Surgery Godfather
Chapter 1498 - 1119: Sometimes, quite offensive._2

Chapter 1498: Chapter 1119: Sometimes, quite offensive._2

Whether it’s the clinical departments, laboratories, or journals, they have slowly developed into form, using clinical departments as applications, laboratories as medical scalpers, and journals to vie for discourse power, forming a stable triangle.

The entire reform of Sanbo Hospital is also being strongly and steadily implemented. The major overhaul of the department directors has concluded, and the talent structure of the entire hospital now aligns with the standards of a world-class hospital. The research content of the Surgical Research Institute is no longer confined to the surgical field, so it has been renamed the Sanbo Medical Science Research Institute. This emerging institute has ranked among the world-class institutions with outstanding research achievements, especially with its tumor research technology leading the world.

However, Sanbo Hospital still cannot be considered a world-class hospital. After all, the development of its departments is uneven; Orthopedics has entered the world-class stage, but other departments are only considered nationally top-tier, not world-class, with some not even reaching the national level. Thus, in Dean Xia’s view, this reform is extremely necessary. Without reform, no matter how high Yang Ping’s personal capability might be, he cannot propel the overall development of Sanbo Hospital. Those who are complacent could seriously drag the hospital’s progress backward, refusing any advances for their personal benefit. Now, Dean Xia has finally eliminated the stubborn elements within the hospital and cleared the path for reform. As he himself puts it, Sanbo Hospital can at least be vibrant for another twenty years of development, while matters beyond twenty years are for future generations—he has done his utmost.

The institute acts as a lever, as an engine, propelling the entire Sanbo Hospital forward onto the highway, advancing towards becoming a truly world-class hospital. Yang Ping looks at page after page of Chinese papers, the orderly squares of text, and can’t help but feel sentimental. When this journal was first established, the targets were set quite high, but the team behind the journal was rather makeshift, working things out as they progressed to reach the current level.

Dean Xia, with his large hands behind him, emerged from the hospital construction site wearing a safety helmet. The boss responsible for the engineering and the project manager accompanied him, bowing and smiling along the way. In the Nandu Provincial City, any construction boss knows that Sanbo Hospital’s construction projects are highly coveted. Their engineering bids can directly compete based on technology without needing any extra work, and the projects are guaranteed first-rate, with high profits. The payment deadlines in the contract are strictly adhered to without delay, so every boss focuses all his efforts on ensuring construction quality.

"Dean Xia, take care. Rest assured, we will definitely guarantee quality."

Dean Xia stopped and looked up at the building under construction, saying, "I won’t say much about anything else; two issues: one is quality. If there’s any quality problem, you won’t receive a penny. Second, no delay in workers’ wages is allowed. If this happens, you won’t get a penny either."

"Understood, understood!" The boss bowed, escorting Dean Xia for quite a distance.

The boss knew that as long as he honestly ensured quality and workers’ wages, the project payment wouldn’t be delayed for a penny or a minute. Who wouldn’t like such a project, and who would even think about deception?

Dean Xia returned to the office, and standing at the door was Director Qin of Spinal Surgery. His expression wasn’t very pleasant, after all, he had just stepped down from the position of Director of Spinal Surgery.

"Do you need something from me?" Dean Xia asked.

Director Qin nodded.

"Come in! Have a seat!" Dean Xia opened the office, turned on the lights, then made a cup of tea for Director Qin.

"Dean Xia, although I opposed you before, you have to understand that having been a director for so many years, to change suddenly is hard for anyone to accept," Director Qin expressed his feelings.

Dean Xia nodded: "Mutual understanding! You see me in this position, the hospital needs to develop and become world-class, which necessitates world-class talent, and, Old Qin, you should ask yourself whether you count as world-class talent."

Director Qin said nothing. After several seconds, he turned red and said, "It’s all in the past now. I’ve since actively cooperated with the hospital’s reform."

"Yes, so I am grateful to you, you still have the vision. Being a department director for so long is enough; no department director is obliged to work until retirement, right? We need to give young people a chance. I have no choice but to change you. You all followed me from the founding of the hospital and have made great contributions, which I am well aware of—but I have no choice. To elevate Sanbo Hospital to a new height, I must replace you all, and if one day I am not fit to be dean and drag the hospital’s progress down, I would be replaced as well. It’s the trend of development," Dean Xia said with heartfelt sincerity.

Director Qin silently nodded, then said, "Understood, I was just momentarily confused; people are naturally selfish, and it’s tough to give up what you hold. Isn’t that right? Today I came seeking you for another matter."

Director Qin hesitated, and Dean Xia didn’t know what he was hesitating to convey: "Please, go ahead."

Director Qin hesitated for a long time, finally saying, "I want to ask for a favor—my disappointing son is graduating this year, can you help arrange for him to work at Sanbo Hospital, preferably in the Medical Science Research Institute? If so, I am willing to retire early."

This?

Dean Xia wasn’t very clear about the situation of Director Qin’s son, after all, Sanbo Hospital has thousands of employees and dozens of department directors, and how could he know what each director’s sons and daughters are doing.

"Is your son studying medicine? That’s good news. Which school did he attend? What’s the situation now?" Dean Xia asked.

If he meets the hospital’s recruitment criteria, there’s no issue—whomever is recruited is no concern. But if he doesn’t meet the recruitment criteria and relies on nepotism, Dean Xia firmly opposes such occurrences. Once the hospital’s recruitment trust allows for connections and back-door entries, it signifies the beginning of the hospital’s decline because, fundamentally, the hospital relies on talent, and if the talent quality declines, it will ultimately ruin the hospital’s reputation.

"He is about to graduate with a doctorate." Director Qin said, taking out a resume from his bag.

Dean Xia enthusiastically took it: "Doctorate, that’s good, let me see."

Scanning the resume, Dean Xia started frowning inwardly; the academic path appeared glamorous, but insiders could tell the reality at a glance. So he explained candidly, "Old Qin, I really can’t help with this. If conditions were met, there wouldn’t be an issue, but now your kid’s situation doesn’t meet requirements. As you know, the hospital now recruits based on a baseline doctorate degree and traces the entire educational journey from college entrance examination scores, undergraduate college, graduate admission methods, etc. Students admitted through university independent recruitment are excluded from consideration, we only recruit those admitted through college entrance examinations with strict score requirements—it’s a hard standard."

Old Qin’s son’s undergraduate college is a renowned Medical University, but he wasn’t admitted through the college entrance exam but through independent recruitment, having published many SCI papers and obtained patents during his middle school years—all related to Orthopedics. Outsiders might think this child is outstanding, a genius at that, writing papers and obtaining patents in middle school—awarded here and there, but insiders are aware of the truth.

Upon hearing Dean Xia’s refusal, Director Qin’s face slightly changed: "Dean Xia, I’m not troubling you to handle everything; other places we can manage ourselves smoothly, you just need to nod. I know it’s difficult for you, but now you know it’s hard to enter a good tertiary A hospital. I have no choice, so I came to you, having worked in this industry for a lifetime, who wouldn’t want to pave a path for their descendants."

"Ordinarily, I should help, but Old Qin, as you know, once this opening is made, the talent within Sanbo Hospital will slowly be replaced with inferior ones. The recruitment personnel we’ve established over the years will become thoroughly mediocre, leaving us with no excellent talents. The branding we’ve built will inevitably crumble under decay, right? How about I see if there are other suitable hospitals, and I’ll keep an eye out?" Dean Xia suggested with difficulty.

Director Qin stood up: "I trouble you, Dean Xia."

Ah!

Dean Xia couldn’t help but feel sentimental. Being a dean like this means offending people quite often.

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