The dean of the County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine as Dr. Lu’s assistant?

Really?

Ye Feifei, who was doing the final preparations for work in front of the herbal medicine cabinet, couldn’t help but look up when she heard this.

"Sis..."

"Manager, did you say the dean of the County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine is coming to be Dr. Lu’s assistant?"

"Did I hear that right?"

Ye Feifei had a look of surprise on her face, almost unable to believe what she just heard.

"It’s true."

Lin Mu nodded and said, "Dr. Lu mentioned it to me yesterday that Dean Zhang from the County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine is coming. I’m thrilled about it, and Dean Zhang even personally called me last night to tell me about it. Do you think I would deceive you?"

Sss~

Ye Feifei took a deep breath and turned to look at Lu Xuan, her eyes shining.

That’s the dean of the County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a figure of relatively high social status for the ordinary people living in Anjiang County.

How powerful is a dean of the "County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine"?

The dean is responsible for all sorts of work in the hospital, his power is both significant and subtle.

The dean recruits temporary workers based on business needs, indirectly showing the dean’s power, as some county hospitals have several hundred non-regular staff.

The County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine is a representative of the county-level cities, and it’s basically the best traditional Chinese medicine hospital in the county, decent even by today’s standards.

If it’s in a financially strong county, the hospital’s capabilities are all the more, with its scale and infrastructure likely much better than other sub-county-level hospitals.

An increase in scale means more hospital beds, higher income, more staff, and consequently more projects such as equipment, medical instruments, annual drug purchases, and ward construction and renovation; improving these aspects raises the hospital’s grade.

The larger the hospital scales, the more patients it can receive, therefore increasing its income, and possibly raising the work level of the medical staff, thus making it more attractive to prospective staff.

What’s more, hospitals promote and advance a batch of medical personnel annually and hire new staff to facilitate better hospital operations, all requiring the dean’s nod of approval.

The number of promoted personnel positions and new recruits are decided by the leadership, including the dean; hiring also awaits the dean’s approval.

Moreover, it’s a well-known fact that expanding a hospital’s scale leads to increased needs in drugs and instruments.

The procurement of these infrastructure assets is pre-approved by brands before tender, requiring the dean’s office meeting’s approval before purchases can be made, thus reflecting a traditional Chinese medicine hospital dean’s authority.

Moreover, not just that.

As someone who works in a pharmacy, Ye Feifei’s background in medicine is substantial, enabling her to obtain a pharmacist’s certification; that’s why she knows a bit about hospital workings.

Besides, back in school, the school had an affiliated hospital where she interned, but later she returned to Anjiang for convenience in life and family care, thus leaving the hospital for Huian Pharmacy.

However, during her internship, she heard quite a lot about medical staff affairs.

It’s well-known that hospital doctors also have hierarchy levels.

From practicing physician to attending physician, from attending to associate chief physician, then to chief physician, and finally, vice senior and senior ranks.

Each level-up is a substantial barrier for any doctor.

Self-capacity is necessary, but another key factor is interpersonal relationships.

The way medical staff titles are evaluated also reflects the dean’s influence, although not evidently; title appraisal still hinges on the medical staff’s performance and regular work, the impact of a hospital head is significant.

Imagine the extent of authority held by the dean of the County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Yet, such a figure, wielding immense control over the entire Anjiang County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, even holding life and death power, seen as a big shot by common people, surprisingly volunteers as an assistant to a young man in his twenties.

Just how terrifying must this young man’s medical skills be?

Ye Feifei couldn’t imagine.

But one thing she was sure of, despite her grandiose imagination of Lu Xuan’s abilities, she still underestimated this young man in his twenties.

While Ye Feifei was lost in thought, suddenly, laughter came from the door: "Am I late?"

Everyone looked up and followed the sound, only to see a nearly sixty-year-old man in a Zhongshan suit standing at Huian Pharmacy’s door, looking at everyone with a cheerful smile.

Ye Feifei was taken aback, not recognizing him.

Lin Mu furrowed his brow, the voice seemed familiar, but he still wasn’t sure.

Until Lu Xuan saw him and hurriedly came forward: "Dean Zhang."

With Lu Xuan’s call of "Dean Zhang," everyone returned to reality, and Lin Mu also realized that the elderly man in front of him was Dean Zhang, who had contacted him last night, and excitedly approached to shake Zhang Guangli’s hand, exclaiming, "Dean Zhang, I was just wondering why this voice sounded so familiar, and here you are, arriving so early."