Chapter 1467: Mutual Choice Is Also Difficult

Chapter 1467: Chapter 1467: Mutual Choice Is Also Difficult

Liu Banxia felt a bit uneasy; some things are bound to happen sooner or later.

A small boat is easy to turn, and the current emergency center is like a medium-sized boat. But after some time, it will become a large boat. At that point, with so many people, how many eyes will they need to keep an eye on everything?

And even if you keep an eye on them, can you watch over their hearts?

There will be some external hires, and among them, there will be some heavyweights. Will their thoughts be so easily unified then?

Thinking about the possibly chaotic days ahead gives him a headache. Things were better when the emergency center was just established; back then, everyone was united, and their hearts were all focused on the emergency center. It was so much better.

"Hey, Old Chen, what’s wrong? Why the long face?"

As he withdrew his thoughts, he saw Chen Xuehai approaching, and Liu Banxia teased.

"Sigh... I’m really having a headache. Just received a patient, thirty-two years old, with Tetralogy of Fallot," Chen Xuehai said with a bitter expression.

"Did someone with Tetralogy of Fallot manage to last this long? Isn’t this not a particularly severe congenital heart defect?" Liu Banxia asked, surprised.

"It depends on the case; there are vast differences," Chen Xuehai sighed.

"At this age, the effect of surgical intervention should be better, right?" Liu Banxia asked.

"What if it’s a twenty-week pregnant woman?" Chen Xuehai countered.

"My God, that’s really dangerous. Is it because of the pregnancy that her heart condition worsened?" Liu Banxia said.

Chen Xuehai nodded, "That’s exactly it. She told me upon arrival that she was diagnosed with Tetralogy of Fallot early on, but hasn’t had surgery due to mild symptoms."

"She’s fainted three times this month; they couldn’t delay any longer, so she came to the hospital. She doesn’t want to give up the baby, as she knew early on that the pregnancy would definitely affect her health."

"So what’s your plan? Are you really going to do this surgery? It’s a lot riskier than the one I did last time. At least mine was TaTME, whereas yours is a heart issue; it’ll definitely take a long time," Liu Banxia asked.

"She’s gone for an echocardiogram for an assessment. Honestly, I have no confidence," Chen Xuehai said.

Liu Banxia could understand Chen Xuehai’s feelings; it was similar to his own last time.

They both want to help the patient, but this help carries significant risks.

His last patient also had a heart problem, but his surgery could be done quickly. This patient’s condition, however, is on the heart and is a complex case of Tetralogy of Fallot.

Such a long surgery poses great risks to the fetus. But without surgery, don’t mention the patient; the fetus can’t be saved either.

Fainting three times in one month indicates the condition is very serious.

It must be very difficult for Chen Xuehai. But truly, it’s not something he can help with. He can’t even lend a hand, since the surgery is too technically challenging.

"Why are you looking at me? I can’t help you assess this; you’ll have to figure it out yourself."

Seeing Chen Xuehai looking at him, Liu Banxia sidestepped.

"Why are you like this? Can’t you give me some confidence? Come along and take a look?" Chen Xuehai asked.

"No, please don’t drag me into this. I can only support you mentally," Liu Banxia said.

Chen Xuehai shook his head and headed back to cardiothoracic.

Given Liu Banxia’s curious nature, he might have agreed if it were another condition. But not this one; it’s too dangerous.

A common scenario is deciding whether to save the mother or the baby. For this patient? It’s likely neither can be saved, and the probability is very high.

"Sigh... this is a major test for cardiothoracic surgery. But why did the patient come to our place? Normally, they would target Chief Director Li," Liu Banxia said as he wandered over to Wang Chao’s side.

"Why tell me? I just found out too, and there’s no point asking around now," Wang Chao said helplessly.

"Your focus right now should be on addressing pediatric surgery development issues as soon as Xu Yino finishes with her patient. We can’t put the cart before the horse."

"You’re right, let’s wait for her to come out. I noticed her patient doesn’t have much, just some simple injuries, and should be handled quickly," Liu Banxia nodded.

This matter has indeed distracted him a lot, as the next focus is on building pediatric surgery. Specifically, it’s about convincing interns in pediatric surgery.

It’s impossible to hire experienced doctors.

They simply won’t come, no matter how good the conditions are; they have no reason to come here.

Because pediatrics is a major department that can independently set up large hospitals. Such talents naturally first aim for those children’s hospitals.

The approach is to start from the grassroots, persuade more people, and have experienced hospital surgeons gradually mentor them.

This batch can be considered as targeted recruitment, so the conditions provided will surely be high. Of course, there will be many restrictions as well.

After waiting a while longer, Xu Yino and the others came back one after another.

"All taken care of?" Liu Banxia asked.

Xu Yino nodded, "There seemed to be a lot of blood, but they were actually just simple sharp instrument injuries, still pretty easy to handle. How’s the one in the operating room?"

"He hasn’t come out yet. How did the investigation I asked you to do go?" Liu Banxia asked.

"Teacher Liu, how should I say this, it feels a bit polarized." Xu Yino said.

"Quite a few people were really moved by you and Director Chen’s enthusiasm, and they’re considering pediatrics. But there are also some whose attitude became more resolute, avoiding this field altogether."

"The reason is simple. Since you both put so much effort into persuasion, it proves that this work is really difficult, even beyond expectations."

"Even if better conditions are offered, they might not want to commit their whole lives. That’s the situation for now, but luckily there are still some considering it."

"Are you trying to console me?" Liu Banxia said helplessly.

"What I’m worried about now is that some are only here for the conditions we offer. If they have no interest in the discipline, how much achievement can their work lead to in the future?"

"That’s the core difference between you all; you genuinely love your current work, so you grow quickly in every aspect."

"What if someone doesn’t like this field? Even if you push them with a knife from behind, they might not be much motivated."

"Teacher Liu, but there’s nothing we can do about it. If someone truly thinks that way, it’s unavoidable. After all, the pressure of employment is quite high now, right?" Xu Yino said.

"Enough with the unhappy topics, get back to work, I’ll ponder this further myself." Liu Banxia waved his hand.

This is what Chen Xuehai once worried about, so he blocked it halfway. Now I estimate that many people might have such thoughts, simply because the pressure of employment is genuinely high.

What did he experience back then? Probably the same scenarios play out every graduation season.

But how to solve this? There doesn’t seem to be a good method.

After pondering a bit, Liu Banxia picked up the phone and called Director Xia.

"Director Liu, you’re not coming over again, are you?"

Director Xia asked with a laugh after answering the call.

"Director Xia, I really have something important to discuss with you, do you have time?" Liu Banxia asked.

"I have time, go ahead." Director Xia said.

Liu Banxia then shared his worries with Director Xia.

"Director Liu, to be frank with you, we also have concerns in this regard." After listening to Liu Banxia’s concerns, Director Xia said.

"We’ve also understood some situations; currently, after student graduation, a large part end up changing professions. Some due to personal preference, some due to the needs of the organization."

"This problem is indeed quite tricky; we’ve discussed it but haven’t come up with an effective solution. Regarding your emergency center’s situation, we’ll bring it up during mobilization meetings."

"Because it can really waste people’s time, plus the intensity of hospital work is quite high. Do you have any good methods over there? We could use some inspiration."

"Director Xia, if I had a good method, I wouldn’t have called you. Dual selection, it’s really difficult." Liu Banxia said with a bitter smile.

"From the perspective of a hiring organization, we truly hope to cultivate usable talent. But as their predecessors, we’re genuinely concerned they’ll make the wrong choice."

"By then, we’d be wasting each other’s time. Maybe if they chose another discipline, they’d achieve greater success; these things are really uncertain."

"For now, we can only continue with increased advocacy. Mainly, it depends on the individuals’ thoughts; all we can do is work hard together."

"Director Liu, you can rest assured on this." Director Xia said with a smile.

"Currently, our focus isn’t just on the employment rate of recent graduates; we also track some of their later data. We hope that more who walk out from the hospital will achieve greater success in the future, that’s a wonderful thing."

"Alright, Director Xia, I’ll leave it to you. I hope we can achieve true mutual benefit, that’s the best." Liu Banxia said.

That’s all we can say for now, whether there will be any effect in the future is genuinely an unknown.

The most fundamental point is still making money to support the family. And there’s no rule stating that not choosing your preferred profession prevents success in the future.

It’s also influenced by the current general environment.

The level of the emergency center is still quite impressive; for many, it’s truly a shortcut.