Director Lou and Deputy Director Han Changqing were both present.
The atmosphere was somewhat oppressive.
"Everyone's here, right? Close the office door!"
Director Lou's gaze swept over everyone.
"In the past month, our Emergency Department has seen an increase of more than nine hundred surgeries. This is a very gratifying achievement."
Director Lou began by summarizing the achievements of the past month.
Zhou Can alone could complete 14 to 20 surgeries a day. Jin Mingxi was also competent, capable of performing a dozen or more first-level surgeries in a day.
Dr. Lu's surgery speed was slightly slower than Jin Mingxi's, but not by much.
An increase of more than nine hundred surgeries over a month was not surprising.
"The medical incident that occurred yesterday did not result in serious consequences, and the mistake was not the doctor's, but the surgical nurse's. Normally, the higher-ups wouldn't make such a fuss over our Emergency Department for this matter."
A trace of helplessness appeared on Director Lou's face.
"During the last morning meeting, Director Xie from surgery had already expressed dissatisfaction with us for taking away some of their surgeries. After all, he felt that it reduced the overall revenue of the surgical department, which is understandable."
An appendectomy, if open surgery, costs around 8,000 yuan. Laparoscopic surgery is more expensive, costing over 12,000 yuan.
A simple first-level surgery could be a few hundred yuan on the lower end, or around two or three thousand on the higher end. The average price would not be less than 1,500 yuan.
If we only took over a dozen surgeries from surgery, at most their revenue would decrease by about twenty or thirty thousand yuan.
This sum, spread over the many departments within surgery, is a drop in the bucket.
Now that we have performed nine hundred more surgeries in a month than usual, it's quite alarming.
The Emergency Department could increase its revenue by two or three million yuan at least.
Enough to provoke jealousy from surgery.
In reality, this revenue, divided among the many surgical departments, still wouldn't amount to much.
But for the Emergency Department, which has always been weak and poor, it's undoubtedly a timely rain.
Not only can the surgeons and nurses in the operating room and medical technical departments see a significant increase in their income, but the Emergency Department can also obtain some funds for departmental development and secure some medical resources.
If we can maintain this for a year or two, the Emergency Department will gradually become stronger and see a leap in improvement.
It must be said, this is a good opportunity for the Emergency Department to extricate itself from its plight and break the deadlock.
"Director Han, why don't you tell everyone the rest!"
Director Lou took a sip of water and stopped in the middle of his talk.
As the head of the department, even when speaking behind closed doors, one must sometimes be cautious of the impact.
The second-in-command must take the lead at critical moments, expressing what the head of the department cannot.
"Why is the Medical Quality Control Office doing this to us? Simple. The group leader of Medical Quality Control, Zhong Hui, was once a commonplace doctor in surgery. He has always been mediocre in medical affairs but showed a great talent in administrative management. Later, with the help of Director Xie and several other heads of surgery, he successfully became the leader of the Quality Control group step by step."
So, there was this connection between Zhong Hui and Director Xie.
No wonder he was so forceful in investigating a medical incident that could be big or small.
"Surgery is envious of us for taking some of their surgeries. Director Lou smoothly resolved it in the last morning meeting, but they must be unwilling to let it go. However, they could only wait quietly for an opportunity. This medical incident just gave them an excuse to target the operating room of the Emergency Department."
A hospital is not a place where a single person can dictate everything.
Under a complex web of relationships, everyone must follow the rules.
Each department prioritizes its interests.
This is the same in any hospital.
Because it relates to the status and income of every member of the department.
"Now we can basically confirm that surgery has gotten group leader Zhong Hui to thoroughly investigate this medical incident to reduce the Emergency Department's volume of surgeries. The Medical Department has already notified us to attend a meeting; we're going now. Telling you all this is just so that you're prepared."
Deputy Director Han's gaze swept over Zhou Can and others.
In plain terms, the in-depth analysis of interests he just conducted was intended for the younger doctors like Zhou Can, Dr. Lu, and Jin Mingxi.
"Director Han, let's go together!"
Director Lou looked at Deputy Director Han.
"Me? They only notified you and the doctors involved in the operating room to go; I don't need to attend, do I?"
"Our Emergency Department's operating room has made significant progress and development, don't you want to take this opportunity to fight for Internal Medicine within the Emergency Department?" Director Lou asked with a smile.
"Internal Medicine doesn't have talents like Zhou Can or Jin Mingxi. No matter how many patients I take, it's useless if we can't handle them," Deputy Director Han shook his head worriedly.
Cultivating talent in Internal Medicine is even more difficult than in surgery.
Really talented Internal Medicine practitioners would never end up in the Emergency Department.
Director Han wanted to strengthen Emergency Internal Medicine, but his hands were tied.
"Fair point, then you stay here and take command. But make sure nothing else goes wrong," Director Lou, along with Dr. Xu, Zhou Can, and others, headed for the Medical Department.
They entered the number 2 small conference room.
It seemed that every internal discussion took place here!
Zhou Can couldn't help but bitterly smile; he had become a regular here.
Soon after sitting down, Medical Department's Director Xin, Medical Quality Control's group leader Zhong Hui, and that female scribe entered the conference room one after another.
Then, Vice Director Ye appeared.
The hospital leaders were quite in sync.
Today was supposed to be a Saturday, when many in the administrative departments wouldn't be working.
Director Xie's influence was indeed significant.
To reduce the Emergency Department's volume of surgeries, he even got a Quality Control group leader to work overtime and beyond.