After the acupuncture treatment on Monday morning, Li Chu told Political Commissar Zhang's wife about some things to pay attention to. He then went to the outer room to write another prescription and gave it to Dr. Yang. Today was the fourth day of acupuncture treatment, and it was time to change the medication that Political Commissar Zhang was taking.
After explaining things to Dr. Yang, Li Chu was about to leave when Director Lin pushed open the door and walked in.
Upon seeing the person enter, Li Chu quickly greeted, "Uncle-Master, you've arrived."
When Director Lin came in and saw Li Chu, he said, "It's a good thing you haven't left yet, otherwise I would have had to make another trip to your hospital. Are you done here?"
"The acupuncture was just finished, and the revised prescription has already been given to Dr. Yang," Li Chu replied.
Director Lin nodded: "Okay, wait here for me." Director Lin went into the inner room, said a few words to Political Commissar Zhang's wife, and then came out to signal Li Chu to follow him.
"Uncle-Master, where are we going?" Li Chu asked after they came out.
"Come with me to Dean Liu's office." Director Lin said as he led Li Chu away, "Xiao Chu, the review committee members in the department have been full of praise for you this time. It's not easy to get these Western medicine specialists to praise you. Well done."
Li Chu smiled shyly and remained silent.
Director Lin continued, "Xiao Chu, do you know how many registered and unregistered TCM practitioners there were nationwide, according to statistics from the Ministry a couple of years ago?"
Without waiting for Li Chu's reply, he said directly, "There are more than 10,000 people in total, including many apprentices who are unable to practice medicine independently."
"Sigh," Director Lin sighed deeply, then continued, "This is all due to the wrong ideas of a few individuals in previous years. They..."
Perhaps feeling that these words shouldn't be said to Li Chu, Director Lin paused for a moment before speaking again.
"In the past two years, the leaders at higher levels have strongly supported the development of traditional Chinese medicine and encouraged medical schools to offer traditional Chinese medicine majors. But as you know, what can we learn about traditional Chinese medicine in school?"
Director Lin shook his head: "Besides memorizing some herbal formulas and the Treatise on Cold Damage, they can't even accurately diagnose a patient's pulse. They won't learn anything. When the first batch of TCM students graduate next year, they'll still have to start as apprentices. The development of TCM is not that simple!"
After listening to Director Lin's words, Li Chu fell silent. The reason why it is difficult to develop is that traditional Chinese medicine does not have a scientific system and there is no way to learn it systematically. It relies entirely on the personal experience of doctors, which makes it difficult for many people who have accepted new ideas and trends to accept.
Li Chu also knew that even though the country was vigorously developing traditional Chinese medicine now, decades later, traditional Chinese medicine would still be relegated to a useless department in many hospitals, and most of the truly capable traditional Chinese medicine masters would disappear.
On the contrary, many self-proclaimed masters with only a superficial understanding of the subject are active in the public sphere. These masters think, "Even if I can't cure you, I can't kill you either. What if I just happen to stumble upon a dead mouse?" Right?
And so, in silence, the two arrived at the main hospital's administration building.
Director Lin led Li Chu into Dean Liu's office. Besides Dean Liu, there were two other people inside. One was Zhang, the health bureau official who had visited him that day, and the other was a committee member who had been sitting on the review panel when Li Chu was being reviewed.
"Xiao Chu, let me introduce you. You know Director Zhang, and this is Cheng Weimin, the deputy director of our Health Bureau, who is in charge of daily operations and is also a member of the Ministry's review committee."
Cheng Weimin stood up, shook hands with Li Chu, and said, "We met yesterday, and Li Chu's medical skills yesterday surprised us greatly!"
"Director Cheng, you flatter me! I'm still young, and there's still a lot I need to learn from my seniors!" Li Chu said modestly.
Director Cheng patted Li Chu's hand with a smile.
Li Chu turned around and shook hands with Officer Zhang, and then the group took their seats. Someone then came in and poured a glass of water for Li Chu and Director Lin respectively.
After sitting down, Director Cheng said to Li Chu, "I just went to your workplace and met with Dean Yang, Dean Zhang, and Director Liang of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Department. I also informed them about your situation and transferred your file to the ministry."
Hearing this, Li Chu frowned. What did that mean? Why were their files transferred as well? Did they want him to be a full-time employee? However, he didn't say anything and continued listening.
Perhaps sensing Li Chu's confusion, Director Cheng explained, "The hospital will create a new copy of your personnel file. Of course, your personnel file will still be managed by the ministry; the hospital is just creating a copy for easier management. As for your salary..."
At this point, Officer Zhang took two items out of his bag and handed them to Director Cheng. Director Cheng took them, looked at them, and then said, "Currently, you are assigned to technical level seven, with a monthly salary of 156.5. The hospital will make adjustments later. Unless there are special circumstances, you can come to the department to collect your salary once a month."
After saying that, he handed Li Chu a small red booklet: "This is your work ID. You must carry it with you and keep it safe, otherwise you won't even be able to enter your workplace in the future."
After Li Chu took it, he flipped it open and looked at it. It was basically the same as his other work ID, except that the work unit was different and the ID was more exquisitely made.
At this moment, Director Cheng handed over two more sheets of paper: "Take a look at these. Sign one copy and give it to me. Keep the other copy for yourself. Make sure you remember the contents."
The paper contained job responsibilities and confidentiality regulations. After Li Chu took it, he signed his name and handed it to Director Cheng.
"Alright, that's all I have to say. Your work location and shift schedule will be arranged by Team Leader Liu and Deputy Team Leader Lin. If there's anything else in the bureau, Officer Zhang will contact you." After saying that, Director Cheng stood up: "Dean Liu, Lao Lin, I'll go back to the bureau now. You can arrange the rest of the work for Xiao Li. I still have a lot to do."
Seeing him stand up, Director Lin and the other two also stood up. Dean Liu remained seated behind his desk, simply nodding and saying, "Alright, then Director Cheng, you can go ahead with your work. If you have any questions, just have Officer Zhang contact Xiao Li. I won't see you off."
After shaking hands, Director Cheng left with Officer Zhang.
After they left, Director Lin turned to Dean Liu and said, "Dean Liu, I'm taking Li Chu to my place so I can give him some work instructions."
Dean Liu nodded: "Alright, you can go ahead." Then he said to Li Chu: "Xiao Li, work hard, whether at the hospital or in the team. If you have any problems, you can ask your Uncle Lin or me."
"Yes, Dean Liu, please go ahead with your work. I'll go with Uncle Lin." Li Chu nodded in response.
Upon arriving at Director Lin's office, Li Chu saw that Director Lin was about to pour him some water, so he quickly went over, picked up the kettle, filled Director Lin's teacup with water first, and then poured himself a glass of water in a clean cup.
After Li Chu sat down, Director Lin said, "Xiao Chu, our health care team currently has 26 people, including you. There are 20 full-time and 6 part-time. In addition, there are nursing and logistics teams, but I won't go into those."
“We also have a deputy team leader named Yang, who is usually in charge of the team’s logistics and personnel allocation. We’ve discussed it, and from now on you will be on duty every Thursday. You can work normally at the hospital at other times, or you can arrange your own time, but you must ensure that we can contact you in time in case of an emergency.”
Director Lin picked up his cup, took a sip of water, and asked, "You should know where our team works, right?"
Li Chu nodded: "Master mentioned it before, in the central government."
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