I Can Talk to the Internal Organs-Chapter 312 - 278: This Hospital Has Only Been Open for Just Over Two Months?
At the dining table, several people sat together. During this unusual time, they all used tea instead of wine to toast each other. After a few casual chats, Liu Xing quickly steered the conversation back.
"Director Lu, I heard that Lu Jiu, in his twenties, is already the director of a private hospital. Wow, a hospital director in his twenties, you won’t find another one like him in the country, with unlimited potential!"
Before coming, Liu Xing had asked Wen Congyi to consult Fang Qian.
Upon learning that Lu Jiu is already the director of a private hospital, he even had a moment of doubt, suspecting that the paper might have been authored by someone else.
Because a hospital director in his twenties seems like someone who was pushed up the ranks, especially at a traditional medicine hospital.
However, Fang Qian highly praised Lu Jiu’s medical skills over the phone, and shared many examples, even sending them videos of Lu Jiu.
This dispelled some of their doubts and prompted them to come to Jianghan to meet Lu Jiu and understand the value of sugar more deeply.
"This kid got lucky, and by chance became a student of Huang Fusheng, also known as Elder Huang. On the surface, he’s the director of the hospital, but in reality, the hospital belongs to Elder Huang," Lu Feng explained.
Huang Fusheng?
The group was quite familiar with Huang Fusheng.
Especially Mo Linxun.
He had once led a team to the frontline to fight an epidemic, and coincidentally, Huang Fusheng was at the same place.
At that time, everyone was in protective gear, so he couldn’t tell who was who, only seeing the names on the back of the gear.
Once, the hospital received a critically ill patient who needed urgent care. Despite exhausting every method, his team had no solutions. At this critical moment, the traditional medicine group proposed to join the rescue. After three days of herbal treatment, the patient miraculously pulled through the danger period.
In over a month of subsequent treatment, they even managed to turn the critically ill patient into a mild case and eventually even cured the aftereffects.
Mind you, this was done without knowing anything about the virus.
The maneuvers by Huang Fusheng’s team truly left a profound impact on Mo Linxun, and during that time, he would discuss cases with Huang Fusheng whenever he could find time.
After lots of inquiries, he found out that Huang Fusheng was indeed a national expert in traditional Chinese medicine.
Previously, Mo Linxun hadn’t had much interaction with Chinese medicine, but during the epidemic, his perspective greatly changed.
"Elder Huang is in Jianghan?" Liu Xing asked in surprise.
"Yes, because they’re building a herbal base in Jianghan, so Elder Huang came last year, and that’s when Lu Jiu apprenticed under Elder Huang," Lu Feng said.
They had long known about the herbal base, so this news wasn’t surprising.
Instead, the timing of Lu Jiu’s apprenticeship made them contemplate.
Could the efficacy of sugar be suggested by Huang Fusheng?
If Huang Fusheng could make Lu Jiu the director, then supporting him with a paper isn’t impossible.
After all, traditional Chinese medicine isn’t something a young person in their twenties can fully master, no matter how well Fang Qian explained it, they couldn’t entirely quell their doubts.
"May I ask, how many years has Lu Jiu been studying medicine?" Mo Linxun asked. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎
Lu Feng replied, "It’s been over twenty years. He followed my father from a young age, getting involved with traditional Chinese medicine from five or six years old."
"Recognizing herbs, tasting herbs, collecting herbs, and reciting classics, he laid the foundation from a very young age. When he grew up, he was admitted to Jinling University of Chinese Medicine, and after graduation, he did some work at Jinling Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Later, which was probably last year, he returned to Jianghan to take over my father’s clinic."
At this point, Gu Jun added, "Elder Mo, you might not know this, but ever since Dr. Lu took over his grandfather’s clinic, it immediately became a sensation in the entire Jianghan area."
"It even caused a street to be congested with traffic that traffic police had to come and maintain order. It was the first time we saw this in Jianghan."
So exaggerated?
"Isn’t it? If not for the construction of the new hospital, that road would still be blocked. However, I heard recently their hospital became popular again, seemingly because they established a medicinal cuisine department, and many people are going to the hospital just to eat."
"Hahaha, when a traditional Chinese medicine hospital opened a restaurant, I thought it was somewhat mixed up, but once I went, I realised it was excellent, using dietary therapy instead of Chinese medicine for health maintenance, absolutely brilliant."
At the dining table, Huang, the dean of the People’s Hospital, also joined the conversation.
From his words, Mo Linxun and others learned that Lu Jiu’s hospital even opened a medicinal cuisine department.
This seemed like part of the wellness industry.
Yet, a traditional Chinese medicine hospital is certainly qualified to start such a department.
And traditional Chinese medicine hospitals might even be more qualified than the wellness industry.
Dietary therapy is an old practice of traditional Chinese medicine.
Historically, it dates back to the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
It was the Medical Saint Zhang Zhongjing who invented dumplings.
Interesting!
Hearing this, they became more eager to visit Lu Jiu and his hospital.
"Not only that, but their hospital reportedly offers a half refund on medical fees if they can’t treat patients; I have a relative who drank seven days of Chinese medicine with no effect, and they refunded half the medical fees on the spot and offered a free re-examination by their director."
What!?
Half refund if the treatment is ineffective?
This...
They had never seen such a practice in any hospital.
Not to mention private hospitals, even public ones don’t offer this.
Because doing so would be very troublesome; the hospital might not even keep running.
It’s said that in Shangjing, there was a traditional Chinese medicine hospital that proposed to the health commission to refund all medical expenses if the hospital couldn’t treat the patient, hoping all hospitals in Shangjing would follow.
This proposal was ultimately unanimously opposed by all hospitals in Shangjing, and the head of that traditional Chinese medicine hospital was dismissed on the spot.
One can only say the vision was good, but the approach was too hasty.
"How is their current business situation?" Liu Xing asked.
"This isn’t clear, but it shouldn’t be bad. Their medicinal cuisine department alone earns quite a profit daily, so a loss is unlikely," Gu Jun said.
Liu Xing nodded, noting Mo Linxun’s signaling glance.
Then, after they had almost finished eating, Liu Xing spoke up, "Director Gu, let’s call it a day, we would like to visit Lu Jiu TCM Hospital now."
Gu Jun put down his chopsticks, "Sure, let’s go together."
So, the group got into a car and headed to Lu Jiu TCM Hospital.
Upon arriving at the entrance, they were stopped by the guard.
"I’m sorry, the parking is full; you’ll need to find parking elsewhere."
Wow!
It’s already five or six in the afternoon, and the parking lot is still full; there seem to be quite a few people.
Seeing this, the group could only park their car on the side and walk into the hospital.
Lu Feng had notified Lu Jiu beforehand.
Lu Jiu was welcoming, but while on duty they were too busy to greet them, so Liu Xing and the others had to find their way on their own.
However, as soon as they entered the hospital lobby and saw the bustling scene, Wen Congyi couldn’t help but wonder, "Is this really a newly built hospital?"
This many patients at this time doesn’t feel like a newly opened hospital.
"I believe it’s been open for just over two months," Gu Jun said.
"Yes, that’s how long it’s been," Lu Feng added.
Only two months?
Liu Xing and the others finally understood why people were so positive about Lu Jiu TCM Hospital during the meal.
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