Chapter 654: Promoted to Vice Dean, How to Awaken a Vegetative Patient
When President Gao suppressed Dean Qin last time, he also wanted to suppress Zhou Can as well.
As a result, some leaders at the hospital interceded and spoke well of Zhou Can.
However, only Vice Dean Bai and Vice Dean Ye stood up. Although Dean Gao realized that Zhou Can seemed to have good relationships with people, he did not care.
He recruited four new assistant directors at one time and replaced Director Fang of the hospital office. Then the newly promoted vice president, Director Lou, turned to him. With such a powerful force, President Gao felt that he had the final say in the hospital.
But he never expected that this time, in order to please the Song family, when he was really preparing to take action against Zhou Can, he discovered that Zhou Can, the deputy director of the clinical department, was ten or even a hundred times more terrifying than Assistant Dean Qin.
At this moment, Dean Gao's face turned slightly pale, and deep down he was even more wary of Zhou Can.
It is almost impossible to take down Zhou Can today.
However, he had convened this hospital leadership meeting with great fanfare, and had raised the issue of Mr. Song's unfavorable treatment to a certain level. Now he was in a state of dire straits.
The leaders of the higher authorities have already spoken, so he cannot disobey.
In order to retain face and dignity, but not touch Zhou Can, the only option is to use Director Lou as a sacrifice.
He had always thought that Director Lou obeyed him and had expressed his support for him in public many times, which meant that he was leaning towards him. He never expected that Director Lou was in Cao's camp but his heart was with Han, and at the critical moment, he turned his back on him.
To touch Zhou Can is like touching Director Lou's lifeblood.
This made Dean Gao feel even more terrified about Zhou Can's influence.
"Thank you for the guidance from the superiors. Mistakes must be punished, and merits must be rewarded. This incident has had a serious impact on the patient and his family. I will follow everyone's advice. Dr. Zhou Can is not responsible for this incident. Director Lou, who led this operation, will bear all the responsibility. I propose to remove Director Lou from the position of vice president..."
Unexpectedly, during the vote by show of hands, Director Lou, because he had previously sided with President Gao and pushed for the expansion of the emergency department by dividing it into several sub-departments, the directors and leaders of other clinical departments were very dissatisfied with Director Lou.
Although Director Lou just stepped forward and was willing to sacrifice himself to protect Zhou Can, this cannot completely resolve everyone's hatred for him.
Now there was an almost unanimous vote of approval to remove him from office.
President Gao could barely accept this result, and the leaders of higher-level departments were also satisfied.
For them, all they had to do was give an explanation to the Song family.
It doesn't matter whose job is suspended.
The dismissal of a vice president would give the Song family a clearer explanation, which they were happy to see .
"Okay, now we have unanimously approved the hospital's decision to punish Director Lou. Now let's discuss the new candidate for the deputy director of the emergency department. A family cannot be without a master for a day, and a country cannot be without a ruler for a day. The emergency department is responsible for the emergency treatment and rescue of critically ill patients in Tuya Hospital, so it cannot be without a leader."
President Gao is actually a bit too hasty in doing this.
He probably felt that Zhou Can's roots in the hospital were too deep and his authority as the director was greatly challenged, so he was eager to take this opportunity to take control of the emergency department.
"I strongly support President Gao's proposal to elect a new deputy director of the emergency department on the spot."
Several assistants in the hospital spoke out in support.
These are the only people who support President Gao.
From this point of view, President Gao is actually having a miserable time.
After being in Tuya Hospital for so long, there hasn't been a single leader who has truly pledged loyalty to him.
Especially in the clinical department, for some reason , everyone seemed to reject him.
This may be related to the natural opposition between clinical departments and administrative departments.
It was through various measures that President Zhu finally won the respect of the entire hospital.
"The emergency department is a lifeline for critically ill patients. The deputy director must have extensive management experience and certain emergency expertise. Yin Ying, deputy director of the medical department, is a very good candidate. She has performed outstandingly in her work and has conscientiously handled various major diagnosis and treatment events in the hospital. Her experience, ability, and professional level are obvious to all. I propose that she be appointed as the deputy director of the emergency department."
President Gao couldn't wait to reveal his true colors.
After he said this, everyone now knew that Deputy Chief Yin Ying of the Medical Department was his man.
From now on, everyone will be on guard against Deputy Section Chief Yin.
"I am guilty and I accept the punishment, but according to the traditions and rules of the clinical department, even if I am dismissed, I still have the right to recommend a successor."
Director Lou was not devastated after being dismissed from his post.
Instead, at this critical moment, we once again stood up and spoke firmly.
Everyone can feel that he has integrated the emergency department into his life long ago, and everything he does is just to make the emergency department better.
Zhou Can, Deputy Director Han and others couldn't help but feel a great respect for Director Lou.
The candle burns out and the tears begin to dry.
Even though Director Lou was dismissed , he still wanted to do one last thing for the emergency department and burn up his last bit of energy.
"According to the hospital tradition, Lou Jingshan does have the right to recommend a successor, and his authority is quite high."
Unexpectedly, the person who stood up to support Director Lou this time was Chief Xin Wanshan of the Medical Department.
He has always had a good relationship with Zhou Can.
In terms of ability, Xin Wanshan is quite strong, but unfortunately his luck is a bit bad.
When President Zhu was in office, there were not many personnel changes among senior leaders. Overall, President Zhu sought stability.
The positions of Director Fang, Vice President Ye, Vice President Bai and others in the hospital office have not changed for many years.
Under such circumstances, Chief Xin has very few opportunities to make progress.
Later, when President Gao came, there were more opportunities for advancement, but Xin Wanshan was too upright and had too strong a sense of justice, so he was unwilling to flatter President Gao.
This ultimately led to him missing several opportunities to advance.
On the contrary, it was Deputy Chief Yin Ying of the Medical Department who got in touch with President Gao at some point.
“The hospital has such a tradition.”
Vice President Ye also said affirmatively.
The vice presidents of other clinical departments also expressed their support.
This tradition must be maintained because it concerns the vital interests of every clinical department.
If this precedent is set, all clinical departments may directly parachute a non-department candidate to serve as the deputy director in the future. This is something that the medical staff in the clinical departments would never want to see.
Each clinical department is like a small vassal state.
The king must be chosen from one of our own people.
Who would be willing to transfer someone from above to serve as the king?
"The hospital's tradition cannot be broken. Lou Jingshan, tell me who you would recommend!"
President Gao had no choice but to agree to this matter.
The will of the people cannot be violated.
Even though he is the dean, he still has to take everyone's opinions into consideration.
What would the leaders of the higher-level departments here think of him? How would they view him as the dean?
"I recommend Zhou Can to be the deputy director of the emergency department. In terms of seniority, he is already the deputy director of the emergency department. In terms of ability and professional level, that goes without saying. In terms of emergency and rescue, Deputy Section Chief Yin Ying is probably not even one thousandth as good as Zhou Can."
Director Lou still has some moral integrity.
The original words should be that Deputy Section Chief Yin is not even worthy of carrying Zhou Can's shoes when it comes to emergency rescue.
When Zhou Can heard Director Lou recommend him to take over the position of vice president, he was stunned.
"Director Lou, I'm still young and my experience is not as good as Deputy Director Han and others..."
Zhou Can declined in public.
A barely perceptible smile appeared on President Gao's face.
It is quite interesting that the person recommended by Director Lou is unwilling to take up this position.
It seems that the opportunity will soon return to him.
"Xiao Zhou, have you heard that when the country is in trouble, every citizen has a share of responsibility? From the moment you entered the emergency department, you have been a part of it. The emergency department is leaderless now, and you are the only one that everyone looks up to. Only you can lead the emergency department to go further. Just now, President Gao mentioned that Tuya Hospital does not need a personal hero like you. What I want to say is that the emergency department can do without me, Lou Jingshan, Han Changqing, and Niu Lan, but it cannot do without you, Zhou Can."
Director Lou's words shocked Zhou Can deeply.
The meeting room was silent, and everyone was looking at Director Lou.
Everyone deeply felt Director Lou's determination to devote his life to the emergency department.
Director Lou turned and looked at President Gao on the podium.
Then he slowly turned his head to look at everyone, and finally stared at President Gao again.
"Tuya can do without Lou Jingshan and the emergency department, but it cannot do without Zhou Can. I would like to advise President Gao that power comes from everyone's recognition of you, not your manipulation of power. If Tuya Hospital does not have Zhou Can, it can still operate as usual, but it will lose the opportunity to take off."
This is Director Lou’s final advice to President Gao.
Because he had a lot of contact with President Gao, he knew him very well.
After what happened today, President Gao is likely to regard Zhou Can as a serious threat. Suppressing and eradicating him will most likely become President Gao's top priority.
Power can make people crazy, selfish and cruel.
"Lou Jingshan, please watch your words. When did I abuse my power? Don't slander me. You are vindictive and slandering me."
President Gao slammed the table in anger.
"If the innocent are innocent, then they will be innocent. If President Gao is not that kind of person, why are you so excited?"
Director Lou is now barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes.
I guess he's suffered a lot these days in order to gain President Gao's support.
At this moment, I took this last opportunity to let out the anger in my heart.
The once impatient and straightforward Director Lou is back.
After tearing off all disguises and unloading all burdens, he returned to his nature.
"Alright, alright, everyone, stop verbally attacking each other. Lou Jingshan, no matter what, Dean Gao is the dean of Tuya, and you must show due respect. You are very upset now, go out and calm down first."
The leader of the higher-level department gave Director Lou a lecture.
Director Lou was quickly asked to leave the meeting room by the staff.
In the subsequent vote on the new dean, there were almost no surprises, and the vast majority of people supported Zhou Can as the vice president of the emergency department.
He was also pushed to the top.
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After the meeting, the public announcement of Zhou Can’s appointment as vice president was delayed, let alone the appointment letter.
The response from the dean's office was to wait and see.
I can understand that. After all, Mr. Song is still lying in the ICU in a vegetative state.
In this case, what would the Song family think if Zhou Can, the chief surgeon, was promoted to vice president?
Although Zhou Can did not have the title of vice president, he began to exercise the powers of vice president.
All important decisions in the emergency department are made by him.
Niu Lan, Han Changqing, Dr. Xu and others all follow him, and all decisions are left to Zhou Can.
The days pass by one by one.
Jiang Wei and Zhou Can did not give up on treating Mr. Song.
Because this concerns the future and fate of Zhou Can and Dr. Xu. Even Jiang Wei is inevitably affected.
They worked together to develop a rehabilitation training and nutrition plan for Mr. Song, and Zhou Can paid for someone to help Mr. Song with rehabilitation.
Fortunately, Zhou Can's Hanhun Pharmaceutical has begun to turn losses into profits, and Jinyu Interactive Company is also rising steadily, bringing him a very considerable income. The money for Mr. Song's treatment is definitely an astronomical figure for ordinary people.
The cost of ICU treatment, even after medical insurance reimbursement, is four to five thousand yuan a day.
This amount of money is nothing to Zhou Can.
The Song family never took the initiative to cause trouble for him, but the head of the Song family never took the initiative to meet him again.
Ever since Mr. Song became a vegetable after surgery, the Song family has been very cold towards Zhou Can.
I guess some of them must hate him.
One day, Zhou Can was sleeping at home when Director Liu from the Department of Critical Care Medicine suddenly called him.
"Director Zhou, Director Zhou, please come to the hospital quickly. Mr. Song's EEG signal has changed. He has suddenly become active."
Zhou Can looked at the time, it was 1:25 in the morning.
His head was still a little groggy, but when he heard the good news, all his sleepiness disappeared instantly.
"Okay, okay, I'll be right there."
He quickly rushed to the hospital, where Director Liu was waiting for him in the intensive care unit.
"Not long ago, Mr. Song's brain waves suddenly became active. Based on experience, this should be a sign of awakening."
Director Liu knew very well that this patient was related to Zhou Can's future and destiny.
He seemed very excited when talking about Mr. Song's improvement.
"The brain waves are now calm! Did you feel any stimulation just now?"
According to Zhou Can's experience, when a vegetative patient wants to wake up, it is usually due to external stimulation, especially the influence and call of family affection.
Human emotions are very complex. Deep in our hearts and consciousness, there are people closest to us and things we care about the most. These are important factors in awakening a vegetative patient.
"He didn't get any stimulation! Rehabilitation training is only done in the morning and evening. At this time, we don't do anything else except rescue."
Director Liu shook his head.
"Could it be that the music outside was coming in, causing the patient's EEG signals to fluctuate?"
A young doctor nearby reminded.
Director Liu and Zhou Can's eyes lit up.
"Just now there was a faint sound of music coming in. It was the ringtone of a corpse collector's cell phone."
It seems that someone just died in the intensive care unit.
After receiving the notification, the nurse who collects the body will come in time to take the deceased away.
The hospital's management of nursing staff is relatively loose, and it is impossible to require them to turn off their cell phones before entering the intensive care unit.
Even if you tell them, they may not listen.
"What song is it?"
Zhou Can asked excitedly.
"It seems like... you can still lift me up high, yes, that's the lyrics."
Director Liu confirmed after careful recollection.
"Let me check it out."
Zhou Can was about to go out to check, but the nurse who was turning the patient over interrupted and said, "Director Zhou, you don't have to check. I happen to know the name of the song. It's Thousand Loves and Thousand Graces."
Women love listening to music, and they are careful and have good memories.
"Okay, thank you for this valuable information."
Zhou Can decided to play this song and give it a try.
After going outside and downloading the song "Wan Ai Qian En" on his mobile phone, Zhou Can put a sterile bag on the phone, took it to the intensive care unit, and played the song next to Mr. Song's ears.
The fact that he can hear music shows that Mr. Song's hearing function is normal.
At least there is hearing.
"Look, look, the EEG signals are starting to fluctuate again."
Director Liu was extremely excited, and Zhou Can was even more excited than him.
It seems that this song has a great impact on Mr. Song.
This song was only released in the past two years. Mr. Song was paralyzed due to an accident ten years ago, so he probably hasn't heard it.
It is very likely that the content of the lyrics is quite touching, which resonated with Mr. Song.
