Chapter 5: The Road to Legends
"Bang! Bang! Bang! ā
"Gentlemen, gentlemen, please be quiet!"
Tapping the mallet hard against the solid walnut tabletop, Thomas exclaimed. A loud and slightly angry voice finally drew attention to his gaffe, and the lively conference room gradually fell silent.
"Hoo ......"
Seeing that everyone finally recovered from their excitement, Thomas finally secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Today is the last day before the opening of Heinz General Hospital.
As the vice president of the hospital whom John had already appointed, and also the head of the Department of Surgery at Heinz General Hospital, Thomas is now the undisputed second-in-command, and even Mr. Ehrlich, whom Mr. Huntelaar holds in high esteem. So from the day he led the team to New York, Thomas himself has been trying hard to do his job well, at least from the current situation, the situation is not bad!
And, more importantly......
Looking at the crowds of subordinates around him, Thomas felt a sense of pride and satisfaction in his heart!
After returning to New York from the Continent, Mr. Huntelaar has been entangled in all sorts of things, at least as far as Thomas knows, the preparation and commissioning of two factories, the construction of various hospital projects, etc., so Thomas and Ehrlich are responsible for recruiting more staff and training. To be precise, it should be that everything related to the real yĆ n room was handed over to Erlich, and everything related to medical treatment was handed over to Thomas to be responsible, after all, Errich is now almost completely out of the clinic and devoting himself to drug research.
For nearly half a year, Thomas was busy and fulfilling.
In half a year, two more young physicians crossed the Atlantic from the European continent, bringing the number of physicians at Heinz General Hospital to more than twenty!
In other words, Heinz General Hospital, which has not yet opened, already has a "huge team" of twenty people!
For any city in the 80s of the 19th century. This is not a small scale, considering that even Charlotte, one of the most powerful hospitals in Germany, has not yet had more than 100 doctors, and a hospital with 20 doctors is already at a medium level. In Thomas's opinion, all the doctors at Heinz General Hospital have studied in Europe, and most of them have studied in Germany and Austria. Such a dazzling resume is probably unique in the whole of New York and even North America!
The only thing that makes Thomas a little sorry is that the percentage of surgeons among these people is really high.
Under normal circumstances, the number of internal medicine doctors in any hospital in this era far exceeds that of surgeons, but in Heinz General Hospital, the ratio of internal medicine and surgeons is more than a staggering 1 to 2! To be exact, if John? In Mr. Huntelaar's own words, there were fifteen surgeons in the hospital, and only six physicians!
This is understandable, of course, since Mr. Huntelaar is a surgeon himself. And with the increasing popularity of local anesthesia techniques, surgical sterilization techniques, and appendectomy, the prestige in Europe is also increasing, which naturally attracts many young surgeons. But in any case, the status of surgeons in this era is still below that of internal medicine physicians, and more than a dozen young internal medicine doctors are willing to join, on the one hand, because John also has outstanding achievements in aspirin, sulfonamides and other fields, and on the other hand, naturally because his salary is at least twice as high as that of other peers......
Even so. Such conditions are still not satisfactory to Mr. Huntelaar.
For the past six months, Thomas has been responsible for training basic surgical techniques. Paul was in charge of anesthesia techniques, while Robert was in charge of surgical aseptic techniques, and the three of them took turns training the other dozen surgeons. Other internal medicine physicians also carry out some standardized training, such as strict disinfection system and the latest drug performance. It can be said that in the past six months, almost everyone's ability has rapidly improved a lot.
For Heinz General Hospital, which will open tomorrow. Thomas is looking forward to it more and more......
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"Gentlemen, I think everyone knows what tomorrow is, right?"
After the meeting room was completely silent, Thomas laughed loudly: "I originally proposed that there should be a grand opening ceremony, but Mr. Huntelaar refused, because we have been the focus of the whole New York City for the past three days!" ā
"Haha......"
After hearing this. A lot of people were happy.
Because of the eye-catching words on the roof, Heinz General Hospital is indeed the hottest topic in the New York newspapers in the last three days, which is naturally clear to everyone.
After everyone was a little quieter, Thomas took a deep breath and suddenly said loudly: "So the day before we opened, I specially called everyone here, just to talk to you...... Gentlemen, I would like to start by asking you, do you like the building we are about to work on? ā
"Of course I do!"
Everyone shouted at the same time.
For everyone, what Mr. Thomas just asked was a nonsense, and it is impossible for a normal person to dislike the building that Mr. Huntelaar built! It's not just that the building is six stories tall and stands out from the crowd in New York City, it's not just that Mr. Huntelaar has equipped every corner of the building with bright light bulbs and even an electrically powered elevator, but the key is the artistic design!
The experience of internal medicine physicians may not be very deep, but for surgeons, as long as they look at the division of concepts such as clean area and polluted area in the operating room, the setting of doctors' locker rooms and washing areas, as well as the eye-catching equipment such as operating tables and surgical lights, it is enough to make them yearn for the environment they will work in.
So Thomas was not surprised by everyone's reaction, and immediately nodded and smiled: "I'm glad we agreed on this point, because I also like it very much!" And I like the other things that Huntelaar has prepared for us, such as the fact that he did not hesitate to refuse my offer to reduce expenses, and to equip Heinz General Hospital with more than thirty security guards, sixty nurses, and fifty various support staff! For this kind of building alone, if you count each of us, each physician has two nurses and one support staff! I don't think anyone here has ever seen a hospital like this, right? ā
"Buzz ......"
Thomas's words once again made everyone a little excited.
This unprecedented generosity really makes every doctor's blood boil! You must know that most of the hospitals in this era were set up for charitable purposes, and naturally it was impossible to have too good conditions, cold, damp, dirty, and crowded were almost synonymous with the vast majority of hospitals in this era, and they were places that gentlemen should avoid.
But in the eyes of everyone, Heinz General Hospital is a complete exception.
As a result, there are many times when there is suspicion about what Mr. Huntelaar's original intention was in building this hospital.
Under the excited or puzzled gaze of everyone, Thomas's eyes gradually brightened, and after a brief pause, he then exclaimed: "Gentlemen, I don't want to be a chattering boss, but today, just as our hospital is about to open, I would like to be able to sincerely warn you that whether you believe it or not, Heinz General Hospital will begin to start its legendary road!" And I sincerely hope that everyone here can be a part of this legend......"
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It's hard to write.
Now I found out that I had been talking about it all the time, and now when I want to go back to medicine, I don't know how to start, which is too depressing. (To be continued......)