Chapter V: Aid
"Medical school?"
After swallowing hard, John couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice, "What did you just say? Want to start a medical school? I heard you right! β
"You heard you right, sir!"
Older graduate Howard? Kyle nodded and said respectfully, "We want to go back to our hometown of California to start a medical school and fully introduce the Huntelaar education system......
"Uh......"
Hearing this, John couldn't help but roll his eyes. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
These two guys, they can't be brain pumping, right?
I had just received a telegram from Flexner that he was going back to New York over the weekend to talk to him about the Flexner report, and today two young doctors came to me and told me that they wanted to go to California to open a medical school -- was this a slap in the face?
Thinking of this, John's face turned a little unpleasant: "Gentlemen, I hope you're not joking with me!" The two of you want to start a medical school? And you don't know that I'm working with the American Medical Association to investigate the state of medical school education across the country, right? β
"Yes sir, we know."
After a moment's hesitation, Howard? Kyle smiled wryly, "Actually, it's not just the two of us, but there are some people...... Thirteen people, to be exact, are currently teaching in our various hospitals or medical schools, and they are willing to go back with us...... In addition, we contacted several Californians who had returned from Europe, and we were able to guarantee at least twenty faculty members! We believe that we can provide the faculty needed for a well-established medical school. β
"Thirteen...... What an unlucky number. β
After silently complaining, John couldn't help but roll his eyes and said, "So all thirteen of you are Californians?" β
"Yes, sir."
Young Peterson? Garcia nodded, and said with some trepidation: "Everyone is very unoptimistic about medical education in California, so we hope that this situation can be changed - the California government has also agreed to our request and is willing to provide us with a hospital affiliated in Los Angeles." β
"Hmm......"
Licking his lips, John's brow furrowed.
If that's the case, maybe it can be done!
You know, no one knows the strength of these students better than John himself. Thirteen graduates of the Huntelaar School of Medicine, plus seven or eight elite returnees from Europe, are enough to support a small medical school and provide a new type of education that is truly Huntelaar!
Most medical schools in the United States probably don't have such a strong faculty team!
But......
Even though the Huntelaar medical system is now a big business, thirteen people left at once, and all of them were the elite of the Huntelaar Medical School, which still made him feel a little unhappy. After all, how can John's heart be happy that the talent he has worked so hard to cultivate is now suddenly saying that he is leaving New York and going to Los Angeles to run a medical school?
Of course, the two young men also saw John's displeasure, and smiled bitterly.
They also know that there are more and more branches of Huntelaar Hospital, there is a great demand for doctors, and as a member of the Huntelaar system, they also want to work here for the rest of their lives. But when they think of the medical education in their hometown, the two have a sense of responsibility in their hearts, and this contradiction makes the two extremely complicated.
Just when the two young people were smiling bitterly, their former headmaster, Mr. had already figured it out in just a dozen seconds.
Let's go, what's there to be reluctant to?
Maybe these thirteen people are gone...... No, I'm afraid it's not just thirteen people, maybe more people will think this way after they make a start. After all, it is too attractive to start a medical school on your own, or to join a backward medical school, so as to promote advanced educational concepts. For example, Edward, who is now practicing medicine in Changsha? Hu Mei and so on, isn't that why I went to China?
But on the flip side, it's also a huge benefit for Huntelaar.
When prestige has been built in various ways, it becomes even more important to promote the educational and medical philosophy of the Huntelaar system, and the best way to do this is undoubtedly this way, apart from students, conferences, and further education. Historically, the Hopkins School of Medicine did just that, with a large number of graduates teaching at other institutions or starting their own medical schools, spreading their ideas throughout the United States and around the world......
So after only thinking about it for more than ten seconds, John sighed and nodded, "Okay gentlemen, I see what you mean...... I guess you're coming to me today, I'm afraid it's not just for resigning, right? β
"Uh...... Yes, sir. β
His face suddenly turned red, and Mr. Kyle said, "Actually...... Sir, we hope you can give us some help......"
Really!
John's faint gaze, the two young people who were watching quickly lowered their heads!
Not only did he have to resign, but he also had to resign with a dozen of his fellow villagers, and even came to seek funding from his boss to set up a medical school to compete with Huntelaar Medical College in the future, which sounded so unauthentic......
"Well, gentlemen!"
When the two young men were about to lower their heads to the waistband of their trousers, John finally spoke: "I understand your thoughts, and I will be happy to help you a little...... Gentlemen, please raise your head, I understand your ideals, it is great, there is nothing to be ashamed of! β
"Huh?"
When they heard this, the two young men raised their heads in amazement.
Under the surprised gaze of the two, John frowned slightly, thought and said: "Gentlemen, if your medical school is funded by the California government, presumably the most basic hardware facilities will not be lacking, then...... I can provide you with some help that the government can't provide, or can't perfect, say, 50 sets of Huntelaar medical textbooks per year, for example, the annual guidance of two senior professors per year, and another set of laboratory animal systems...... You don't mind using second-hand ones, do you? Our equipment is just in time for a new one! β
"Of course...... Of course not! β
When they heard this, the hearts of the two young people almost flew up!
They did come with the idea of asking for help, because none of them had experience running a medical school, and the state of California had nothing more than the necessary school building and an affiliated hospital, as well as $20,000 in start-up funding. So before coming, the two of them thought about it, hoping to buy some equipment from Huntelaar Medical Devices, preferably cheaper.
But what the two didn't expect was that Mr. Huntelaar's help would be so powerful!
Needless to say, the annual funding of 50 sets of medical textbooks is enough for them, but the annual guidance of two senior professors and a set of laboratory animal systems are too valuable! You know, even Harvard, which is also an Ivy League, and other prestigious schools, when their medical schools ask for help, Mr. Huntelaar only sends a professor, and it only lasts for half a year! As for the laboratory animal system, it is also the basis for the survival of the medical school, although there is a specialized talent among the thirteen of them, it is difficult to do it without the necessary equipment.
"Thank you so much, sir!"
Thinking of the excitement, young Peterson gratefully snapped and said, "Thank you very much for your help!" We will definitely ...... well."
"Well, wait a minute!"
Without waiting for the other party to finish speaking, John frowned, waved his hand and said, "I haven't finished talking yet...... Since the equipment of the laboratory animals has been replaced, many of the old instruments in the medical school have been replaced...... Sorry, but you don't have the resources right now, so I can provide a complete set if you don't mind second-hand! β
"Huh?!"
After hearing this, the two young men were completely shocked!
Indeed, as Mr. Huntelaar said, a lot of the laboratory equipment in the medical school is a bit old, but that is also relative. With John's strong support, the equipment of the Huntelaar Medical School is the best in the world, at least at the time of purchase, so the price is not high, how can a set cost more than 100,000 dollars, even if it is second-hand......
If you sell to other schools, you always have to have tens of thousands of dollars, right?
"Funding us for nothing?"
Glancing at each other, the eyes of the two young men flashed with an unreal color at the same time, and Mr. Kyle couldn't help but stammer, "Sir...... Is this, is this really given to us for free? We could have bought it for money, and the California government gave us $20,000 in funding......"
"Twenty thousand dollars? What is enough? β
When he heard this, John interrupted him again rudely, frowned, and said, "What do you twenty people live on, plus hiring some service staff?" Does it depend on the student's tuition? It's just a joke! β
"This ......"
Hearing John's words, the two young men smiled bitterly again.
Is $20,000 a lot? In fact, with the school building and the hospital, $20,000 is a huge amount, enough to last the medical school for two yearsβand with the income they have accumulated over those years, they are ready to go two years without a salary. But in Mr. Huntelaar's eyes, $20,000 was nothing to do, and it was all over when he bought a few dozen microscopes......
"Forget it."
After waving his hand, John didn't think about it anymore, and said simply: "Gentlemen, I will inform you to provide you with a set of laboratory equipment that is enough for fifty students to study at the same time, and at the same time, let the Huntelaar Medical Equipment Company provide you with a hundred sets of teaching tools, such as stethoscopes, scalpels, etc...... Well, $20,000 is too little, so let's take another $80,000 out of my own pocket, and $100,000 should be enough for you to last for a while......"
"......" (To be continued.) )