from Tuya Hospital.

However, such matters probably couldn’t find anyone to help him.

Faced with despair, he chose to commit suicide.

"Truly pitiful, hateful, and sad!"

Having finished reading, Zhou Can couldn’t help but shake his head in sigh.

A good life and job forsaken, tempted by risk and job change, without prior investigation, and blindly believing in deceitful promises, led him to disaster, left with nothing but humiliation.