I Can Hear the Heart's Voice of Traditional Chinese Medicine-Chapter 301 - 133: Founding a Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Lu Appointed as Director

Chapter 301: Chapter 133: Founding a Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Lu Appointed as Director

The Health Center has these conditions, and it’s not possible to change them.

You could say that it can’t provide the conditions for Lu Xuan to keep striving.

As Lu Xuan’s reputation grows, more and more patients will inevitably be drawn in, and among these patients, the likelihood of encountering a second Zhang Song will become very high.

Even if it isn’t as severe as Zhang Song, there will inevitably be patients who need hospitalization for observation and treatment.

This is a shared concern in everyone’s hearts.

Now, as a responsible doctor, you can’t just sit back and do nothing.

To save lives, you can’t casually take risks.

Doctors are human too; they can’t place all their hopes on the rationality of patients and their families. When nothing goes wrong, maybe they are reasonable.

But once something truly goes wrong, and if the patient’s family isn’t very reasonable, complaints and disturbances are very likely, and then how would one handle it?

You might ruin your whole life due to a burst of sympathy, and even destroy the hope of other patients.

No one wants to see such things happen.

The only solution is to be able to hospitalize patients, so as to avoid ninety-nine percent of the risks.

But the Health Center doesn’t have the capacity to hospitalize patients.

Wang Youqing sighed and said, "Director, actually I’ve wanted to say this for a while now. When we encounter patients like Zhang Song in the future, we should refer them elsewhere whenever possible. It’s not that we refuse treatment or that Lu doesn’t want to treat, but we can’t place Lu’s future in the hands of whether patients have a conscience or not.

If something really goes wrong, we’re still better off, but you and Lu likely won’t escape blame, and removal from your positions is certain. Lu might even face lawsuits; we can’t gamble with this.

If we win the gamble, sure, there’s fame, but what if we lose?

We might win countless times, but we can’t afford to lose even once, because even one loss could ruin Lu’s entire life.

The last time with Zhang Song, it was truly just good luck that Lu saved him, but what about next time? Will we still have such luck?

If the Health Center really had the capacity for hospitalization, we could accept patients; at most, we could arrange a room for Lu, saving him from renting an apartment outside. When there’s nothing going on, he can rest normally, with nurses on night duty. That way, the probability of something happening is low. If something does happen, with all the paperwork complete, Lu wouldn’t bear much responsibility."

"But no one can guarantee that we won’t encounter another patient like Zhang Song!" Zhou Liting raised a question that once again made everyone frown.

Wang Youqing glanced at Zhou Liting and said, "There’s a way. Just refer them directly to the Ninth Hospital and let them handle it. Lu can go do the ’Flying Knife’ there. It’s not like Lu hasn’t done the ’Flying Knife’ at the Ninth Hospital before."

"The Ninth Hospital invited Lu to do ’Flying Knife’?" Hu Meiqiao looked surprised; it was the first she had heard about it.

"Yes, that’s the case. Previously, some stroke patients asked me to perform acupuncture, and I’ve gone there several nights in a row. I meant to talk to the director about it, but with being swamped every day, I just forgot," Lu Xuan explained.

Actually, according to the rules, Lu Xuan should report to Hu Meiqiao about going to the Ninth Hospital to do ’Flying Knife,’ at least seek her approval.

Upon hearing this, Hu Meiqiao waved her hand: "That’s fine, go ahead. No need to tell me everything. Besides, you’re clearly busy these days, treating over a hundred patients daily. It’s understandable to forget some things."

After saying this, Hu Meiqiao looked at Wang Youqing: "What you mentioned is indeed a solution, but for Lu, it may not be a good thing. It would be better not to treat at all than to have the Ninth Hospital accept. If Lu goes as a ’Flying Knife,’ those who don’t know better might think we’re scamming patients for treatment money. If reputation is tarnished, it would be difficult to recover."

"That’s true." Wang Youqing nodded, then turned and sighed again.

"However, referring them out is not an easy task either!"

"Especially with Lu’s temperament, it’s unlikely he’d push patients outward, leaving them to fend for themselves."

"If he truly did that, he wouldn’t be the Lu everyone knows." Cheng Gaowen said with a smile.

"True."

"That’s going to be difficult then."

For the moment, nobody could decide on anything.

Seeing everyone silent, Wang Youqing looked at Lu Xuan and asked, "Lu, what do you think?"

Upon hearing this, everyone’s eyes turned to Lu Xuan.

Lu Xuan glanced at Hu Meiqiao, then calmly said, "I don’t mind. Actually, I think there’s no need for everyone to worry about this for the time being. Patients like Zhang Song are hard to come by, and if we do encounter one, we’ll deal with it then.

I know that both the director and uncle, or Sister Cheng, all wanted me to leave the Health Center and head to a big hospital. But now, after thinking it over, staying isn’t necessarily a bad thing."

Lu Xuan also knew that given his character, it’s unlikely he would refuse to treat patients, but he could only put it that way.

However, everyone was dumbfounded by his statement, finding it hard to believe.

Except for Hu Meiqiao, who was filled with gratitude.

Her efforts were not wasted.

She knew Lu Xuan was saying this in response to her dedication.

Lu Xuan also realized that his decision to stay surprised everyone. So, he smiled and explained, "Don’t look at me like that. It’s no big deal. Now I’m also consulting at the United South Chinese Medicine Association, why rush to a big hospital?