This Doctor Is Too Wealthy

Outside the ward, Du Heng quietly asked Director Liu, ”Can you do this surgery?”

Director Liu felt a surge of eagerness to try, but after a moment’s hesitation, she gave up. ”Dean, I can do it, I know how to do it, but I dare not. Our hospital has encountered too few cases like this.”

Du Heng’s cheek twitched. ”Then contact Director Mei Dong and have him take the child back for surgery.”

Director Liu was embarrassed for a moment but agreed.

After taking two steps forward, Du Heng suddenly stopped and turned around to ask, ”Director Liu, if I asked you to go to the Provincial Women and Children’s Hospital’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit for a while, would you be willing to go?”

Director Liu was stunned. ”Is it for advanced study?”

”Something like that.”

Director Liu was silent for a moment but immediately looked up and said, ”Okay.”

Du Heng smiled. ”Good. I’ll ask around for you. You go in now and communicate with the family; explain the situation clearly to them.”

Director Liu returned to the ward, and Du Heng continued his somewhat boring ward round.

He completed his rounds, finding them rather uneventful. Seeing that it was still early, he felt awkward about leaving work so soon, so he wandered over to the Gynecology Department with his hands behind his back.

He figured that since he had some time, he could chat with Gao Qin.

Gao Qin had changed a lot in the last two months. Especially since the bed vacancy rate in the Gynecology Department had decreased and their income had increased, she had become much more serious about her work.

Today was the same; with things quiet in the ward, she had gone straight to the outpatient service.

Du Heng leisurely strolled to the door of the Gynecology Department’s consultation room, looking at the people lining up at its entrance. Comparing it to the sparse crowds at other departments, he couldn’t help but purse his lips.

Seeing that Gao Qin’s consultation room door was open and there were no patients inside, he went straight in.

”Director Gao, are you busy?” Du Heng asked.

When Gao Qin saw Du Heng enter, her face lit up with a smile; her attitude had undergone a complete turnaround compared to over a month ago.

”Dean, what brings you here?” she asked.

”I wanted to talk to you about something,” Du Heng said, pulling up a chair opposite Gao Qin and sitting down.

”If you needed me, you could have just called. There was no need for you to make the trip yourself,” Gao Qin said.

”Oh, my office was occupied, so I couldn’t go back. It was rather annoying.” Du Heng chuckled. ”I’m not bothering you, am I?”

”No, not at all. I’m not on outpatient duty today; I just came to oversee things.” Gao Qin maintained her smile and asked politely, ”What can I help you with, Dean?”

Du Heng acknowledged with a sound. ”Dean Lu spoke with you, didn’t he?”

”Yes, we talked this morning.”

”Then tell me your thoughts.”

Gao Qin hesitated for a moment, her smile fading slightly. ”Merging the Gynecology Department, Obstetrics Department, and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology... isn’t that a bit too ambitious?”

Du Heng shook his head. ”I don’t think it’s ambitious at all. The Gynecology Department and Obstetrics Department are essentially one family. Besides, the Obstetrics Department currently lacks a Senior, which has always been a concern. Moreover, with its meager resources, the Obstetrics Department doesn’t have the grounds to be an independent department. As for the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, you know the situation. I honestly don’t understand why we’re keeping it.”

Du Heng sighed, a bit helpless. ”For women’s regular check-ups, we have the Family Planning Guidance Department and the Physical Examination Center. For treating gynecological diseases, we have your Gynecology Department. If they saw many patients, keeping it would be fine. But last month, they only had twenty patients in total, and two of them were here for their confinement period! I’m truly speechless.” He continued, ”Their functions overlap, there’s no merit pay, and all they do is wait for their monthly salary, gossip in the office, and watch TV dramas. Tell me, what’s the point of keeping them?”

Gao Qin still looked a bit worried. ”If the three departments merge into one large department and I become the director, I’m certainly willing. But wouldn’t the number of medical care staff become a bit excessive? If all these people are transferred to my current Gynecology Department, I’m afraid the existing staff will have objections.”

Du Heng tapped lightly on the tabletop with his fingers. ”So, what are your thoughts?”

Gao Qin looked at Du Heng and paused for a long moment. Du Heng remained silent, gazing steadily back at her.

Finally, Gao Qin spoke. ”After Dean Lu talked to me this morning, I had some ideas. If we’re really going to merge, I’d like to divide the entire Obstetrics and Gynecology Department into four sections: Gynecology, Obstetrics, a Breast Department, and a Reproductive Medicine Center.”

Du Heng was taken aback. ”A Reproductive Medicine Center?”

”It’s the department for treating sterility and infertility,” Gao Qin explained.

Du Heng suddenly understood. She put it so formally; it didn’t register at first.

Gao Qin continued, ”Apart from Obstetrics, our Gynecology Department is already handling the other three areas. Since the number of medical care staff has increased, and they are all experienced in these fields, I was thinking of further specializing.”

As she spoke, she glanced cautiously at Du Heng. According to her plan, the Gynecology Department would become quite large, and she worried Du Heng might have reservations.

Du Heng lowered his head in thought for a moment. ”Currently, the Obstetrics Department only has two Deputy Directors, and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology has only one deputy senior. Your proposed allocation could work.”

Gao Qin quietly breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Du Heng didn’t have any other objections.

”Once you’ve developed these sections and trained more successors, we can then separate them to operate independently,” Du Heng added.

”That’s what I was thinking too.”

”Alright then. Discuss the specifics with Dean Lu and the others.”

Gao Qin looked at Du Heng hesitantly. ”Dean, if possible... could we also merge the Plastic Surgery Department into this?”