Practicing Medical Skills in a Small Clinic-Chapter 241 - 147: Recruitment, the Terrifying Oral Ulcer (Part 2)
The old man had been treated at the health station several times, but never got better.
In the end, he was cured in one go by Li Jingsheng.
Ding Shouwang naturally looked at Sunshine Clinic’s capabilities with new respect.
When Boss Ye heard about this, she couldn’t help but glance at Li Jingsheng with surprise.
Perhaps she hadn’t expected Li Jingsheng to have such strong surgical skills.
After all, surgery is the hardest to improve upon.
Many surgeons who have worked for more than a decade can only suture skin and handle some simple minor surgeries.
Li Jingsheng’s comprehensive skills from diagnosis to surgery naturally made her regard him highly.
"Dr. Li, seeing how impressive your surgical skills are, even Doctor Ding is full of praise for you. Station Chief Qiao is sincerely wanting to give you a greater development opportunity, why hesitate! If it were me, I would have agreed happily long ago!"
Peng Jing encouraged him from the side.
Boss Zhao kept his head down, picking at his food, ignoring the matter.
"Thank you for your kindness, when I need it in the future, I’ll definitely go to the health station for further study."
Li Jingsheng didn’t decline directly.
Instead, he employed the most commonly used delaying tactic.
This strategy is a favorite among leaders. They’ll say, let’s review this matter some more. This issue, well, we need to have another meeting to discuss it. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎
You often hear leaders say such things.
It actually means a gentle refusal.
It’s just that leaders are quite artful in their speech and rarely refuse outright.
"I heard Dr. Li also knows bone setting techniques?"
Station Chief Qiao asked.
It seems he had already done his homework on him before inviting him out.
"Just learned a bit here and there."
Li Jingsheng responded cautiously.
"With good surgical skills and understanding of bone-setting techniques, these are exactly the skills we need at our community level institutions. We often have patients with such needs at the health station, and due to technical limitations, we have to refer them to big hospitals. Taking this opportunity, I’d like to make an unsolicited request: could Dr. Li come to our health station for at least three days a week? This is truly to serve the broad patient base."
Was Station Chief Qiao trying to poach him?
Li Jingsheng couldn’t be sure.
When Boss Ye heard that Li Jingsheng knew bone-setting techniques, she didn’t show much expression, just gave him a deep look.
Her gaze didn’t seem as cold anymore.
Bone setting techniques rooted in Chinese medicine could be considered a shared lineage with her.
"Sorry, I have to look after my small clinic, I really don’t have any extra time to work elsewhere."
This time, Li Jingsheng gave a more straightforward refusal.
The atmosphere at the table immediately cooled down a bit.
"If you agree, the health station will offer you an out-of-staff position, providing benefits equivalent to a rehired doctor. Also, if your clinic needs some special medications in the future, you can apply for them at the health station."
Station Chief Qiao offered quite a generous deal.
These are very enticing conditions for a regular clinic doctor.
"Thank you for your kind offer, I truly don’t have the time."
A second refusal.
Station Chief Qiao’s expression started to turn unpleasant.
Being rejected multiple times, this clinic doctor seemed not to know what’s good for him!
"Dr. Li, no need to rush to refuse! Such a good opportunity, many clinic doctors would dream to have it! You can think about it for a few days before giving Station Chief Qiao an answer!"
Peng Jing smiled trying to ease the situation.
"Yes, yes, you can think it over. This kind of good opportunity, Old Zhao here would dream of it, but alas, Station Chief Qiao won’t give it to me! You young one, being appreciated by Station Chief Qiao is a great blessing, rejecting in haste might lead to regret!"
Boss Zhao, seeing the meal had just started, and the atmosphere got a bit awkward, hurriedly helped to smooth things over.
"Station Chief Qiao, here, I toast to you, thank you for your care and support for our Quick Recovery Clinic, it is exactly your wise leadership that allows me to have a full meal. I’ll finish my drink first out of respect, feel free to join me."
Boss Zhao raised his glass and drank it all at once.
Station Chief Qiao’s expression softened a bit, raised his glass and sipped, then put it down and turned to Boss Ye.
"Dr. Ye, is there any outcome from the last message you relayed to your father about inviting him to our health station for consultations?"
"I mentioned it. He said maybe next month."
Boss Ye’s attitude towards Station Chief Qiao remained cold.
Inviting her father to the health station indicates that her father is a doctor, and probably relatively well-known.
That should be her background.
It’s not as impressive as imagined.
Li Jingsheng even suspected her father’s reputation might be less than Director Lian Tao’s.
"Alright, alright, when your father comes over, you must let me know. If he really doesn’t have time for consultations at the health station, even just guiding our work would be great!"
Station Chief Qiao showed a very different attitude towards different people.
He was very courteous to Boss Ye.
Which hospital is her father working at?
Li Jingsheng wouldn’t pry too much into it, just purely curious.
"Oh dear! Station Chief Qiao, could you not constantly talk about work! Let’s discuss something interesting! You have extensive knowledge, I love hearing about those novel and interesting stories you tell."
Peng Jing acted playfully, trying to enliven the atmosphere at the table again.
"Station Chief Qiao truly bows over backwards for the development of the health station, the most diligent leader I have ever seen. But this time, I must support Teacher Peng because I also enjoy listening to the fascinating stories from Station Chief Qiao."
Boss Zhao stated expectantly.
"Haha, since you all want to hear, I’ll share a few tales then!"
Station Chief Qiao’s face returned to a smile.
...
Until the end of the meal, Station Chief Qiao didn’t bring up work matters again.
