novelraw Chapter 358 - 324: Accelerating Both Chinese and Western Medicine
Chapter 358 - 324: Accelerating Both Chinese and Western Medicine
Wei Medical Hall.
Lu Jiu has already become a doctor here.
Because of his excellent acupuncture skills, most patients can be cured immediately.
After three days of practice, Shang Yehua’s station saw an increasing number of patients coming to register.
Clearly, this is the benefit of a good reputation.
Those patients treated by Lu Jiu must have spread the word extensively after returning home.
Nowadays, with WeChat and TikTok, news spreads very quickly.
You might see something one moment, and a few minutes later, it’s already all over the internet.
In just three days, the number of patients Lu Jiu attended was almost the same as that of the department head in the outpatient room.
This speed is quite remarkable.
Because other traditional Chinese medicine doctors in the outpatient department may not have seen their patient numbers increase as quickly as Lu Jiu’s, even after nearly ten years.
But this is also because everyone specializes in different fields; Lu Jiu relies not only on prescribing herbs but also on his acupuncture skills, which are almost as strong as those of famous doctors like Shen Congwei, who work abroad.
Therefore, it’s not exaggerated at all for him to receive this kind of treatment.
It’s just that his age, combined with his medical skill, makes many Chinese medicine doctors feel as if they have wasted decades of study.
Lu Jiu’s achievements undoubtedly reached the ears of Wei Zhengxian as well.
To reach the number of patients treated by a doctor at the department-head level in just three days surprised Wei Zhengxian quite a bit.
As one of the top traditional Chinese medicine clinics in Jinling, Wei Medical Hall receives quite a complex range of patients, many of whom come with difficult and complicated cases.
Sometimes, even when encountering certain patients, he finds it quite challenging, and even if Lu Jiu can treat cancer, I’m sure that a few days of practice won’t be easy.
Yet, the fact is that Lu Jiu’s situation is flourishing; if he hadn’t been practicing for only a few days, Shang Yehua’s station might have become his.
"You mean, Lu Jiu wants to share their hospital’s model and medicinal diet recipes with us?"
In the office, Wei Zhengxian sat in the chair, facing Shang Yehua.
"Yes, over the past few days, he has carefully shared the operational model of their hospital with me, and I have recorded all the details. Master Wei, I never imagined that a traditional Chinese medicine hospital could be operated in such a manner. Truly, it’s astonishing, and perhaps such a Chinese medicine hospital could really become the path for Chinese medicine’s future." Shang Yehua was very excited.
Since Lu Jiu had an honest conversation with him, he disclosed all the details of Lu Jiu TCM Hospital to Shang Yehua.
From the setting of recovery rates, the evaluation of doctors’ salaries, sub-department systems, the relationship between treatment and profit departments, to whether a TCM hospital should focus on prevention or treatment, etc.
In short, Lu Jiu laid out the entire planning of the hospital’s construction, development, and future stages without holding anything back.
After hearing all this, especially knowing about the profitability of Lu Jiu TCM Hospital, Shang Yehua felt that this model could perhaps indeed be applied to Wei Medical Hall.
Because Wei Medical Hall fulfills almost every condition.
Even more so, it’s better suited for this model than Lu Jiu TCM Hospital.
Because they have more people than Lu Jiu TCM Hospital, and more money too.
Moreover, if they wanted to, they could recruit many TCM practitioners to join the profit departments right away.
After all, in running with the model of Lu Jiu TCM Hospital, top doctors only need to be in the treatment departments, while ordinary TCM doctors can stay and participate in the profit departments.
At the same time, using a rotation system, ordinary TCM doctors can rotate to other departments to learn.
This way, Wei Medical Hall can completely expand its operations again in the shortest time.
Without worrying about any decline in reputation.
As for profitability, given the size of Wei Medical Hall and the experience Lu Jiu TCM Hospital has summarized from trial and error, they can only earn, and it’s hard to incur losses.
"Oh? Tell me more!" Wei Zhengxian knew about Lu Jiu TCM Hospital, but he hadn’t delved deeply into the specifics.
Even Huang Fusheng’s prior speeches weren’t comprehensive.
Upon hearing this, Shang Yehua immediately took out his notebook and recounted the notes to Wei Zhengxian one by one.
At first, Wei Zhengxian remained calm, especially when it came to the doctors’ salaries, which he had heard about from Huang Fusheng, which was indeed somewhat ingenious.
But when he heard Shang Yehua say that the ultimate goal of this model is to change people’s lifestyles, focusing on TCM physical exams, combined with AI smart robots to achieve nationwide health checks and prevent diseases beforehand.
He was astonished!
As someone who studied The Book of Changes, someone who once entered the Dao.
Wei Zhengxian sees deeper.
The so-called movement against the Dao, the function of the weak Dao, everything in the world moves towards its opposite.
He’s not worried about the future of Chinese medicine because decades ago, Chinese medicine went through its darkest moments, and with the development of society, Chinese medicine will slowly reach its peak.
Western medicine, heralded by the economic society, has already peaked, but it will soon decline, which is an inevitable trend of development that no one can change.
It was just that when Wei Zhengxian heard about Lu Jiu’s planning for the future of Chinese medicine, he was a bit surprised.
Because Western medicine started with technology, technology brought Western medicine the fundamental benefit, which is the various advanced diagnostic devices, giving Western medicine eyes to treat diseases.
This is the core of Western medicine!
However, now, Lu Jiu wants to use even more advanced technology to enhance Chinese medicine, thoroughly replacing the advantages of Western medicine, which undoubtedly imitates the steps of Western medicine’s rise.
Just like every country that caught the industrial revolution opportunity, ushered in decades of rapid development.
If this idea could be realized, perhaps not only will Chinese medicine lead the world, but it might also lead globally!
This is accelerating both TCM and Western medicine!
"Master Wei, do you think we can adopt this model?"
After explaining the model of Lu Jiu TCM Hospital, Shang Yehua was still immersed in it. Although he very much hoped that Wei Medical Hall could also follow this path, he also understood that it would be a very difficult matter for the huge Wei Medical Hall to completely change in a short time.
After all, although Wei Medical Hall belongs to Wei Zhengxian, not all the doctors may agree with his views, and the decision-making still depends on Wei Zhengxian.
Wei Zhengxian smiled lightly, "We can give it a try."
Ah!?
He agreed just like that?
Shang Yehua hadn’t expected it to be this simple.
He thought Wei Zhengxian would need to consider it!
"Master Wei, are you serious?" Shang Yehua asked.
Wei Zhengxian replied, "Of course, but temporarily, we won’t touch the main body of Wei Medical Hall. Instead, we’ll establish a branch elsewhere and operate it with this model. Then, we can assign some TCM doctors to be stationed there, and the students from the academy can be allowed to practice in the branch as well."
"There’s no rush for this. For now, help me get Lu Jiu over here. After so many days, it’s about time we had a talk."
Upon hearing this, Shang Yehua’s face lit up with joy, "The evaluation of him is over?"
Wei Zhengxian laughed, "Yes, I originally planned to give him something when his practice ended, but now it seems the situation has changed."
Shang Yehua, puzzled, asked, "The situation has changed?"
Wei Zhengxian smiled, "What do you think about Wei Medical Hall officially forming a partnership with Lu Jiu TCM Hospital?"
Ah!?
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