Li Chu was genuinely surprised by what Dean Yang said.
He had no idea that Director Liang wanted to retire.
"Our director is retiring? I've never heard him mention that, Dean."
Dean Yang nodded: "Yes, he hasn't told anyone else. Right now, only Vice Dean Zhang, you, and I know about it."
After thinking for a while, Li Chucai said, "Dean, it's not that I'm declining, but I'm simply not suitable to be the director right now."
"I already have to work every Thursday, plus the work on the department's review committee, I probably spend less than half a year at the hospital each year. How can I be a department head?"
Li Chu's refusal secretly relieved Dean Yang.
After he learned that Director Liang wanted to retire and recommended Li Chu to succeed him, he discussed it with Vice President Zhang.
Both of them also believed that Li Chu was not the best candidate to be the director.
Because he had so many things to do, he simply didn't have the time or energy to manage a department properly.
But what if he doesn't agree with the new director?
Now that Li Chu had declined, Dean Yang could finally rest assured.
"To be honest, after discussing it with Vice President Zhang, we also think so. Of course, we are not denying your qualifications, and you should not overthink it. We are just considering it from a management perspective. But in terms of medical skills alone, you are absolutely the best candidate to be the director."
Li Chu smiled and said, "I understand, Dean. I'm really not suitable."
What do you think of Dr. Sun in your department?
"Dean, it should be your leadership's decision who will be the director. But whoever it is, I will do my best to cooperate with their work."
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Li Chu understood the hospital leaders' concerns; his current status was too special, so he had to first make his stance clear.
"Oh, right, there's one more thing I need to tell you. After discussion by the hospital committee, we've decided to establish a new department, the Nephrology Department, under the Internal Medicine Department. Director Chen will still be in charge overall, and Deputy Director Wang will manage the specific affairs of the Nephrology Department."
We think that doing this is convenient for management. Our hospital has already received quite a few kidney disease patients because of your two research projects, and it would be inconvenient to put them together with other patients.
Another point is that after the new department is established, we plan to allocate a whole floor of beds for it, so that we can accommodate more patients.
Li Chu was silent for a moment before smiling: "Dean, in the hospital, I am just your subordinate. I will do whatever you arrange. You really don't need to tell me about these administrative tasks. I am just a doctor."
He sometimes felt quite helpless; this Dean Yang probably reviewed part of his file.
Of course, the information that Dean Yang can see is probably limited; he doesn't have the authority to see anything particularly detailed.
However, it's likely that Dean Yang has connections and has heard about things elsewhere.
Therefore, Dean Yang is always very careful whenever anything involves Li Chu.
But this was not what Li Chu wanted; he always believed that he was just an ordinary doctor.
Even now, as long as he has nothing to do, he will still insist on seeing patients in the outpatient clinic, even if he may only see one or two patients a day.
After leaving Dean Yang, Li Chu went to the director's office.
He didn't go in but stood at the door. School was already on holiday, and Director Liang had been at the hospital all this time.
Seeing that Li Chu was standing at the door and hadn't come in, Director Liang knew what was going on, so he got up and came out.
"You knew all along, didn't you?" Director Liang asked after lighting a cigarette for himself.
"Director, you seem to be in good health. Why are you retiring so soon?"
"What do you mean by 'robust'? I'm almost seventy years old, it's time to make way for you young people."
"Director, I may have to disappoint you. Thank you very much for recommending me, but I declined earlier."
You know my situation; I'm really not suited to be a leader.
After listening to Li Chu's words, Director Liang silently smoked his cigarette. After a while, he sighed and said, "Sigh, I understand what you're saying. The reason I recommended you is that I don't want you to leave the hospital."
I worry that if you leave one day, our hospital will truly have no one left to shoulder the responsibility of traditional Chinese medicine.
"Director, it's not as exaggerated as you say." Li Chu raised his chin and gestured towards the other two consultation rooms: "Whether it's Dr. Sun, Dr. Luo, or Dr. Liu, their medical skills are all quite good."
Moreover, I think some of the apprentices they're training are quite promising.
"You!" Director Liang smiled and pointed at Li Chu: "I won't say anything else, but just look at that kidney failure classification study you did in the name of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Department and the Internal Medicine Department. Let any of them go over there and see if they can understand those terms."
"Director Liang, what you said is somewhat biased. After all, that's Western medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine didn't have a disease called kidney failure before."
"That's the problem. We didn't have it before, but now that we do, why are people unwilling to learn it?" Director Liang clapped his hands and said.
"Xiao Li, look at the other departments in the hospital. The surgery department has partnered with the university to work on a kidney transplant project; the internal medicine department has a project you're working on, and there's also a project in collaboration with the Institute of Chinese Materia Medica."
The obstetrics and gynecology department has been working on standardizing cesarean section procedures lately, but look at what our traditional Chinese medicine department is doing? Clinging to those old, outdated methods... we're practically throwing them all away.
Director Liang was so anxious that he was about to swear.
This was too big a question for Li Chu to answer, so he could only smile wryly and remain silent.
Director Liang himself knew this, and shook his head, then patted Li Chu on the shoulder: "In the future, when we find a good candidate, we must pass on your medical skills."
After saying that, Director Liang threw away the cigarette butt in his hand and turned back to his office.
Li Chu slowly strolled back to his consultation room.
Just as I was wondering if I should take on a few outpatient visits since I had nothing to do today, I remembered the acupuncture manual that Uncle Lin had taken from me.
I wonder if they've found someone to translate that book yet.
He got up and walked out of the consultation room to make a phone call to ask.
I thought I'd go to the director's office to make the call, but the old man was in a bad mood, so I turned around and went to the security office instead.
After finishing the phone call and leaving the security office, I learned that the people Uncle Lin had found had already translated those books, but it would take some time before they could be given to him.
Uncle Lin is currently having those books mimeographed.
Li Chu didn't care whether it was mimeographed or not, as long as it was translated well, he could understand it.
Sigh, I wonder if Wenxuan will be willing to learn traditional Chinese medicine from him when he grows up.
It's too slow and too difficult for a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner to train an apprentice. Nowadays, who would want their child to become an apprentice? They might study for ten or twenty years and still not earn much money.
Chapter 188 Ordinary
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