Doctor: Picking Up Attributes in the Hospital-Chapter 315 - 310: The Ward Has Become a Good Place
Zhao Heng nodded, his father had previously suggested to him whether he should join a takeout app to increase his income.
Now thinking about it, the old man opened the shop just to stay busy. If he did takeout, it would just increase his workload, be exhausting, and might not earn more, with the platform taking a big cut, making it a pointless endeavor.
"Everyone is finding it hard to make a living."
Liu Ziang said with some sigh, although he’s doing well now, in the doctor profession, how many can achieve what Liu Ziang has?
The two were chatting for a while, and after forty minutes, the delivery guy came in with a big bag.
"Let’s eat, the food is here."
Liu Ziang said to Zhao Heng when he saw the delivery guy come in.
Next, Zhao Heng, Liu Ziang, Liu Meng, and Tian Zhen sat around the office desk, ready to have a midnight snack.
When they opened the big bag, Zhao Heng was a bit stunned.
Mutton skewers, oysters, scallops, hairy crabs, crayfish, not to mention salmon sashimi, and with this portion, absolutely impossible for four people to finish.
"Senior, how much did you order? I think we might not finish it all."
Zhao Heng couldn’t help but say to Liu Ziang.
Eating this gout-inducing meal in the middle of the night might mean no need for meals tomorrow.
It’s well known that eating seafood can cause gout, and consuming too much seafood can lead to gout due to excessive intake of purines. Normally, moderate consumption won’t cause gout in healthy people, but for those who already have gout or hyperuricemia, consuming too much seafood at once can trigger gout.
Gout itself is a metabolic disease caused by purine metabolism disorder and decreased uric acid excretion. Seafood is high in purines, if gout patients consume a lot, purines in seafood can lead to excessive uric acid production, causing uric acid crystals to accumulate in joints, triggering gout.
"If you can’t finish, try harder. It’s rare for me to treat you, if I ordered less, you’d think I’m stingy."
Liu Ziang said with a smile, this seafood barbecue takeout cost nearly a thousand, but for Liu Ziang, it’s nothing.
"Senior, what you ordered is definitely a gout-inducing meal."
Looking at the array of seafood, Zhao Heng couldn’t help but say.
"Why worry so much, life is about enjoying good food and drinks, otherwise what’s the fun?"
Liu Ziang said indifferently.
"Alright then."
Zhao Heng nodded, actually he likes seafood quite a bit, maybe because his hometown is inland, he seldom eats seafood.
However, it’s just about tasting something fresh.
Eating seafood, Zhao Heng suddenly remembered that Li Yang came to report at the ward in the afternoon, so he asked Liu Meng, "Dr. Liu, Dr. Li came this afternoon, right? How is he?"
"Yes, he came, I’ve arranged for him to take tomorrow’s day shift."
Replied Liu Meng.
"Is there a newcomer to your ward? Dr. Li? Which Dr. Li?"
Hearing Zhao Heng and Liu Meng’s conversation, Liu Ziang couldn’t help but ask curiously.
"Li Yang from emergency."
Zhao Heng said.
"Li Yang? Why did he come to your ward?"
Liu Ziang was even more puzzled, everyone knew, in emergency, Li Yang was practically Director Song Siming’s confidant, why leave emergency and go to another department?
"Uh... Senior, is my ward not good enough?"
Zhao Heng finished a crayfish tail, wiped his hands with a wet tissue, and said somewhat speechlessly.
Though, at present, the ward is short on staff, beds and equipment are scarce, still in a start-up phase, but nonetheless, the patients we take are all difficult cases.
Not to brag, Zhao Heng is confident that within a year, this ward will become the most desired department for all doctors at Eastern Hospital.
"It’s not that your ward is bad, just feels a bit strange. If it’s his decision to leave emergency, it’s quite a shame."
Liu Ziang said with some sigh.
The reason he’s sighing is that Li Yang was in the same batch as him when joining Eastern Hospital, now he’s made it to the position of Deputy Director in neurosurgery, thriving, yet Li Yang has been low-key, staying under Song Siming, unable to progress.
Now, as a Deputy Director, Li Yang seems far from that role, and has left the emergency he struggled with for over ten years for Zhao Heng’s ward.
They joined at the same time, yet the gap now is so wide, Liu Ziang naturally feels the contrast.
"I might know a bit about why Dr. Li left emergency."
Liu Meng suddenly said.
She also came from emergency and actively applied to Zhao Heng’s ward, so she knows quite a bit.
"Okay, Dr. Liu, tell us."
Liu Ziang said with interest.
If it were others, given his personality, he wouldn’t care, but since Li Yang joined with him at Eastern Hospital, their relationship was good during training.
Regarding Li Yang, Liu Ziang is somewhat concerned.
"Actually, it’s quite simple, Li Yang didn’t get the Deputy Director in emergency, and chances don’t look good in the upcoming years, so staying longer is meaningless." 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢
Liu Meng said simply and directly.
At Eastern Hospital, the work environment is notoriously competitive, Liu Meng feels this deeply, not to mention management roles like Deputy Director, even as an attending physician, Liu Meng hasn’t succeeded!
"That blow is indeed quite significant."
Said Liu Ziang.
Such situations, waiting many years but never achieving a Deputy Director role, are common at Eastern Hospital, a top domestic hospital.
However, Liu Ziang can’t quite understand such helplessness and heartache, given that he’s the youngest Deputy Director in Eastern Hospital history!
"Dr. Li’s skills are solid, his work attitude is good, with him in the ward, junior, you’ve got a gem."
After a pause, Liu Ziang commented.
It was clear, even someone as talented as Liu Ziang held Li Yang in high regard.
Such a person, spending so many years in emergency without advancement, was quite unfortunate.
"I know, thanks to Director Song’s mentoring in emergency."
Zhao Heng said with a hint of meaning.
"Haha!"
"Junior, your words are a bit sharp."
Upon hearing Zhao Heng, Liu Ziang laughed.
There was a bit of interaction between Zhao Heng and Song Siming, simply put, Song Siming had promised Zhao Heng the role of Assistant Director.
But things took an unexpected turn, officially, Song Siming encouraged Zhao Heng to pursue Assistant Director, yet secretly, the position was almost reserved for Dean Yin Lifeng’s nephew, Yin Jian.
The most amusing part was when Yin Jian’s scandals surfaced, leading to him being kicked out of the hospital, the assistant director role was never mentioned again.
Zhao Heng bringing this up now certainly felt like a bit of "you were indifferent to me before, now you can’t reach me."
Which made Liu Ziang find it amusing.
"Actually, I think it’s the best timing for Li Yang to come to the ward now. If it were a few months later, he might not make it."
Liu Meng suddenly said.
"That’s quite true, the dean intends to use this ward as a pilot for Nano Therapy and Stem Cell Therapy, both are leading medical technologies nationwide and globally, any related projects, writing papers, gaining titles would be quite simple."
Liu Ziang said agreeably.
For doctors, progressing in titles is challenging, mainly due to needing research papers.
And Zhao Heng’s ward naturally provides the best environment for paper writing, nearly every complex case could be turned into a high-value paper.
This advantage is unmatched by other departments.
