"Okay."

Qi Yaping sat down behind her desk and said with a smile, "Go ahead."

"Director Qi, the number of patients coming to our clinic from far away has been increasing recently. Some of them actually need to stay for observation, but our community hospital doesn't have any beds. Patients can either go home or find a place outside..."

The situation is actually not as serious as Yun Heng said, at least not yet, but since the community hospital needs to get beds, Yun Heng naturally needs an excuse that can be used.

Qi Yaping interrupted Yun Heng before he could finish, "Do you want to add more beds to our community hospital?"

"I do have this idea, but I'm not sure if it's easy to do, and what conditions are needed?"

Yun Heng actually only knew a general idea about this, but was not very clear. In fact, he also wanted to ask Qi Yaping about it.

“It’s very difficult for hospitals to add more beds.”

Qi Yaping said seriously, "Adding more beds actually means increasing the staffing. We will definitely need more medical staff. It's not as simple as just adding more beds."

"In addition to staffing, we also need space, and all this costs money."

Qi Yaping smiled and said, "Let's put the funding issue aside. The most difficult thing is actually the approval process. If we want to add more beds, we must first apply to the Health Bureau to prove that we really have this need. And even if we submit the application, whether it will be approved by the compilation and review department is another matter. To be frank, it's 80% likely to be rejected."

Qi Yaping must also want to get hospital beds. Some larger community hospitals actually have hospital beds. With beds, she can increase revenue. Moreover, with more people under her, she will have more power as the director. Who wouldn't like that?

But it is very difficult, almost impossible.

"Community hospitals are actually insignificant in the eyes of health bureau leaders. We have two community hospitals here in Xiya Subdistrict Office, and even more in larger districts. There are at least 20 community hospitals in the entire Beiyang District. Leaders are content as long as community hospitals can maintain normal operations and be self-sufficient. Adding beds and staffing is too difficult."

Qi Yaping smiled bitterly and said, "Xiao Yun, I won't hide it from you. Our Xiya Community Health Center has actually been operating at a loss. We need funding from above every month, or at least once a quarter. Otherwise, we can't even pay salaries. I get scolded every time I attend a meeting. Adding beds is almost impossible."

"Is there no other way?"

Yun Heng knew it was difficult, but he didn't expect it to be so difficult.

"The solution is to first increase the income of our community hospital, so that it can be self-sufficient and not require funding from above. We have the money and the need, so that's easy. Otherwise, increasing the staff and adding beds means we'll have to increase funding from above. Do you think that's possible?"

Yun Heng understood that if he paid for it himself and didn't let the higher-ups get involved, then there would be a chance; otherwise, it would be impossible.

"Xiaoyun, why are you so keen on adding more beds?"

Qi Yaping was a little curious.

In her opinion, Yun Heng actually has a future employer. Before, there was Liang Wanming, and now there is Ma Tiequan. It is equivalent to two Class-A tertiary hospitals waiting for Yun Heng to choose.

If Yun Heng had not signed a contract as a family doctor, the termination of the contract would require the consent of the patient and the patient's family. In fact, Yun Heng could have left at any time. Yun Heng's current relationship with the community hospital is actually only under contract.

He has a new employer, and it's just a temporary job. The quality of the community hospital actually has no impact on Yun Heng.

"Director Qi, to be honest, I came to our community hospital because I had nowhere else to go. I'm very grateful that you took me in. Since I work here, I naturally hope that our community hospital will do better and bigger."

Yun Heng couldn't talk about the panel task, so he could only find an excuse. In fact, if he really had the ability, he did have this idea.

"Haha, it seems I'm really lucky to meet a young man like you, Xiaoyun."

Qi Yaping was very happy and somewhat relieved. She smiled and said, "It's a good thing that you have this idea, but it's not realistic in the short term. Apart from anything else, it's not easy for our community hospital to turn a loss into a profit."

"Okay, I understand. Thank you, Dean Qi."

Yun Heng talked with Qi Yaping today, but he didn't expect to reach an agreement in one go. He just wanted to understand the situation first, see if there was any possibility, and then figure out a direction.

A task of one hundred hours is naturally not easy to complete. The more you get, the more you have to pay. This is a theorem.