Chapter 57: Encounter with a "Beggar"
Lao Wang has seen more. "Does Chief Qin mean that our institute should be the same as the Lenghe Town Health Center?"
Qin Ju shook his head. "It's different. What we are going to build in the future is the Lenghe District Hospital, which can be understood as a city hospital, not a town health hospital."
"Our Lenghe Town is not that big. We can't have both a town hospital and a city hospital... No, a city hospital. Why does it feel weird?"
Qin Ju smiled. What she had to do was to merge the town health hospital and the factory health clinic first, and this merger had to be led and controlled by her.
Qian Guiying looked at the ambition in her eyes, and suddenly her heart beat faster.
He asked tentatively, "What Qin Suo means is that our Lenghe Town will no longer be a town, but a city?"
Qin Ju nodded, "I believe that with the speed of development over the past three years, this day will definitely come."
Originally, no one dared to imagine that a tiny, deserted town could one day become a city. But when she said that, and thought about the rapid changes in recent years, the growing population, increasingly convenient transportation, and better days...it seemed hopeful again.
"Okay, let's all do our own things." She took a few notebooks and went straight to Secretary Gong's office.
Secretary Gong was on the phone. When he saw her, he couldn't help but smile kindly. After hanging up the phone, he came to the door and called her, "Come in. What's the matter?"
Qin Ju smiled and poured himself some water without any hesitation, and also poured another cup for the old secretary.
While drinking water, seeing that the old man seemed to be in a good mood, Qin Jue took the opportunity to tell him his plan.
Secretary Gong listened quietly, and waited until she finished explaining her plans and intentions before asking, "Where do you plan to expand, and how big is it?"
“I thought since it was a merger of two units, I would build it in the middle so that no one would suffer.”
"The problem in Lenghe Town right now is that the medical resources are too scattered and too weak. Take our clinic for example. Although it is nominally a factory clinic, we actually serve the entire Lenghe Town. We see all the patients who come to register. As far as I know, the number of patients in the clinic is decreasing. Last month alone, our clinic's outpatient volume was ten times that of theirs."
Of course, 80% of them come here to see Chinese medicine.
Everyone comes here for Qinji's reputation. Most of them only need to take two prescriptions of Chinese medicine. For those with external injuries or who need intravenous injections, Lao Wang and Lao Liu can barely handle them. In the end, the health hospital has been left out.
"Humph, the last time I met Dean Zhao, he came to me to complain about why people from Lenghe Town came to our clinic for medical treatment. He didn't even bother to check the level of the people he led. If he wanted to treat patients well, who would be willing to come here?" Secretary Gong snorted coldly.
Factory workers can see a doctor for free at the clinic, and their families also have certain discounts, but the fees for town residents are higher than those for the clinic. Even so, people are willing to come in, spend more money and queue up. What does this prove?
Humph, the common people are not fools. They know clearly who is good at treating illnesses!
"I don't mean to belittle the health center. I just think that building a comprehensive hospital not only complies with the current health development plan and actual needs of Lenghe Town, but also can better integrate primary medical resources. There is no health infrastructure on both sides, and it is not considered duplication. Don't you think so?"
Secretary Gong nodded. Not to mention that the factory clinic only had a few rooms, even the town clinic was not much better. It was just a few bungalows by the cold river, and they could only give injections and drips, and nothing else. Even pregnant women had to ask Xiao Qin to deliver the babies. He got angry just thinking about it, but there was nothing he could do.
Those who have been working at the grassroots level all their lives are old people with little education and professional skills. It is not their fault that their level is low, but as a family member and a patient, he feels a little helpless when he himself gets sick.
In the past, we had to go outside to see a doctor for any illness. Now, we have to come to the factory to see Xiao Qin for any illness. This is not a big deal.
"The hospital currently has more medical staff than we do. If we merge them together, we won't have to recruit any more people. At the same time, we can mobilize their idle staff and reduce the burden on our doctors. To be honest, this is my selfish desire."
Qin Ju also felt sorry for her subordinates. Although everyone's life had become visibly better in recent years, they were still really busy. All their spare time was used up, like a spinning top that never stops. She was also tired.
Fortunately, the medicine farm has the commander-in-chief Zhong Weimin to take care of it. She only goes to help when he is very busy, otherwise she would really be exhausted.
Mainly, her outpatient volume is increasing, and she is not a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner. Many diseases can be treated with Western medicine, but the reputation of the health center is not good, so everyone likes to come to her, which increases the outpatient volume.
Secretary Gong flipped through the notebook she handed over, which was full of various data comparisons of the two hospitals in recent months. He smiled when he saw it.
"You guys have taken on all the medical responsibilities that they should have taken on, but they are just sitting there doing nothing. This is not acceptable. We all get the same salary, so everyone has to get moving."
Qin Ju was not sure whether to agree or not. After all, her original intention was not to make trouble but to solve the problem and integrate resources.
"I have gone to the regional health bureau to get some feedback. As long as the factory agrees, this can be done. Secretary, I am counting on you, old man."
Secretary Gong smiled and said, "Okay, I'll discuss this with Lao Li and the others, and then ask for instructions from the higher-ups."
No matter what you do, you can't act on your own, let alone something as big as expansion.
As for whether the health center is willing?
Qin Ju dared to say this, he must have been fed up with them for a long time.
In recent years, seeing the increasing number of outpatient visits, higher salaries, and dividends from traditional Chinese medicine, the people in the health hospital have long been unable to sit still and are almost demolishing the doorstep of Qin Ju's house.
At first, they did not dare to think about merging the two units, but instead thought about whether they could invite Qin Ju to come over to see patients and bring some patients back. Secondly, they also thought about whether they could spare some time to come to the medicine field to help out and earn some extra money.
Of course Qin Ju would not agree, but this also reminded her that the two hospitals were finally merged in the last life, but that was in the late 1990s. Now is only the early 1980s, it is a little early, but how to know if it will work if you don't try?
Unexpectedly, the process went quite smoothly. The Health Bureau even highly approved of this kind of resource integration and promised to provide them with 50,000 yuan in funding.
Secretary Gong and several others in the factory also thought it was feasible. A good hospital would attract more people to settle down. Then their families would be willing to live there, and the workers would be able to focus on their work without distractions, right? After discussing it, they agreed to provide them with 30,000 yuan in funding.
This time, we secured 80,000 yuan!
Qin Ju was very happy. Now she was just waiting for the approval document. She had already led people to work seriously on site selection.
*
On National Day, Qin Ju's family and Ai Lan's family went to the provincial capital as guests.
The bride is Zhu Bamei, the girl from Qilitun who bought Ailan's job that year. It is said that she resigned from the state-owned hotel last year and opened a very grand hotel. She also talked to an official who works in the provincial government. She is very grateful to the Qin family for giving her the opportunity to work in the state-owned hotel because that is where she started her business and met her lover there.
The young couple went all the way to Lenghe Town to entertain the guests, and the wedding invitations were delivered to their doorstep, so Qin Jue and Ai Lan naturally came out specially, and they also wanted to take Dou Bao and Xiao Ba Jin to visit the provincial capital.
Doubao is in the third grade this year. She is six years old and understands more and more things. She is no longer like when she first went out, asking her father everything. Now, it is Xiao Bajin who points at things and asks her, "Sister, what is this?" She has asked at least eighty times along the way.
Ailan was annoyed by the noise and asked him to stop talking, but he covered his mouth and asked with his eyes. Doubao patiently answered all his questions every time.
Qin Ju even discussed this with her grandmother in private. Her elder sister had been very patient with Doubao before, much more patient than her biological mother. Why did she lose patience with her own child after becoming a mother herself?
"Does she lose her patience in just one day?" Anyone would get angry around Xiao Bajin.
Qin Guihua sighed and rubbed her ears that were hurt by the noise. "Xiao Bajin is different from Doubao. Doubao came to repay a favor, but he came to seek revenge."
The little boy was naturally energetic, and he was tall and big since he was born. It seemed as if he had endless electricity in his body. After he could talk and walk, his mouth and legs never rested. He kept talking and moving every day. Even when he was sick and had an IV drip, he would jump around for two hours. There was no one else like him in the family area.
Qin Ju couldn't help but shudder when she thought of Xiao Bajin's "outstanding" performance over the past three years.
Arriving at the provincial capital, they first went to the guesthouse to check in so that the family could wash and get ready, and take the necessities for Doudou and Xiao Bajin. It was already past two in the afternoon, and the two brothers-in-law, Lao He and Lao Liao, also rushed over from school, went into the guesthouse to pack up, and then the group walked to the door to take the bus.
The Shi family's banquet was held at the Shilan Hotel, the largest and best hotel in the province. It is said that if the day is good, the number of people who have made reservations can flatten the general manager's threshold. Only cadres at the provincial party committee level and above are eligible to make reservations.
Take the bus to the gate of the provincial government, then walk back for four or five minutes, and you will see a huge, magnificent hotel in front of you. Red lanterns and ribbons have been hung at the door. Xiao Bajin has never seen colorful ribbons before, and he wanted to grab a handful just by looking at them.
But his sister told him not to catch her, so he just endured it with his eyes wide open.
"It's the same with Doubao. If my brother likes it, I'll let him touch it. It won't hurt to touch it."
Before Doubao could say anything, Ailan protected him and held him in her arms. "Just get used to him, grandma. If he touches you, you will want it. If he wants it, you should pull one out. Anyway, it won't be noticeable if one is missing. If you pull one out, he will want to pull two or three?"
Everyone's desire grows step by step and expands little by little. If a child says he wants all the ribbons right after he comes home, the adults will definitely disagree. But if the desire increases a little bit, the adults will satisfy him unknowingly.
The old lady was embarrassed and didn't say anything, but she touched Doubao's head and said, "Grandma is not angry with our Doubao, ah, Grandma should be beaten."
She loved little Douzi the most, but the old lady liked to indulge children. This time she couldn't control herself and it was as if she was blaming Doubao. She felt very guilty.
Doubao shook his head generously, "I'm not angry. Grandma should be a person with principles."
"Besides, grandma, the key point is that the things belong to someone else. They have such a big happy event today, so it's not appropriate to give them one, right?"
"Okay, okay, okay, I just say one word and you fire your machine gun."
“Dududu... tut tut tut…” Little Bajin imitated them and started performing with his mouth.
Everyone laughed, and in their hearts they all sighed that after Ailan gave birth to a child, her personality really became more and more like Qin Jue.
"Grandma, Lai Di?" As they were talking and laughing, a weak voice suddenly came from not far away.
When they looked back, they saw a few beggars squatting in the corner of the hotel.
"Grandma, Lai Di, is it really you?" Those two, one small, raggedly dressed "beggars" with black and yellow spots on their faces, could they be none other than Qin Youdi's family of three.
"Hey, second brother, what are you guys doing?"
"Wuwu, please open your eyes, God, please let Guanyin show her spirit... Grandma... Wuwu, we were almost killed here, Wuwu..."
Youdi rushed over, hugged the old lady and cried loudly. It was really the people's long wait for the People's Liberation Army to enter the city.
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